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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 W	1.3 N	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	7	10	10	8	10	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	10
Energy	820	1916	1888	517	1825	1272	2082	1308	1130	1022	563	548	211	222	894	1084	748	910	1693	1198	951	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:36AM 3.13			11:13AM 3.13	4:50PM 1.79	11:13PM 2.84	6:03AM 1.33	5:34PM 1.78				12:15AM 2.80		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91		2:17PM 2.52	9:23PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38PM 0.40	4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46	9:21PM 0.27	5:03AM 1.04					11:53PM 0.43	7:50AM 0.40	12:02PM 0.39	6:05PM 0.50	6:54AM 1.09		7:15PM 1.11	7:47AM 0.52		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	21	-	21	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	9	9	6	-	1	3	1
High °C	15	13	15	15	16	15	16	19	15	12	11	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	14
Low °C	12	12	15	13	15	15	15	17	13	11	9	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	10	11	12	7
Chill °C (?)	13	11	14	15	15	14	16	19	15	10	10	11	13	12	14	13	14	13	10	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 W	0.6 W	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	10	8	10	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 N	1.3 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	12	12	9	13	12	10	11	12	11	9	11	10	8	8	8	8	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.9 NE	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	2.3 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE
Period(s)	12	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	11	10	9	10	10
Energy	695	820	545	967	1916	1532	1888	2042	1139	517	1992	1910	1825	1242	1272	1615	1960	2082	1544	1234	1308	1165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						10:15AM 2.78								11:38AM 2.04				11:13PM 2.84		5:54AM 1.56	6:03AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05PM 0.40	9:38PM 0.40		4:28AM 1.04				4:25PM 0.46		9:21PM 0.27		5:03AM 1.04				5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	9	-	-	1	1	2	6	-	12	12	12	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	12	13	13	12	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	7	10	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	15	16	14	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 NE	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNE
Period (s)	12	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	11	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	9	9	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.1 NE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	10	5

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	6	6	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	569	558	695	695	275	820	766	513	545	695	813	967	1226	1559	1916	2160	1378	1532	1664	1744	1888	1888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:16PM 3.14												10:15AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:05PM 0.40								4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	2	6	4
High °C	14	14	9	9	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	7	7	12	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	6	6	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	7	8	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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