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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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	11	10	12	9	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9
Energy(?)	25	125	807	1566	1655	1165	648	622	297	635	967	1141	533	1616	904	399	353	295	248	78	258	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:40AM 1.39	12:16PM 1.61	1:30PM 1.31	11:16PM 1.75	7:22AM 2.67	1:37PM 1.80	1:02AM 2.01			2:58AM 1.78		3:27PM 1.47	3:48AM 1.58	10:09AM 2.93	4:13PM 1.44		12:05PM 1.86	5:01PM 1.20		12:44PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		4:06PM 0.46		6:01AM 0.45						8:24AM 0.49	6:53PM 0.45	8:32PM 0.44	9:05AM 0.50		9:28PM 0.61			10:12PM 0.62	6:01AM 0.56		11:06PM 0.29	6:41AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	13	9	24	1
High °C	30	28	12	13	16	12	22	17	15	14	13	15	18	12	12	17	17	18	16	16	16	18
Low °C	26	26	9	12	16	10	18	16	13	13	13	13	17	11	11	17	17	17	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	30	28	9	12	15	11	22	16	14	14	12	15	18	12	11	16	17	18	16	16	15	18
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 S	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 N	1.2 NNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	10	8	11	9	10	10	9	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	5	-	15	11	9	9	10	9	16	-	12	14	8	-	5	5	11	6	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 NE	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	11	10	12	9	4	10	5	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 11							Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 WNW	1.6 NNE	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	6	9	12	16	11	8	7	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1447	399	59	68	42	559	3456	311	637	1430	1150	1474	1283	1434	1434	1067	1569	1032	1080	740	563	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:23AM 1.66				12:26AM 1.88				12:51PM 1.71					1:37AM 1.59		8:46AM 1.63		1:57PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 0.73					4:32PM 0.34				6:45AM 0.43					7:26PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	14	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	25	26	30	17	15	18	10	12	10	13	14	16	14	13	12	12	13	21	23	18
Chill °C (?)	17	20	25	26	30	16	13	18	9	12	7	12	13	15	13	13	10	11	13	21	23	18
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 WNW	1.6 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	8	9	12	16	11	8	7	9	13	7	10	11	11	11	12	12	8	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.7 NE	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	14	8	7	8	12	13	11	3	10	9	6	9	8	10	13	13	8	5	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 N	1.5 N	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.4 WSW	1.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 W
Period (s)	11	5	6	5	4	4	-	3	7	10	11	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	5	6	10

	Sunday 11
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NNE	2.2 NW	1.8 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 N	1.6 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	10	6	7	7	6	11	13	5	6	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1295	636	26	59	38	93	805	451	20	21	83	202	225	40	39	3651	44	32	1109	30	13	6139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			7:19PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:44PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	20	22	22	18	22	21	27	21	28	27	22	22	18	21	20	11	20	20	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	20	19	22	22	17	22	21	27	21	28	27	22	22	17	20	19	8	19	19	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	12	10	13	10	7	6	9	7	9	9	12	12	-	11	11	-	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	11	5	7	8	8	8	14	12	8	11	8	8	8	15	15	-	15	13	-	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	2.2 N	0.8 W	0.8 NNE	2.2 NW	1.8 N	0.5 NW	1.1 N	1.0 W	1.5 N	1.6 N	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 SW	3.0 NW	1.1 NW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	3	6	4	6	7	7	3	4	4	5	6	8	8	11	8	7	13	8	4	12

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