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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	9	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 E	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	9	12	11	8	8	11	17	16	16	14	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	14
Energy(?)	1352	1671	763	475	3929	2387	1837	1175	763	3146	1404	1221	779	165	922	513	537	5014	5513	1952	2418	1111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 2.98		10:45PM 2.86	9:57AM 2.62		11:10PM 2.86	11:27AM 3.02		12:05AM 3.25	4:25AM 1.79	4:39PM 1.71		6:55AM 1.54		7:14PM 1.42	7:40AM 1.52			8:29AM 1.51	6:34PM 1.76		9:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.07			4:08PM 0.23		5:16AM 0.32	5:25PM 0.22		10:36AM 0.23		10:50PM 0.14		1:32PM 0.18	1:26AM 0.15		1:59PM 0.17	12:46AM 0.51			12:55AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	10	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
High °C	20	21	15	12	17	15	16	16	12	14	17	12	17	19	17	23	16	12	15	16	15	14
Low °C	16	19	12	11	16	13	15	16	11	13	16	12	14	18	15	21	15	10	12	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	21	14	10	15	14	16	16	10	14	17	11	16	19	17	23	14	9	14	15	14	13
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.7 S	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 E	-	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	9	12	11	8	12	11	17	16	9	14	11	12	12	12	-	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 N	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.7 ESE	-	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	0.9 W	0.2 N	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	23	12	10	9	14	10	10	11	10	-	16	8	7	7	10	14	-	16	17	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	13	3	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	4	13	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	12	13	9	11	11	8	8	11	8	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1157	1392	1603	1272	1073	1132	1092	1115	572	680	1435	2155	3343	3552	2056	2264	1837	3128	1411	2089	1507	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:29AM 2.98			9:40PM 2.50	10:31PM 2.70					3:23PM 1.65					5:24AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)								4:24AM 0.48						11:18PM 0.23				10:17AM 0.58			9:54PM 0.15	11:56PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	21	19	17	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	20	21	19	16	12	12	14	12	10	10	10	14	13	12	14	14	14	16	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	11	10	12	13	9	11	11	8	8	11	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.3 SE	1.6 E	1.6 SE	0.1 S	1.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	12	21	21	12	8	8	18	10	8	10	11	10	12	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSE	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	5	5	7	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	-	8

	Sunday 15	Monday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	6.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.1 SE	4.5 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	6.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1199	1169	1352	1687	1639	1663	1663	1854	1101	138	142	171	8282	4814	3658	3998	4255	186	4862	151	151	12955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:57AM 1.76		4:33AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																10:18PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	2	2	-	3	-	-	4
High °C	11	13	16	17	18	19	20	19	19	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	16	17	18	19	20	19	19	12	11	11	9	8	9	9	8	10	8	10	10	12
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.2 N	1.8 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	14	14	13	13	12	13	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	13	13	14	7	6	12	12	24	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	6.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.3 SSW	4.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	6.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	4	4	5	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	4	4	11

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