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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	2.5 N	2.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	2.2 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 N	2.1 WNW	1.2 NNW	2.1 W	4.0 W	2.3 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	8	10	9	10	7	12	10	10	13	7	10	9	9	8	11	8	13	13	9	19	19
Energy	1933	1279	1411	1026	619	501	565	517	316	502	711	516	738	753	1035	1083	257	2016	5682	1267	12259	6037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 2.78	4:50PM 1.79	11:28PM 3.15	5:08AM 1.64		12:04AM 3.12			7:12PM 1.47	3:22AM 1.95	12:09PM 2.89	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	1:25AM 2.85		1:23PM 2.67	2:53AM 2.84				3:28AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17AM 0.37	12:10PM 0.29		6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	1:35AM 0.30	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:13PM 0.61	8:24AM 1.13		8:44PM 1.15	9:09AM 0.63	2:16PM 0.42	10:11PM 0.64	9:50AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	15	-	15	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	6	2	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	17	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	11	11	12
Low °C	16	14	14	14	15	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	13	10	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	16	17	12	13	11	12	12	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	12
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.5 N	2.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 N	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 N	2.1 WNW	1.2 NNW	2.1 W	4.0 W	1.6 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	10	7	12	10	9	13	7	10	9	9	8	11	8	13	13	9	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 N	1.3 N	0.2 WSW	1.2 N	1.2 NW	1.2 N	0.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	12	8	13	8	9	8	11	9	25	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NE	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	2.2 NNW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	2.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	10	6	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03	Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui 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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.3 N	3.0 N	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 W	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1933	1820	1279	1793	1518	1411	1098	1565	1026	1026	619	571	1050	501	548	804	565	657	517	275	231	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 2.78				11:28PM 3.15										5:52AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				5:04PM 0.47				5:00AM 0.49		11:17AM 0.37	12:10PM 0.29						6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	9	-	11	10	3	13	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	14	16	17	15	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	16	17	15	11	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	10	11
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.3 N	3.0 N	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 W	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	9	-	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	5	10	12	12	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	10

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	3.0 NNW	1.5 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	2.3 N
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1746	1782	1933	1943	1839	1820	1820	1832	1279	1797	545	1793	1652	1547	1518	1640	1454	1411	1312	1355	1098	1098
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					10:53AM 2.78													11:28PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)												5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	1	-	2	-	5	3	4	3	3	1	-	1	1	2	1
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	14	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	1.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	2.3 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	13	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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