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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	4	3	4	6	2	0	2	4	9	4	3	3	9	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.8 SW	1.4 S	5.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 W	0.6 S	0.8 NNE	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.2 N	0.9 SW	0.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	16	7	15	14	16	14	12	10	12	13	13	10	12	13	14	13	12	11	9	10	7
Energy(?)	46	165	142	912	12615	434	1879	113	188	5641	2819	1410	262	828	1434	1553	3400	336	1192	724	280	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 1.83		5:58AM 1.43	4:10PM 1.68		4:31AM 1.73	5:12PM 1.59	7:22PM 1.24	6:29AM 1.75	5:22PM 1.58	2:42AM 1.91		2:58PM 1.89	1:35AM 2.71			9:24PM 1.30		1:45PM 3.67	2:12AM 2.69	10:30AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			11:47PM 0.25	12:14PM 0.26		11:10PM 0.33	10:40AM 0.35		1:31AM 0.26	12:47PM 0.42		8:31PM 0.36	8:57AM 0.51		7:30PM 0.53	9:36AM 0.61	3:22PM 0.32	3:30AM 0.34	8:44AM 1.15		8:05PM 0.71	4:14AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	1	-	13	1	-	2	-	-	-	4	1	-	3	16	5	6	9	1
High °C	21	17	15	16	12	17	16	22	14	10	15	11	15	9	11	13	11	8	8	16	5	12
Low °C	18	14	11	14	12	16	16	18	9	8	13	9	12	8	8	10	11	7	8	16	4	12
Chill °C (?)	21	15	12	15	9	17	14	22	11	7	14	9	14	5	9	13	8	6	5	15	1	9
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.8 SW	1.4 S	-	0.9 SSW	1.8 W	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	6	16	7	15	-	16	14	7	6	9	13	13	10	12	13	14	13	12	12	-	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 S	0.8 NNE	-	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	15	10	-	6	-	12	10	-	8	5	9	13	9	7	-	-	10	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 NW	5.5 WSW	-	2.5 NNW	-	0.9 W	4.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	2.1 W	2.2 N	1.4 W	1.8 NW
Period (s)	2	4	7	2	14	-	7	-	5	12	8	5	3	3	-	-	-	2	11	9	6	6

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	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tahunanui Beach Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	6	4	4	2	2	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	1.4 N	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	6	16	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	10	8	8	7
Energy(?)	706	78	46	200	1835	1183	1256	648	840	557	1954	8483	7025	5064	2840	2789	227	215	4687	1568	534	375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:34PM 1.39			3:52AM 1.74	4:15AM 1.70			4:00PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:19AM 0.26	11:25AM 0.60			9:36PM 0.26	10:29PM 0.30				11:16AM 0.34			7:27PM 0.26							5:28PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	6	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	20	21	18	7	10	9	7	15	16	17	11	11	10	11	10	21	22	13	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	20	21	18	3	9	6	5	14	15	16	9	10	8	10	7	21	22	10	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NNE	-	1.8 N	2.0 NNW	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	16	6	7	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	7	-	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.8 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	4	11	11	11	7	11	15	6	10	10	-	-	-	13	-	9	14	-	14	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 N	1.4 N	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.2 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.1 N	3.0 SW	4.0 W	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.4 NNE	2.4 N	4.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	-	1.9 SW
Period (s)	3	6	7	6	4	5	4	10	6	5	16	14	-	-	-	4	7	8	10	8	-	7

	Tuesday 21																Wednesday 22
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tahunanui Beach Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	6	4	4	2	2	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SW	7.0 W	6.5 W	3.5 W	6.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	4.0 W	0.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	6	12	12	16	16	16	16	10	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	5	15	8	8	16
Energy(?)	716	98	46	45	347	101	337	145	59	157	1105	3456	19898	19228	5331	18575	95	177	7094	147	246	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:41PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)												6:48PM 0.25					11:47PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	17	18	19	11	17	11	14	16	17	10	7	8	8	11	8	14	13	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	8	16	17	19	8	16	7	11	14	16	6	2	3	3	10	3	13	12	8	8	8	13
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.7 NE	1.5 S	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 W	0.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	10	7	15	-	-	-	15	-	6	6	15	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	6	7	6	7	15	16	7	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	8	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WSW	3.0 SW	7.0 W	6.5 W	-	6.5 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	4	3	4	4	8	5	5	15	15	15	-	15	4	5	-	-	-	6

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