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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	1	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.5 W	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	7	7	9	12	9	8	11	9	10	10	11	10	10	12	11	19	18	16	15
Energy(?)	788	968	78	689	490	574	428	261	369	374	258	443	290	692	647	2067	3095	2609	711	1080	2996	662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:13AM 1.87	12:23PM 1.89		11:26PM 2.96	11:30AM 2.83	3:47PM 1.73		6:21AM 1.90	4:50PM 2.21			5:04PM 1.72		8:05AM 1.45		8:34PM 1.45	7:45AM 1.75			7:19AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			6:20AM 0.51	5:02PM 0.54		5:19AM 0.49		10:27PM 0.95	12:38PM 0.69		10:33PM 0.34	7:21AM 0.52		11:15PM 0.35		2:29PM 0.28	2:30AM 0.72		2:45PM 0.40	1:12AM 0.88		1:36PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	14	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	36	1	22	1	1
High °C	16	13	19	13	12	13	10	11	12	14	9	11	16	18	16	15	15	14	13	11	12	12
Low °C	15	9	18	12	11	12	10	10	10	14	8	9	16	15	13	15	13	14	12	8	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	19	10	9	13	7	11	11	13	7	9	16	18	16	14	15	12	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:01	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 SW	-	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	9	9	12	9	8	11	9	10	10	11	10	10	12	11	11	18	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	1.3 W	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	18	8	9	9	8	12	14	7	8	10	5	12	12	15	22	19	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	0.3 NE	2.5 W	2.2 S	-	1.4 SW	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	6	5	7	7	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	9	16	3

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	5	5	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	4	14	13	9	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11
Energy(?)	658	3219	3053	563	508	448	727	206	98	595	1035	1150	2427	2389	735	533	342	840	815	1563	1259	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:29PM 2.68								11:56PM 2.03	3:33AM 1.83					5:13PM 1.65				4:29AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)						4:40AM 0.54	8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36					12:14PM 0.31				10:27PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	7	8	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	13	14	14	14	8	8	19	10	9	11	8	7	11	10	13	11	10	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	18	14	12	14	13	14	6	6	19	7	6	10	5	3	11	9	13	9	9	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	4	9	13	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	12	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	15	9	9	10	8	10	8	8	6	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	-	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	14	6	9	13	13	8	8	-	8	8	12	11	11

	Thursday 18										Friday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	5	5	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 W	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	11	12	12	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	669	263	268	788	861	781	608	244	109	279	975	344	1047	1120	66	66	54	99	103	237	237	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														2:53AM 1.81			5:02AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:32AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3
High °C	18	19	18	16	16	15	13	13	17	14	12	13	11	11	16	16	16	14	15	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	16	15	14	12	13	17	14	10	13	9	10	16	16	15	14	15	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 W	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	11	12	12	7	7	7	6	6	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	13	13	10	7	3	7	10	13	10	10	5	5	11	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 NNE	-	1.5 W	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	4	-	6	-	6	6	2	2	4	4	4	-	-	4

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