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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	3	2	8	9	9	9	4	4	5	4	4	5	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W
Period(s)	17	16	16	12	15	14	14	14	11	16	16	14	16	19	18	18	16	15	13	16	15	14
Energy	1015	899	345	7958	11127	9487	8627	1402	1208	3267	1003	2166	3783	8518	9895	3348	1406	1014	1189	1663	2390	1110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:37AM 1.53		10:56PM 1.36	6:00AM 1.73		9:20PM 1.67	5:47AM 2.84	12:06PM 1.37	7:39PM 1.84	6:46AM 2.94		9:57PM 2.31	9:04AM 2.01		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		10:23PM 2.14	10:59AM 2.22	1:34PM 2.12	12:43AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)	2:47AM 0.43	3:35AM 0.42	4:35PM 0.30			3:14PM 0.40				1:55AM 0.46		2:25PM 0.39			2:35PM 0.40	2:17AM 0.31		2:55PM 0.71		4:44AM 0.10		6:44PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	13	16	17	10	10	12	12	10	14	12	9	14	13	12	12	13	11	13	12	15	17	13
Low °C	11	13	11	8	8	10	9	9	12	10	8	14	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	13	16	11
Chill °C (?)	11	16	17	7	9	10	10	10	14	11	9	13	12	12	10	12	10	13	10	14	17	11
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	13	15	14	12	14	11	16	16	14	16	14	18	18	16	15	13	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	-	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	14	9	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	18	16	19	19	-	8	7	18	16	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	8	4	12	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3

	Sun	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.0 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s)	17	17	16	18	16	15	16	9	16	12	17	13	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	14
Energy	1619	1015	812	985	899	760	345	2452	911	7958	9671	10466	11127	7371	9487	9478	7732	8627	4541	3225	1402	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 1.55					9:37AM 1.53		4:23PM 2.71		10:56PM 1.36								9:20PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.42								5:23AM 0.24		11:43AM 0.56		5:12PM 0.61				5:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	13	16	17	13	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	12	16	17	11	7	6	6	7	6	10	7	9	8	8	10	11	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.2 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	17	17	16	18	16	15	16	-	16	13	17	21	15	15	14	15	15	12	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	14	8	9	-	14	-	22	-	-	-	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	4	8	4	4	9	6	12	17	13	15	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy	3773	1619	1619	1619	1619	1015	991	813	812	873	931	985	952	950	899	575	789	760	741	834	345	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)										3:35AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	13	14	15	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	15	16	16	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	12	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	14	16	16	14	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	14	14	9	8	8	8	4	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	3	3	3	4	4	8	8	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None