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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

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	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating (10 max)	5	1	1	1	4	4	9	4	7	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	S 9	SW 5	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 16	SW 17	SSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WNW 10	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 10	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	3867	62	34	72	1024	1023	11404	2084	5896	2276	1158	838	816	238	1036	989	2623	2698	961
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	NNE	SSE	NE	E	SSE	SSW	SSW	ESE	NNW	NNW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		10:09AM1.55m		9:43PM1.69m	9:10AM1.70m		9:19PM1.69m	11:24AM1.75m		6:12PM2.41m	6:56AM2.40m		7:27PM2.55m	7:52AM2.71m		9:52PM2.08m	10:25AM2.06m	12:55PM2.06m	2:30AM1.81m
Low Tide	00:07AM0.58m	3:52AM0.17m	4:29PM0.18m			3:36PM0.38m		4:44AM0.24m	12:35PM0.68m	00:33AM0.61m		1:06PM0.63m	1:45AM0.46m		1:16PM0.26m		4:09AM0.14m		8:29PM0.11m


mm	11	—	—	—	—	—	20	1	2	27	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Max °C	11	17	15	10	14	15	8	9	11	13	10	11	11	11	11	7	12	13	10
Min °C	9	16	13	9	11	12	7	9	11	9	10	11	10	10	11	5	8	11	6
Chill °C	10	16	14	8	12	14	5	6	10	11	7	10	11	11	9	4	10	13	9
	—	6:46	—	—	7:01	—	—	6:58	—	—	6:50	—	—	6:46	—	—	7:05	—	—
	—	—	6:01	—	—	6:14	—	—	6:22	—	—	6:15	—	—	6:12	—	—	6:21	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	S 9	SW 5	SSW 7	SSW 15	SSW 16	SW 17	SSW 16	WSW 16	NW 9	WNW 10	WSW 14	WSW 13	WNW 10	NW 8	WSW 11	SW 12	SW 13	SSW 13
kJ	3867	62	34	56	1024	1023	11404	2084	5896	1464	565	838	816	137	72	989	393	2698	286
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 16	NNE 6	SSW 15	SSE 9	SSE 10	—	NE 7	NNW 8	WSW 16	WSW 14	WNW 10	NNW 8	WSW 10	W 18	WSW 19	SW 18	SSW 18	ENE 8
kJ	—	51	14	72	8	9	—	11	450	2276	1158	301	149	151	6	332	252	589	37
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 6	SW 6	NW 4	WNW 4	W 3	—	—	—	—	ESE 3	—	—	WSW 3	WSW 12	W 11	WSW 10	NNW 6	SW 13
kJ	—	71	115	10	17	5	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	1	1036	498	2623	55	961
Sea °C	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	11	12	11	11
Diff °C	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	+1.4	+1.4	+1.7	+1.6	+2.0	+1.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+0.9	+1.6	+1.9

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