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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	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Long Point Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 W	1.0 E	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	15	11	11	11	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	770	1666	1455	1293	282	1948	2020	711	229	405	405	404	680	1638	707	891	1566	1804	618	2142	1721	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:22PM 1.83	10:27AM 1.19		10:36PM 1.40	10:17AM 1.50		9:08PM 1.51	9:39AM 1.48		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55								9:17PM 1.83	9:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.52		4:23AM 0.28	4:18PM 0.35		4:08AM 0.52	4:19PM 0.49		3:48AM 0.40	3:51PM 0.53		4:24AM 0.54							3:05PM 0.40		3:25AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	4	-	-	14	-	7	16	-
High °C	22	20	15	18	14	12	12	14	11	16	18	17	16	17	16	13	14	14	19	12	14	14
Low °C	17	19	12	14	13	9	11	14	9	12	16	15	15	17	14	12	12	12	17	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	22	20	14	18	13	9	12	14	9	16	17	17	16	17	15	11	13	14	19	11	12	14
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	1.5 ENE	0.1 S	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 W	1.0 E	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	15	-	11	11	9	8	12	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	14	13	-	-	16	13	13	12	9	-	13	-	-	16	5	14	9	13	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	-	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	6	11	-	-	6	8	9	-	-	9	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08							Thursday 09								Friday 10
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	11	11	11	11	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1570	1039	1955	3028	1170	1008	1375	1157	1205	1125	1293	1234	1196	1091	1030	2998	2029	1339	1041	1869	1487	1239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				9:42AM 1.21				9:01PM 1.63			7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55			5:31AM 1.59				5:23PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.60					3:33PM 0.34			2:02AM 0.40				2:02PM 0.61			11:20PM 0.83				11:03AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	19	22	22	18	17	15	14	14	18	14	13	12	10	8	9	9	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	17	19	22	22	17	16	15	14	13	18	12	11	10	8	6	7	7	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	9	9	13	15	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	7	-	14	13	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	5	6	5	5	-	-	5	4	5	5	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	13	14	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1397	1003	757	1038	693	693	1881	1860	1241	1263	1210	1161	1320	1295	1327	174	177	479	501	813	813	788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	4:07PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.60	1:34AM 0.52	2:56AM 0.72	3:37AM 0.26										1:04PM 0.58								9:18PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	16	17	18	19	18	19	18	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	15	15	15	13	13	11	11	16	17	18	19	18	19	18	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	13	14	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	9	9	7	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

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