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.

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
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

	Thu	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	1.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	7	7	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	8	13	13	8	12	12	11	22	20	20	15
Energy(?)	568	610	304	340	355	505	701	567	444	291	122	359	276	114	37	384	289	334	627	850	454	998
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:59AM 2.41		9:55PM 2.56	10:20AM 2.70		11:47PM 1.92	5:15AM 1.87	5:31PM 1.72		5:53AM 1.63	6:08PM 1.80				2:31AM 2.03	7:18AM 1.64	5:15PM 1.80		5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 0.74		3:47PM 0.74		4:05AM 0.63	4:31PM 0.61		11:28AM 0.41		11:33PM 0.27	12:10PM 0.32		12:19AM 0.54	8:00AM 0.37	6:26PM 0.26	8:21PM 0.19			11:29PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	5	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	17	16	14	13	18	13	10	12	14	12	16	16	16	19	19	14	16	19	18	22	17	17
Low °C	16	16	14	12	15	12	8	11	14	9	13	15	15	16	16	13	15	18	18	20	17	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	12	18	12	9	11	13	10	15	15	16	19	18	13	15	19	18	22	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 W	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	14	13	7	7	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	10	11	13	8	12	12	11	11	10	20	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	13	10	11	8	8	8	12	16	12	9	13	14	12	-	7	8	11	20	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 E	1.4 SE	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	7	7	5	-	-	-	4	3	8	4	-	4	4	8	-	4	4	-	-

	Thu	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	12	8	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	733	577	547	528	570	549	508	200	556	637	666	786	773	325	308	206	676	701	712	633	567	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:38PM 2.29				9:35AM 2.56			4:07PM 1.69				4:23AM 1.90		12:09PM 1.89					3:10AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			3:19AM 0.75							10:05PM 0.33						6:28PM 0.39					9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	18	13	13	9	9	8	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	18	11	12	9	9	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	8	7	8	8	8	11	11	12	8	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	12	12	10	6	8	8	-	10	-	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	3	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15				Friday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	695	442	606	599	571	568	776	98	98	297	318	352	350	607	570	247	323	717	651	686	668	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 2.44						3:51AM 1.80						9:35AM 2.56					2:06PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	14	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	15	15	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	16	11	13	9	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	7	7	7	7	12	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	14	7	7	7	7	8	11	11	14	14	14	14	-	7	12	13	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	2	-	5	5	5	5	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	5	5	5	5	5

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None