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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	1	9	7	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	15	14	14	8	17	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	872	4518	1565	1851	2140	1272	1257	2500	817	836	560	492	853	459	346	96	10794	9078	739	7553	1900	1885
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:15PM 2.18		3:11AM 2.06	10:29AM 2.87		3:54AM 2.04	4:09AM 1.94	4:27PM 1.88		6:04AM 1.82	4:35PM 2.25	7:02PM 1.94	7:25AM 1.94	5:35PM 1.89	7:59PM 1.71	8:33AM 1.46		8:58PM 1.46	9:22AM 1.41		8:50PM 1.69	10:38AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 0.13	8:53PM 0.03	4:20AM -0.07		9:38PM 0.03	10:19AM 0.11		10:37PM 0.07	12:15PM 0.20		1:18AM 0.19			2:16AM 0.23		2:49PM 0.20	3:15AM 0.22		2:38PM 0.36	3:07AM 0.42	4:37AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	8	13	13	11	13	16	15	19	20	16	20	17	18	22	15	10	14	13	13	15
Low °C	10	10	6	11	13	9	11	15	14	14	20	14	17	16	14	19	13	7	13	13	9	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	11	10	8	12	15	15	19	20	16	20	16	18	22	13	8	13	11	13	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.1 NE	-	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	-	8	12	10	10	11	11	11	15	14	10	8	17	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	1.0 SW	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	-	21	10	10	9	9	8	13	9	7	14	6	9	9	8	-	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	-	1.7 SSW	0.7 NNE	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 N	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 NE	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	12	12	11	-	10	4	-	5	4	3	-	5	3	-	-	2	15	-	-

	Monday 02							Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	20	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1256	1008	3275	631	648	2687	1597	1463	1325	1007	1093	1656	1301	1413	1269	1272	2158	1583	1620	1173	1080	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									3:25AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91								6:05AM 1.61				6:53PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35AM 0.29	8:34AM 0.15				9:08PM 0.03				9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14				11:51PM 0.08				11:31AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	15	12	10	9	7	6	5	9	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	15	11	8	7	6	4	3	7	11	11	9	10	8	9	7	13	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SE	1.7 S	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	11	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.5 E	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	1.4 SE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	10	12	5	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	20	8	21	9	11	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.5 ENE	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	3	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1467	756	4356	349	1068	3626	6108	5681	5642	5106	3156	4284	3896	2839	1062	1990	1889	1734	1734	2730	2730	3834
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														2:44PM 2.00		4:46PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)								8:50AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	8	9	9	8	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	7	9	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	8	7	7	8	6	4	5	5	4	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 NE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	10	10	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	1.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	-	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SSW	1.7 E	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	2.3 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	7	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	13	13	-	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	10

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