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

		Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 18	WSW 16	WSW 17	ENE 7	N 9	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	ENE 8	SW 13	WSW 18	SSW 17
kJ	623	635	1214	1319	825	781	679	578	643	505	417	646	480	560	665	751	458	1156	795
Wind (km/h)	SSE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	E	ESE	E	E	ENE	N	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NW	S	WSW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:36AM1.91m		8:57PM1.95m			9:23PM1.94m	9:54AM1.96m		9:32PM2.92m			10:33PM3.44m	11:01AM3.37m				2:26PM2.59m
Low Tide	1:13AM0.54m		2:52PM0.51m		5:50AM0.16m	3:55PM0.40m		3:39AM0.37m	4:51PM0.27m		8:21AM0.51m	4:23PM0.60m		4:47AM0.45m	5:09PM0.50m	11:16PM0.04m	6:08AM0.13m		10:19PM0.61m


mm	14	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	11	6	4	—	—	—	2
Max °C	9	8	8	9	8	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	10	8
Min °C	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	10	6	10	10	11	12	10	11	9	5
Chill °C	7	5	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	11	11	12	12	8	6
	—	7:58	—	—	7:50	—	—	7:47	—	—	7:35	—	—	7:31	—	—	7:43	—	—
	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:51	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:49	—	—	5:55	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	WSW 13	WSW 15	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 16	WSW 17	E 7	N 9	N 8	WNW 11	WNW 11	ENE 8	NNE 8	ESE 9	E 9
kJ	623	476	1214	1319	825	781	679	355	643	505	104	646	403	560	665	257	198	8	264
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 16	—	—	ESE 7	WSW 22	N 9	WSW 18	W 13	N 7	SSE 10	WNW 11	WNW 11	N 8	N 8	E 14	SW 13	S 14	SSW 17
kJ	309	635	—	—	145	47	101	578	85	85	20	492	480	246	203	4	406	16	795
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 6	ESE 4	—	—	—	—	NE 4	—	—	ENE 7	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	—	WSW 18	WSW 3
kJ	—	12	11	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	417	—	—	—	—	751	—	1156	5
Sea °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	9	12	12	12	12	10	13	11	11
Diff °C	+1.1	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0	+1.7	+1.0	+1.2	+1.2	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	+0.2	+1.2	+0.7	+1.6

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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