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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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	3.5 W	2.5 S	2.5 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.5 NE	3.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	3.5 NNE	2.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	14	10	12	10	14	12	13	8	11	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	9	14	9
Energy(?)	66	84	78	4990	1846	2253	585	1556	1268	1075	753	3954	1207	4007	2945	1691	1712	711	2173	3705	3102	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80		1:13PM 1.93	7:29PM 2.83		2:41PM 1.57		3:04AM 1.44			10:54AM 1.96		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17	2:28PM 2.17	11:08PM 3.24	11:24AM 3.18		11:39PM 3.20	6:43AM 1.50		7:03PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 0.18		1:51AM 0.66	6:41AM 0.16		9:00PM 0.17	9:14AM 0.16	2:52PM 0.43	9:35PM 0.24	4:45AM 0.37	4:22PM 0.24		4:45AM 0.70			5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70			12:57PM 0.53	1:20AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	13	23	15
High °C	10	17	14	9	8	11	5	13	13	10	13	12	10	13	13	11	11	12	11	9	8	9
Low °C	8	16	8	6	5	10	2	7	12	9	11	11	7	13	11	9	9	11	9	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	17	13	6	6	10	4	12	11	7	12	11	10	13	12	10	11	10	11	7	5	6
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.7 NW	2.5 S	2.5 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 W	1.6 W	0.3 S	3.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	10	12	10	14	12	13	15	11	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 S	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	1.8 WNW	1.9 N	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	0.7 N	1.8 NW	-	1.7 NNE	1.0 N
Period (s)	9	6	6	-	12	8	10	13	16	17	10	12	10	10	10	9	-	8	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	3.5 NNE	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	14	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	8	-

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	2.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 S	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	9	14	9	9	14	8	9	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	342	318	497	1154	229	44	75	181	212	1075	5304	5015	3140	2433	1696	1887	1538	1248	1052	1300	1318	1389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 1.80				1:50PM 1.60		7:29PM 2.83				9:00AM 2.97		12:32PM 2.17			9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.25															3:10PM 0.97						9:28AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	13	10	17	16	15	10	5	6	7	6	10	10	10	8	7	6	2	8	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	13	7	17	16	14	8	2	3	6	3	9	10	10	7	5	4	-2	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.7 S	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	0.7 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 S	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	8	9	6	8	12	9	9	14	8	11	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NW	0.2 NNE	1.3 NW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NW	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	14	6	5	6	11	6	10	-	-	10	15	-	10	-	9	10	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	2.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	4	7	7	9	4	4	5	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.6 NNE	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	7	9	10	10	10	-	7	10	11	11	11	6	11	10	10	10	5	5	10
Energy(?)	130	342	342	228	85	56	56	56	0	497	3577	3724	3078	3233	744	3287	3014	3014	2996	194	199	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								1:21AM 1.46												1:56PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	14	9	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	12	8	15	15	14	12	12	8	9	8	8	5	8	8	8	10	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	1.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.5 S	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	-	8	7	6	6	-	6	18	13	9	9	12	-	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 NE	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	9	10	10	10	-	9	-	19	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.4 W	2.2 N	2.0 N	0.3 NW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NNE	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	5	4	4	7	3	7	7	2	8	7	10	11	11	11	6	11	12	12	12	5	5	6

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