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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	Sat		Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	2	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 N	2.3 NE	3.0 N	2.1 NE	2.2 ENE	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	12	8	10	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	11	10	10	14	10	13	8	9	9	10	9	10
Energy	524	325	1663	375	572	1264	1358	1796	1172	1278	980	527	594	537	515	625	731	539	589	1166	1300	1032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13	4:07PM 1.79		11:38AM 2.04	4:50PM 1.79	11:32PM 2.55	6:03AM 1.33		1:25AM 1.89				6:37AM 1.58	3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:55PM 2.31	2:05AM 2.91		1:47PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	5:33PM 0.46		4:28AM 1.04		10:22PM 0.41	5:28AM 0.49					7:24PM 0.52	7:50AM 0.40	12:02PM 0.39	10:37PM 0.55			7:15PM 1.11	7:27AM 0.61		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	5	7	11	1
High °C	12	13	13	16	15	16	15	16	18	18	10	11	12	10	14	14	12	15	15	13	13	15
Low °C	11	13	13	15	15	15	14	15	17	15	9	8	11	9	12	13	11	14	13	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	15	13	15	14	15	18	18	9	10	11	8	13	13	11	14	14	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	5:13	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 N	2.1 NE	3.0 N	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.3 W	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	12	8	10	12	14	10	8	10	9	10	12	10	10	14	9	13	8	9	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 WNW	1.0 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	9	10	12	9	13	12	11	11	5	11	10	7	10	8	13	20	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	-	2.3 NE	-	2.1 NE	2.2 ENE	1.9 W	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.6 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	9	9	11	-	-	3	10	7	-	2	-	8	-	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	4.0 N	2.4 NNW
Period(s)	12	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	524	621	715	325	545	967	1663	1436	375	520	1962	572	1932	1062	1264	1899	1358	1514	1705	1796	2831	1187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 1.46		10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78		4:07PM 1.79				4:24AM 1.65		10:53AM 2.78				11:32PM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)						4:28AM 1.04						10:22PM 0.41						5:04PM 0.47				5:26AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	17	-	6	-	4	10	-	13	6	4	9	1
Temp. °C	12	15	12	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	16	15	17	16	16	16	15	17	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	11	12	12	11	11	13	15	13	15	14	17	15	15	16	14	17	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	12	10	14	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	13	9	12	14	10	12	12	10	10	9	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	-	2.0 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	4.0 N	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	2	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	10	-

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 S	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNE	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	11	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	1056	589	524	524	548	621	545	512	715	708	584	325	387	648	545	624	813	967	1201	1340	1663	2000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										9:38PM 0.40							4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	10	15	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	11	10	15	13	13	11	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.9 S	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	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)	5	9	9	9	6	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	7	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-

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