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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Scarborough Canterbury	Aramoana Spit Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 E	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	14	7	12	9	8	9	17	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	1510	106	258	31	1761	1714	509	1874	2803	1321	1003	459	211	2320	995	1119	1033	926	2326	1965	1091	3582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:01PM 3.23	12:26AM 3.21			8:48PM 1.65		1:45PM 2.85	8:58PM 2.55	9:38AM 1.55		10:09PM 2.07	8:45AM 1.68		11:10PM 2.04	11:18AM 2.28		12:00AM 2.02	11:11AM 1.67		12:58AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			6:15PM 0.03	6:42AM 0.12	2:26PM 0.02		7:36AM 0.29			3:34AM 0.07	2:16PM 0.14			4:47PM 0.09		5:12AM 0.45	5:45PM 0.11		4:57AM 0.22	5:20PM 0.19	6:40PM 0.14	7:18AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	2	7	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-
High °C	17	15	8	9	9	8	8	8	12	11	12	9	11	13	9	16	16	15	14	13	15	15
Low °C	14	14	7	8	8	6	8	7	11	9	11	8	9	13	8	11	13	14	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	5	6	6	5	5	4	10	10	11	6	10	13	8	16	16	14	13	12	15	14
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 E	2.0 ESE	0.5 E	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	8	9	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	14	7	13	16	8	10	9	14	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SW	1.4 S	0.2 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	8	-	10	16	16	13	-	12	9	10	10	10	10	8	14	14	13	-	-	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	1.2 ESE	-	1.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	-	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	5	9	-	8	9	8	9	10	8	8	6	-	12	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	10

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.5 S	1.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	9	9	11	11	9	10	9	10	8	10	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1210	1060	788	615	1574	765	270	221	1229	1580	396	343	342	1714	729	831	1874	1195	670	577	1306	1310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:01PM 3.23		7:45PM 1.64		12:26AM 3.21		7:35AM 2.40				6:04PM 1.92				8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	6:07AM -0.01										12:10PM 0.13				2:31AM 0.10				1:14PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	17	17	14	13	12	9	9	7	6	9	9	8	6	8	8	7	9	10	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	11	17	17	14	12	11	8	8	4	4	7	7	8	3	5	5	4	6	8	9	4	5
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.5 S	1.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	9	11	11	9	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	9	9	8	8	-	10	9	16	6	16	15	15	15	14	8	8	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	2.5 SE	1.9 S	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	8	-	3	-	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8

	Monday 20																	Tuesday 21
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	0.5 ENE	1.1 SE	1.9 S	3.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	8	8	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1520	1682	1510	1349	116	91	1041	904	160	1185	54	184	992	1213	184	184	1198	714	486	365	1191	1856
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:01PM 3.23				4:50PM 1.94			7:12PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	6:07AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	15	14	14	17	17	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	14	13	13	17	17	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	2
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	-	18	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	1.9 S	3.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	9

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