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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	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			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	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	5	4	5	5	6	2	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.0 ENE	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 S	1.0 S	4.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.8 NE	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.3 ENE	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	10	14	11	12	12	13	12	10	9	12	9	14	13	12	7	13	13	13	14	9	12
Energy(?)	2647	966	3258	2692	1850	1838	350	201	229	272	5125	199	564	4864	3114	127	2585	4465	1982	2244	437	2456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:19PM 2.96	10:12AM 2.05		10:28PM 2.15	10:18AM 3.42		10:43PM 3.38	11:00AM 3.49		11:49PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)								3:36PM 0.18		4:05AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.19		4:09AM 0.50	4:31PM 0.40		4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	6	14	13	10	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	21	-	19	-	8	2	3	3	-	20
High °C	14	18	14	11	13	12	13	16	13	15	12	15	13	14	12	21	14	11	14	14	10	9
Low °C	11	17	12	11	12	9	9	14	11	12	12	15	13	13	11	18	13	10	11	12	9	6
Chill °C (?)	13	18	12	9	11	12	12	16	11	14	9	13	11	13	11	21	11	10	14	14	8	6
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.0 ENE	0.4 NW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.3 ENE	3.0 S
Period (s)	15	10	13	13	12	12	9	12	10	9	11	9	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	-	1.6 NNW	0.3 S	1.2 N	0.6 NNE	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	16	16	14	13	13	11	5	12	11	-	12	7	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 N	0.5 NW	4.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 NE	3.5 W	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	14	11	-	-	5	-	5	4	12	4	2	13	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.1 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	12	14	12	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1665	1305	1680	1247	1040	1205	1200	1442	2523	3562	3419	2125	1937	1838	1509	1425	2027	1270	418	212	252	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)									8:10AM 2.74				8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11	9:22AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)															2:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	1	6	10	2	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	13	12	14	15	10	11	13	11	11	10	12	10	10	9	11	12	15	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	12	11	14	15	9	11	12	11	11	10	12	9	8	8	11	12	14	14	11	14
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	0.4 NNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.1 S	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	12	9	12	10	13	14	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 W	1.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	15	14	16	13	13	19	14	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	8	5	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5

	Monday 13																	Tuesday 14
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	0.5 SSW	3.0 W	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	15	11	10	16	15	12	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	9	12	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1960	1816	2647	2372	755	1074	173	3519	1799	5066	5044	3490	2877	3098	3033	3008	2989	1770	1312	625	818	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														7:56PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	11	12	15	20	16	11	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	9	10	14	20	16	9	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	14	13	16
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 W	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	15	15	11	10	11	15	12	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	9	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 NE	0.9 E
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	16	16	13	17	13	13	13	14	14	-	-	16	13	14	15	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	6	5	5

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