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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	Fri		Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Fri
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	7	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SE	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.7 S	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	12	12	11	8	10	11	8	13	13	7	12	12	14	13	19	18	14	12	11
Energy(?)	121	165	357	670	727	393	397	208	416	272	627	242	177	618	316	740	663	854	1878	1408	1035	1191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:18AM 2.22	4:38PM 2.09		5:13AM 1.51	3:32PM 2.14	11:17PM 2.79	11:37AM 2.95			4:25AM 1.89	4:20PM 2.08		5:02AM 1.88	6:45PM 1.64		5:41AM 1.86		8:30PM 1.35	9:18AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	4:56PM 0.71	10:05PM 0.33	10:32AM 0.77		10:52PM 0.29	11:30AM 0.32			5:25AM 0.38	5:49PM 0.35	12:17AM 0.25	10:35AM 0.32		10:48PM 0.23	11:14AM 0.31		12:54AM 0.25	11:55AM 0.31	2:31PM 0.23	2:40AM 0.20		3:50PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-
High °C	14	12	17	13	10	11	13	12	14	15	11	15	16	10	19	20	15	19	18	16	18	23
Low °C	13	10	15	12	8	10	13	11	12	14	9	12	15	9	16	17	14	19	18	15	17	22
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	12	9	10	12	10	13	14	10	14	15	8	19	20	14	19	18	16	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 NE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	13	13	8	12	12	14	13	19	18	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.6 N	1.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	12	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	13	9	8	16	11	8	11	19	14	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.7 S	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	1.3 SE	-	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 E	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.7 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	8	5	5	-	-	8	2	-	8	-	4	7	4	3	4	4	7	8	-	12	5

	Friday 16			Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.7 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	575	732	565	596	1000	1132	515	323	313	302	873	727	541	634	567	205	293	474	313	280	244	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:29AM 1.49		10:20AM 2.70					2:53AM 2.07									5:56AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53PM 0.74				9:22AM 0.78			4:31PM 0.61					9:16AM 0.39	10:43AM 0.34				11:38PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	13	9	9	8	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	10	10	10	10	16	16	14	12	9	9	8	12	11	9	11	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	8	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	-	-	7	8	12	11	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.7 SE	0.3 NE	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7

	Friday 16										Saturday 17
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.7 SE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	8	7	7	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	593	338	121	100	397	390	89	458	451	451	815	569	405	601	606	359	543	698	563	563	596	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:54PM 2.08						9:55PM 2.56					2:32AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:57AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	13	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	13	12	12	10	16	16	15	11	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 SE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	8	8	13	13	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	6	10	7	5	8	8	12	12	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8

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