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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	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	9	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	2	5
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	W 15	SSW 15	SW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	SSW 14	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 13	ENE 8	NNW 10	NE 8	W 21	W 19	WSW 18	SW 10	WSW 16	SSW 12	SSW 16
kJ	3102	3436	1693	6607	6430	3298	4163	1432	999	1127	943	1329	647	1254	1858	969	1187	5296	215	2787
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	W	W	NW	SE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NW	ENE	NW	NNW	WNW	E	NW	SW	S	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	off	off	off	off	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		8:28PM2.60m		1:03PM1.69m	10:25PM1.83m		1:25PM1.82m	10:20PM2.01m	10:15AM3.09m		2:45AM2.30m	11:15AM2.09m	3:59PM1.82m	1:36AM2.36m					5:20PM1.79m
Low Tide		2:42AM0.97m	6:36AM0.36m			6:07AM0.53m			4:06AM0.95m	5:41PM0.37m	8:41PM0.82m	5:05AM0.32m		7:37PM0.40m	7:58AM0.32m		9:21PM0.24m	6:22AM0.28m		10:44PM0.26m


mm	—	3	1	1	1	6	4	13	15	—	3	6	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—
Max °C	14	12	13	9	9	8	7	10	12	8	9	12	15	9	9	11	10	12	12	10
Min °C	13	11	10	9	8	8	7	8	10	7	6	11	10	7	8	10	9	10	10	10
Chill °C	12	10	11	7	7	8	7	8	10	5	5	12	14	6	6	10	7	9	12	8
	—	—	7:22	—	—	7:30	—	—	7:09	—	—	7:18	—	—	7:24	—	—	7:16	—	—
	6:00	—	—	6:00	—	—	6:04	—	—	6:12	—	—	5:54	—	—	6:14	—	—	5:58	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	W 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 14	WSW 13	SSW 14	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 13	ENE 8	NNW 10	NE 8	SE 9	S 9	WSW 18	SW 10	NNE 7	SSW 12	S 16
kJ	3102	3436	1693	2010	1358	3298	4163	1432	999	1127	448	1329	498	3	2	969	1187	18	215	1367
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 14	—	NE 5	NE 6	—	—	ESE 13	WSW 18	W 17	NW 9	S 12	WSW 13	S 11	S 10	SSE 9	WSW 13	SW 17	NNE 7	NE 7	ENE 7
kJ	40	—	4	5	—	—	17	102	86	3	546	137	185	2	8	357	640	18	23	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SW 14	WSW 13	—	—	—	—	E 4	ENE 8	—	NE 8	W 21	W 19	NW 8	WNW 6	WSW 16	NNE 3	SSW 16
kJ	—	—	—	6607	6430	—	—	—	—	50	943	—	647	1254	1858	177	139	5296	3	2787
Sea °C	11	13	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	12	11	13	11	11	11	13	11	13	11	10
Diff °C	+1.6	+0.3	+1.6	+1.6	+1.3	+1.0	+1.7	+1.3	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+1.3	+1.7	+0.9	+0.9	+1.3	+1.8	+1.3	+1.6	+1.6

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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