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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	8	5	3	2	7	9	9	6	4	4	5	4	4	5	8	8	6	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSE	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	9	10	18	18	16	15	19	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	13	17	17	15	15	14	13
Energy	568	1155	7955	3664	921	332	6339	13561	8096	5233	1373	1428	3527	1411	2297	4242	7588	7357	5119	1160	1187	649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:02PM 1.69		9:37AM 1.53		10:44PM 1.59	8:50AM 1.60		11:37PM 1.41	5:47AM 2.84		7:39PM 1.84	6:34AM 2.56		8:29PM 1.90	8:59AM 1.97		12:05AM 1.86	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 1.07	8:58AM 0.67		9:36PM 1.16	3:35AM 0.42	4:35PM 0.30			3:14PM 0.40				1:55AM 0.46		2:25PM 0.39	2:46AM 0.34		2:35PM 0.40			2:46PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	10	12	15	17	9	9	11	12	10	12	12	10	13	14	11	12	9	11	13	12
Low °C	8	10	9	11	13	11	9	9	11	10	9	12	9	9	13	10	10	11	7	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	5	11	10	11	15	17	7	6	8	12	9	12	11	8	12	13	11	11	8	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSE	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.5 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	18	18	16	15	19	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	18	17	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNE	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 S	3.0 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.8 W	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	-	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	9	10	9	8	9	-	18	14	-	-	21	7	-	-	13	6	10	-	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	17	4	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	7	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.8 SW	1.5 S	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	7	9	10	9	18	18	17	18	17	18	16	15	15	16	17	19	14	15	14	14
Energy	260	568	260	1125	1155	1073	7955	9198	3646	3664	786	985	921	613	332	305	1099	6339	11780	8088	13561	14916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:30PM 1.66							4:02PM 1.69						9:37AM 1.53				10:44PM 1.59			8:50AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			2:09AM 0.93		8:58AM 0.67	9:19AM 0.60				9:36PM 1.16		3:35AM 0.42				4:33PM 0.41				3:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	8	9	10	11	9	10	10	11	10	11	13	15	17	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	4	6	6	9	10	9	10	10	11	9	10	12	15	17	9	7	7	8	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	1.7 SSE	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	10	10	18	18	17	18	17	18	16	15	15	7	17	19	14	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 NW	0.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 S	-	1.4 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	6	16	9	10	9	22	10	9	9	9	4	4	8	4	9	9	6	-	20	21	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	1.5 S	2.2 SW	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 W	-	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	7	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	3	-	16	6	-	14	15	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07
	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	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	7	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	18	18	18	18
Energy	266	222	260	259	457	568	92	261	260	268	884	1125	1130	1123	1155	1079	1072	1073	881	7058	7955	8470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.66											7:31AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 0.66							2:09AM 0.93						8:58AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2
High °C	13	13	10	10	10	8	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	12	12	11	14	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	10	10	4	11	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	9	10	12	10	12	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	16	10	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	22	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	2.3 W	0.7 W	2.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	4	10	-	-

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