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

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	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
Rating	10	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	13	13	14	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	13885	12040	6798	5212	4660	3528	3102	3827	5538	6846	6593	4721	5753	4207	3706	3670	1144	7026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:54PM	11:19AM		11:33PM	11:57AM	2:38PM	2:39AM		12:50PM 10:03AM			1:39PM	2:06AM	3:28AM	2:16PM	2:38AM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56PM		5:09AM	5:31PM 4:17AM		5:44AM		8:24PM	8:56AM		9:42PM	7:24AM		7:53PM	9:45AM	4:04PM	8:26PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	10	11	9	16	10	7	9	9	8	9	12	12	11	9	8
Low °C	10	10	9	9	9	8	11	8	6	8	8	6	9	11	11	8	8	6
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	7	8	7	16	7	4	6	6	4	6	10	10	8	7	6
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.2 ENE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 E	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	13	13	14	16	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	11	11	9	12	11	-	-	20	-	14	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	0.6 WNW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	-	13	14	-	9	-	13	13	13	-	13	-	4	13	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	18	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	13081	12239	13885	10784	12040	8608	7257	6798	8322	6929	5212	3243	4660	3045	5124	3528	3980	3750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:22AM 1.66					12:46AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 0.55	4:38AM 0.26				4:21PM 0.20								5:51PM 0.12				5:26AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	10	10	11	9	9	12	9	9	9	13	11	10	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	7	9	6	6	10	9	9	6	13	8	8	5	6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	19	16	16	16	14	14	16	16	15	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	18	16	16	15	-	14	-	-	-	13	-	14	-	-	-	3	4