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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	8	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	9	9	15	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1158	1388	624	870	1158	333	3192	12094	6021	5273	1807	2068	819	775	582	689	719	206	257	264	442	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 1.53	1:44PM 1.23	1:48AM 1.40		2:17PM 1.22	2:40AM 1.35		3:02PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35		1:55PM 1.63	3:18AM 1.79		2:32PM 1.72	10:59PM 3.13	11:12AM 3.28	3:12PM 1.79	12:10AM 2.04		3:32PM 1.92	3:58AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.34	8:12AM 0.33		8:20PM 0.32	8:58AM 0.31		9:23PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.35		9:07PM 0.29	9:28AM 0.30			5:05AM 0.70			10:03AM 0.20		10:28PM 0.14	7:35AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	12	14	15	15	15	14	13	16	16	14	16	18	15	16	15	22	17	21	13	17
Low °C	20	23	8	13	15	12	14	14	11	14	16	12	15	17	14	16	14	18	16	20	13	16
Chill °C (?)	24	25	12	14	14	14	15	12	11	15	14	13	16	18	14	16	14	22	16	21	11	16
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	9	9	9	15	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SE	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	1.0 NW	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	8	9	13	9	12	9	9	13	9	12	-	12	12	9	12	12	6	19	12	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	-	0.9 S	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	-	13	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	7	4	-

	Friday 13							Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SE	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	10	9	9	13	12	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1185	1805	1054	1179	1388	1437	1462	1340	1328	556	707	667	704	628	1355	1216	1381	3571	3192	3605	3806	13434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32				1:33PM 1.56		8:44PM 2.63		1:01AM 1.62			12:49PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:17AM 0.36				7:36PM 0.33			6:21AM 0.51				6:34PM 0.43					7:07AM 0.32			4:42PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	20	24	25	23	20	19	20	8	13	16	14	17	14	14	14	11	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	20	24	25	23	20	19	20	6	12	16	13	16	14	14	12	9	13	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 SSW	0.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	14	14	14	13	14	9	9	13	13	10	9	12	9	9	13	19	15	15	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	13	7	8	8	9	9	14	14	9	9	9	13	9	8	8	9	15	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NE	1.8 N	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NNW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	6	8	8	9	-	6	-	6	7	3	-	10	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	16

	Friday 13
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.1 SE	1.3 WSW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	10	10	14	11	14	14	13	10
Energy(?)	2095	952	676	823	975	975	993	1138	1972	357	661	497	1685	421	480	508	490	1027	906	899	884	1153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:48AM 1.43	12:41PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)							7:27AM 0.33										5:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	20	15	15	16	16	18	19	12	12	12	21	13	18	18	12	15	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	13	20	14	14	16	16	18	19	12	12	11	21	13	18	18	11	14	10	10	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	9	11	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.1 SW	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 SE	1.2 N	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	10	14	14	13	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 N	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	2.1 NE	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	-	4	8	4	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	10

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