South Island New Zealand Surf

Detailed South Island New Zealand surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in South Island New Zealand. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in South Island New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Island New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Island New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

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	Sun		Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.3 W	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	9
Energy(?)	310	360	346	304	649	429	1463	419	353	926	3122	542	2427	2877	2019	3678	1334	1509	1711	1453	696	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 2.99	7:28AM 1.36	1:02PM 3.18	1:26AM 3.12	8:07AM 1.53		7:19PM 1.52	7:23AM 1.76		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46	5:31PM 1.95	8:56PM 1.54	9:12AM 1.71	3:45PM 2.51	10:46PM 1.26	8:32AM 1.79	4:41PM 2.96		5:04AM 2.42	5:16PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)					7:13PM 1.06		2:52PM 0.53	1:22AM 0.33		1:47PM 0.41	3:08AM 0.26			2:49AM 0.33						11:03PM 0.99	11:14AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	6	1	2	1	-	6	5	2	6	1	-	-
High °C	14	11	14	18	16	23	16	17	22	14	12	12	14	11	12	12	10	12	13	12	18	12
Low °C	14	10	13	17	13	19	16	16	20	13	8	12	13	8	12	12	9	11	13	11	15	12
Chill °C (?)	14	11	13	18	15	23	15	17	22	12	10	11	12	10	12	10	8	12	12	11	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.3 S	1.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	5	16	-	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.5 NNE	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	10	8	9	8	9	16	5	12	9	18	8	-	-	-	13	22	13	11	20	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NW	-	0.6 S	0.4 NE	3.5 W	2.3 W	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	4	-	4	6	8	17	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21			Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 WNW	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	8	11	9	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	11	7	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	734	502	523	222	209	216	216	543	504	538	617	658	1440	501	649	1379	359	814	1814	1814	1588	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32			7:00AM 1.64	7:03AM 1.78			5:49PM 1.65			1:54AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 0.78						12:31PM 0.35									2:34PM 0.26		7:53PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	11	9	7	11	16	12	15	14	19	18	14	13	19	16	23	14	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	8	5	10	16	10	14	12	19	18	14	13	19	15	23	13	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 NNE	2.5 WNW	1.2 S	0.8 ENE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	8	11	9	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	11	6	10	11	7	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE	1.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	11	13	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	10	7	11	9	5	7	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.1 NW	-	1.0 W	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	6	6	8	7	5	-	4	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21	Monday 22
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	11	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	316	431	533	310	352	377	377	415	279	261	253	220	100	204	244	304	238	288	157	161	210	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)												12:56AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	14	14	13	12	9	10	10	11	11	8	7	11	10	9	8	8	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	14	14	12	12	7	10	10	10	10	5	6	11	10	8	8	6	9	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	12	11	14	11	10	8	8	8	11	11	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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