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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	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	4	5	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.5 E	0.8 ENE	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	10	8	13	16	15	8	14	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	16	14	15	14	12
Energy(?)	870	702	243	1213	5616	1467	792	173	940	1299	2038	967	590	515	310	1556	2726	2696	3224	1992	1635	1311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 1.35		2:48PM 2.16	8:03PM 1.45	7:28AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.48	9:43AM 1.45		9:48PM 1.51		5:09PM 1.95	8:06PM 1.81	4:46AM 1.83		8:52PM 2.01	9:44AM 1.69		10:28PM 1.80	11:16AM 1.63	6:11PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09AM 0.15	8:41AM 0.17		2:17AM 0.14		1:48PM 0.22	3:10AM 0.14		2:40PM 0.23		9:23AM 0.56		2:34AM 0.38	11:01AM 0.56	1:43PM 0.58	3:19AM 0.50		4:09PM 0.35		5:09AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	21	17	13	14	14	15	13	15	15	19	17	15	19	14	12	16	17	15	17	11
Low °C	14	15	19	15	10	11	13	13	13	15	14	12	16	14	16	13	9	12	16	12	16	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	21	16	10	12	11	13	10	14	14	19	17	15	19	12	12	16	16	15	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 NE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	10	15	9	16	8	6	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	18	13	16	-	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.3 N	-	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	0.5 SE	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	10	9	-	8	15	8	9	-	9	-	8	8	16	-	16	10	-	8	7	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	0.2 WNW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NE	1.4 N	1.6 SW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	8	13	5	10	6	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	15	14	7
Energy(?)	764	739	1428	1230	569	737	602	302	218	330	273	1863	6491	3344	4277	3933	1502	2283	2142	648	391	743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						6:42AM 1.85					8:03PM 1.45		3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15				2:24PM 0.15						8:34AM 0.31	11:00AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	12	11	17	15	17	21	22	15	14	12	10	10	13	16	18	13	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	24	21	10	9	17	15	17	21	22	15	14	10	8	8	13	15	18	11	10	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	1.1 S	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	6	6	10	8	16	13	14	16	16	16	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	15	15	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	11	16	-	8	8	6	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 W	1.0 N	1.0 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	3	4	9	9	4	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	7

	Thursday 19										Friday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 E	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 E	0.9 E	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	12	11	14	12	8	9	15	16	9	6	14	14	12	12	8
Energy(?)	541	691	870	1045	239	185	182	443	749	345	485	812	1481	480	1201	1722	538	413	464	550	393	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	16	15	23	17	16	21	18	16	19	16	11	11	15	12	11	11	11	12	13	19
Chill °C (?)	24	24	15	14	23	17	16	21	17	16	19	15	9	9	14	9	8	8	8	9	11	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	15	9	15	16	-	14	14	14	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.2 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 N	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	12	14	14	7	8	8	6	11	14	6	18	15	9	12	-	11	11	11	14	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.3 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.4 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	2.4 W
Period (s)	3	3	8	8	5	-	-	-	4	-	3	8	9	6	9	9	6	7	7	5	4	8

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