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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	Sun		Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porangahau River Mouth Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.2 E	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	11	8	9	14	14	22	20	20	9	16	9	14	10	8	8	8	12	9
Energy(?)	365	292	146	170	199	70	29	206	584	379	477	317	603	1175	809	1138	355	1371	1021	951	761	927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:59AM 1.50	6:16PM 1.34		5:45AM 1.74	2:02PM 2.06	2:31AM 2.03		2:39PM 2.07	3:07AM 2.03		5:55PM 1.79		7:57AM 1.70	3:57PM 2.04	8:16PM 1.67	8:42AM 1.75	3:13PM 2.74	10:34PM 1.55	11:03AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 0.30	12:18PM 0.28		11:34PM 0.27	12:01PM 0.30		8:21PM 0.19	8:36AM 0.34		8:57PM 0.18	9:07AM 0.32		12:12AM 0.24			2:34AM 0.29				4:48AM 0.41	5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	15	17	12	14	16	13	20	17	15	21	17	17	22	19	13	12	12	13	15	16
Low °C	13	9	13	15	12	14	15	12	17	17	13	18	16	16	20	19	11	11	11	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	10	14	16	10	14	15	12	20	17	15	21	15	16	22	19	10	12	11	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	2.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	8	9	14	14	11	11	20	11	16	9	14	10	10	10	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.8 N	0.7 S	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	-	15	14	7	7	-	6	11	11	20	12	21	8	10	9	10	-	-	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	4	3	3	3	-	4	4	3	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	8	8	8	8	9

	Sunday 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	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	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	282	226	276	217	201	203	341	161	166	190	468	319	738	777	330	216	154	228	299	206	324	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:03AM 1.74			1:26PM 2.02					4:25AM 1.89				6:05PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42				7:44PM 0.24										1:20AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	12	11	11	12	15	15	14	12	11	10	10	12	15	14	14	16	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	12	9	9	11	14	14	12	10	10	8	8	10	14	13	13	16	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	8	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	-	14	14	-	13	5	7	9	7	13	8	13	14	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 E	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	3	4	5	5	7	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	6	8

	Sunday 18										Monday 19
	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	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	11	7	7	7
Energy(?)	361	286	365	365	249	244	292	158	141	141	137	170	405	451	201	146	151	150	130	188	196	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	5:11AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	13	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	9	8	10	10	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	8	8	-	12	12	12	4	4	8	9	8	4	10	10	5	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 NE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	4	4	4	-	4	3	8	3	4	-	-	-	7	7	7

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