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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	2	5	4	6	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 NE	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	10	6	10	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	354	951	1002	228	285	289	194	411	666	572	2034	1397	370	1991	1061	2486	5495	1183	1723	2223	4525	2774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 1.44		6:38AM 1.57		1:22AM 1.96	7:53AM 1.41	5:28PM 2.19	1:21AM 2.97	5:30AM 1.81		8:25PM 1.27	8:54AM 1.52		9:29PM 1.42	9:42AM 1.51		8:23PM 1.59	10:37AM 1.40		10:33PM 1.32	10:55AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.66		11:19PM 0.35		1:18PM 0.63	7:10PM 0.59			7:08PM 0.75	11:46AM 0.43	2:29PM 0.28	2:32AM 0.26		3:36PM 0.48	3:25AM 0.49		2:33PM 0.36	2:43AM 0.36	4:24AM 0.24	4:30PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	20	6	2	-	4	2	20	10
High °C	12	13	12	12	14	9	20	18	20	23	16	15	15	14	11	11	14	11	12	12	12	13
Low °C	11	13	11	11	12	8	18	18	18	22	15	14	13	14	8	11	13	9	10	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	13	8	20	18	20	23	15	15	14	12	9	10	12	8	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	10	13	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	10	6	19	17	11	15	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	-	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	13	17	-	11	13	8	9	10	5	7	16	15	9	-	12	16	-	15	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	-	1.6 N	-	-	1.4 NE	2.5 W	-	0.5 N	2.2 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	-	-	3	3	-	7	-	-	6	10	-	4	15	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 20					Sunday 21								Monday 22								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	3.0 WSW	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	827	505	784	329	285	1018	711	1153	637	879	674	296	335	311	262	204	558	503	282	593	591	666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:25PM 1.44		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26				6:57PM 1.29	7:12PM 1.42								7:33PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		12:29PM 0.66								10:21AM 0.42					1:13AM 0.62			12:19PM 0.41	2:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	11	11	10	10	11	8	14	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	9	15	21	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	10	13	10	9	8	8	10	5	13	9	11	12	12	10	8	11	8	14	21	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.1 N	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	6	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	13	12	8	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	8	9	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-

	Saturday 20																Sunday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	12	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1040	699	354	623	583	1391	500	385	1152	1950	241	213	323	285	285	285	1139	375	280	303	303	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:23PM 1.96						6:13PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:22PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	11	12	13	13	17	10	14	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	12	13	10	16	7	12	7	10	10	9	8	8	9	5	8	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 N	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	12	13	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	13	9	14	17	8	9	15	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	7	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	3	8	8	8

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