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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	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Owahanga Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	4	5	4	2	1	4	5	4	3	2	8	4	2	4	2	2	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.4 S	6.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	2.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 S	3.5 W	0.1 SE	1.2 NE	2.4 N	3.5 WNW	0.4 NE	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	7	15	14	14	15	14	13	16	12	12	13	13	13	10	12	10	8	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	145	153	900	18669	4810	396	148	1738	1043	1949	913	246	1287	5488	299	3170	4	197	1026	2662	35	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 1.70	4:32PM 1.63		4:54AM 1.68			5:02AM 1.70	2:17PM 1.93	2:47AM 1.94		1:31PM 3.02	3:27AM 1.86	4:46AM 2.20		9:52PM 1.27		1:45PM 3.67	10:09PM 1.28	8:44AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.25	10:23AM 0.31		10:14PM 0.30	11:06AM 0.36	1:18PM 0.24	12:15AM 0.37	11:43AM 0.31		8:37PM 0.37	8:50AM 0.51		9:15PM 0.45	11:03AM 0.83	3:43PM 0.28		7:41AM 1.26				4:36PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	16	7	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	12	11	22	23	7	14	15	11	15	8	10	16	9	12	19	16	12	12	9
Low °C	12	11	14	11	9	20	19	6	14	14	9	11	8	8	14	9	9	16	15	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	11	12	16	10	10	22	23	2	14	14	9	15	4	7	16	4	12	19	15	10	12	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	8:08	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.4 S	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NNE	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 S	-	0.6 S	1.2 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	7	15	15	14	15	8	13	8	12	12	13	13	13	10	-	9	8	-	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.4 SE	0.6 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	15	10	-	-	9	14	10	11	9	9	8	-	9	14	-	13	9	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	2.4 NW	0.4 NW	6.0 WSW	-	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 NW	-	0.5 N	0.8 W	3.0 SW	-	3.5 W	0.8 NE	2.5 NNE	2.4 N	3.5 WNW	0.3 S	2.4 SW
Period (s)	4	7	3	14	-	4	3	4	-	4	-	5	4	13	-	12	6	8	10	10	3	9

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	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Uruti Point Wairarapa	Owahanga Wairarapa	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 N	1.4 N	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	8	8	11	14	12
Energy(?)	46	71	435	529	1256	587	880	564	1714	9462	7025	3955	2314	2789	2283	281	201	396	247	67	247	2265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					3:52AM 1.74	4:15AM 1.70			4:00PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59PM 0.28					11:16AM 0.34			7:27PM 0.26				9:12AM 0.65		1:34PM 0.24	5:35PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	5	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	10	9	9	7	15	16	17	11	10	9	11	11	14	21	21	17	15	15	8	8
Chill °C (?)	21	19	7	6	6	5	14	15	17	10	9	7	9	8	12	21	21	17	14	15	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 N	1.4 N	0.6 NNE	0.8 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	16	15	15	15	15	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	8	8	6	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	-	3.0 SW	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NW	-	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	6	7	11	15	7	10	10	-	-	14	13	-	-	9	9	14	-	11	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 N	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 W	0.2 ENE	1.5 NW	1.1 N	3.0 SW	4.5 W	-	-	1.1 N	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 NNW	-	0.3 SW	-	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	7	6	4	-	4	10	6	5	15	14	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	8	-	6	-	5

	Tuesday 21										Wednesday 22
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Uruti Point Wairarapa	Owahanga Wairarapa	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 SW	6.5 W	1.9 SW	4.0 W	6.5 W	6.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.7 N	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	19	14	8	15	15	14
Energy(?)	22	47	145	197	1666	256	95	229	1198	2390	17698	2001	6473	16558	16037	86	114	4	61	348	90	980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:56AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)									9:57PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	14	13	8	12	16	11	8	7	9	9	10	9	9	12	12	8	10	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	11	10	4	9	14	9	4	2	4	5	8	4	4	11	8	6	8	15	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 E	1.2 SW	1.6 S	2.3 SW	-	1.9 SW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	16	16	16	16	10	7	15	15	-	15	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	9	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	1.4 SW	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	7	7	12	8	16	10	8	-	-	9	14	-	-	10	19	16	16	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WNW	6.5 W	0.8 WNW	4.0 W	6.5 W	6.0 W	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	1.3 N
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	5	5	4	15	4	15	15	15	4	5	-	-	6	-	5

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