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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	Mon	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	9	9	5	8	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.5 ESE	2.4 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	14	9	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1957	1179	1993	1019	967	2335	960	901	717	536	779	167	645	1504	4899	11712	2795	10798	5481	2955	1996	1250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:26AM 1.96		3:43PM 1.89		5:16AM 1.88	6:14PM 1.97		4:35AM 1.99	2:18PM 2.22	7:19PM 1.49	7:44AM 1.51	2:55PM 2.14	8:08PM 1.47	7:33AM 1.76		9:27PM 1.58	9:51AM 1.53		10:17PM 1.39	10:25AM 1.31		11:03PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 0.11		11:07PM 0.13	11:32AM 0.17		11:52PM 0.16	10:43AM 0.15		1:34AM 0.13			2:25AM 0.17		1:50PM 0.29	3:46AM 0.48		4:09PM 0.20		4:19AM 0.23	4:36PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	49	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	14	11	12	16	12	18	21	16	25	20	17	15	13	11	15	13	9	14	15	14
Low °C	8	8	13	10	11	15	10	15	20	14	19	18	16	14	13	10	15	12	8	10	15	13
Chill °C (?)	7	8	12	9	11	15	12	18	21	15	25	20	17	13	11	8	14	12	9	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 S	-	1.3 SE	1.5 ESE	2.4 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	-	8	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	14	9	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	-	21	10	10	9	9	8	13	15	-	13	9	9	9	10	-	13	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 S	1.8 S	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	-	10	-	4	5	4	4	-	-	6	6	-	7	15	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	20	18	11	11	16	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1616	1463	1215	1007	1179	1534	849	1413	1037	1019	1717	1418	1194	1097	1218	1379	1147	1156	1156	1023	1009	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:25AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91												6:53PM 1.53					7:10AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 0.03					11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01	11:51PM 0.08				11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	6	6	8	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	13	12	13	14	11	11	10	10	15	19
Chill °C (?)	8	6	4	4	8	11	9	9	9	9	8	10	13	11	12	14	10	10	9	9	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	8	11	16	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	20	10	21	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.3 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.2 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1731	1731	1702	1616	2104	2549	1817	1742	455	2716	2544	395	2544	1998	1853	4293	4054	2698	2555	2973	2973	2283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:15AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.03	10:19PM 0.12								6:52AM 0.17					11:45AM 0.37	12:06PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	7	6	9	9	5	9	11	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	3	5	5	1	6	8	10	9	12	12	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	0.1 NE	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.3 SW	-	-	1.2 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	-	-	11	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	24	-	-	23	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.4 NE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	2	12	12	2	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	10

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