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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	1	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.7 S	1.6 NNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.0 S	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	3.0 NW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	8	9	9	14	13	12	9	11	12	15	7	14	11	14	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	924	132	276	64	99	5199	1546	2184	754	1202	1708	1356	959	1122	2484	2290	2737	1782	1295	904	1100	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 2.23		11:29PM 1.81			1:34AM 1.81			8:34PM 3.78	3:04AM 1.44	3:30PM 1.54		4:06AM 1.34	4:04PM 1.94	11:10PM 2.03	10:51AM 2.73		11:08PM 3.24			11:39PM 3.20	11:55AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 0.26		5:52AM 0.20	4:59PM 0.54	7:25PM 0.23	7:41AM 0.18	2:15PM 1.13	2:35AM 0.82	9:14AM 0.16		10:01PM 0.17	10:16AM 0.18			4:43AM 0.16	5:01PM 0.70		8:06AM 0.42	5:24PM 0.21		5:50AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	-	7	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	14	17	15	9	7	11	6	12	13	11	14	13	10	15	13	10	13	13	9	11
Low °C	11	16	13	16	8	6	5	10	2	8	11	9	13	12	9	12	12	7	13	11	7	10
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	16	14	6	6	10	6	10	10	8	13	10	9	14	12	10	13	12	8	10
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.7 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.0 S	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	3.0 NW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	10	-	9	9	14	13	12	9	11	12	15	7	14	11	14	13	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.3 SE	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	1.6 NW	0.2 SSE	0.8 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 W	1.0 ENE	1.2 NW	1.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	-	6	7	11	10	10	10	18	16	12	15	-	13	10	10	9	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	1.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	5	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	God Squad Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	2	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.6 NE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.7 NNE	1.2 NNE	2.5 NNW	1.3 N	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	7	13	9	11	7	7	9	8	9	9	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	940	224	521	219	2069	538	246	1252	230	42	56	205	513	1670	5597	5093	3052	2517	1007	2201	1461	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:40AM 1.78					12:43AM 1.80		6:57AM 3.22		1:50PM 1.60						9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)				5:33PM 0.29									8:21PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	12	13	11	13	14	13	12	17	17	14	10	5	6	8	7	11	9	11	8	7
Chill °C (?)	10	16	10	12	8	12	12	12	10	16	17	12	8	2	3	6	4	10	7	11	8	6
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	-	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	1.3 N	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.2 NNE	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	9	13	8	-	7	7	8	8	9	9	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 NE	-	1.4 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	6	5	7	7	-	10	-	-	9	10	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	1.5 W	0.6 SW	3.0 W	1.7 NNE	0.4 NW	2.5 NNW	-	1.0 W	0.3 SW	1.7 NW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	11	7	3	9	-	5	5	6	13	10	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17																	Thursday 18
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	God Squad Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	2	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	0.4 SE	1.4 SW	0.8 S	3.0 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NE	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	14	9	11	10	10	6	6	10	10	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1024	28	924	238	2119	111	111	103	127	87	87	153	148	280	3750	4719	8011	3692	1656	8214	3218	3218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							12:20PM 1.92								8:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)														7:06PM 0.24						1:41AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	12	12	15	16	12	16	16	17	17	17	17	14	15	15	11	14	12	12	9	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	16	9	14	14	16	16	17	17	11	13	15	11	12	11	10	6	11	10	9
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	0.8 S	1.4 SW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NE	3.5 NW	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSE	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	9	14	9	18	10	10	-	-	6	6	11	10	8	11	-	11	11	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	13	-	-	-	11	-	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.0 NE	3.0 W	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.7 N	1.7 N	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 NW	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	2.5 W	4.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	11	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	4	-	11	11	-	12	11	-	-

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