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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	9	8	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.5 NE	2.0 W	2.2 ENE	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 W	2.1 S	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	10	9	11	12	10	10	13	8	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	12	10	17	18	18	16
Energy	1429	1756	1077	1134	564	600	671	543	542	563	544	543	1027	1098	1889	4167	5022	1240	10258	10075	3213	7662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 3.15	6:03AM 1.33						3:22AM 1.95	5:41PM 2.18	1:21AM 2.99		12:49PM 2.81	2:40AM 1.81		4:05PM 1.72				7:58PM 1.55	3:46AM 2.34	3:30PM 2.58	8:28PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			5:55PM 0.77	11:53PM 0.43	6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	11:00PM 0.49	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	8:59AM 0.62		10:12PM 0.63	9:09AM 0.63	3:44PM 0.38	2:25AM 0.46	10:07AM 0.61		2:53AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	16	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	16	7	-	14	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	14	11	13	11	10	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	11	8	13	14	11	13	13	10
Low °C	14	17	13	10	10	10	9	11	12	13	13	14	11	12	9	6	12	10	10	11	13	8
Chill °C (?)	14	18	13	9	13	10	8	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	9	6	12	14	9	12	13	7
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	1.8 ENE	2.0 W	2.2 ENE	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 N	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 SW	2.1 SSW	4.0 W	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	12	10	11	13	8	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	12	9	18	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.1 S	1.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.1 N	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 W	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	13	10	13	10	12	14	10	13	7	8	11	13	11	15	23	8	10	10	9	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNE	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	2.1 S	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	4	-	-	10	6	8	-	-	8	8	-	10	10	-	10	17	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	7
Energy	1517	1429	1070	1291	1756	1246	1077	685	1338	1134	520	538	564	612	600	297	229	671	742	470	543	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 3.15		5:57AM 1.70	6:03AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)						11:17AM 0.37				11:53PM 0.43	12:41AM 0.37		6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09	11:00PM 0.49				11:30AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	13	3	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	17	15	14	15	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	9	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	17	15	13	14	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	12	10	6	6	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.5 N	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	13	12	10	12	11	13	4	10	10	12	12	10	10	14	14	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	10	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	10	4	6	7

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10
Energy	1651	1651	1517	1485	1534	1429	1025	1025	1070	1137	1164	1479	1491	1302	1756	1752	1667	1246	1299	1288	1077	648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:28PM 3.15						5:54AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																		11:17AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	4	6	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	17	17	17	15	15	15	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	-	-	-	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	-	-	3	-	-

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