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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	Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland
Rating	6	7	5	4	6	4	9	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	21	19	16	16	14
Energy	8960	3467	3606	2739	783	705	3970	8281	8626	2187	5628	3485	1278	838	1615	864	1543	776	1151	1654	882	862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:33AM 2.46		10:24PM 1.59	10:27AM 1.65	12:43PM 1.29	10:55PM 1.73			9:09PM 1.91		2:26PM 1.61	2:55AM 1.64		2:21PM 1.94			4:36PM 1.55	2:28AM 1.88		2:43PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	5:27PM 0.31	10:02PM 0.63	11:54AM 0.80	12:34PM 0.60		4:23AM 0.42			7:52AM 0.22	2:58PM 0.33		7:57AM 0.66		8:31PM 0.46	7:15AM 0.13		9:32PM 0.12	8:36AM 0.07		8:19PM 0.09	8:38AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	11	11	9	13	12	10	10	13	10	10	11	10	8	9	8	12	12	9	12	10
Low °C	11	8	11	10	9	11	11	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	11	11	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	5	8	10	8	12	9	7	7	11	7	8	10	9	7	8	8	12	11	7	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:35	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.4 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	13	11	12	11	13	13	12	16	14	14	9	13	12	12	12	19	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	11	11	11	26	22	19	17	10	10	10	14	10	23	20	21	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	14	-	3	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 10			Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Riversdale Wairarapa	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	5	6	9	7	7	9	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	14	16	11	15	16	13	13	13
Energy	1538	739	3080	5425	10088	6918	6993	11615	3394	5187	5071	1446	1844	1048	5878	2361	1018	3231	3472	8583	8196	9347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		3:56PM 1.22						9:37AM 1.56	12:21PM 1.22		7:29PM 1.69		12:20AM 1.53			11:53AM 1.62	12:43PM 1.29			11:12PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				11:58PM 0.68		3:38AM 0.50												5:41PM 0.32	7:10PM 0.26			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	11	8	5	6	9	10	11	10	9	10	6	6	10	13	13	11	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	14	8	6	1	2	6	7	9	8	7	7	4	3	8	13	12	11	10	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	15	16	11	15	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	-	11	13	13	12	13	11	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	10	22	22	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.9 NW	3.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	13	-	13	13	-	12	12	-	-	4	14	3	-	-	12	13	13	-

	Sunday 10											Monday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Riversdale Wairarapa	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	5	6	9	7	7	9	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 NE	2.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	6.0 SW	1.5 S	5.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	9	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	815	1167	4126	8829	4930	12940	1585	11920	1630	3555	6477	2120	4920	4162	8016	5296	3233	5170	3611	2826	2640	5714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	on	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												11:26PM 1.53										9:37AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:13AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	14	12	7	6	10	7	12	8	8	10	9	9	6	8	8	8	10	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	18	15	12	9	2	1	7	2	9	5	5	6	6	5	1	4	4	4	7	2	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	2.5 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 S	1.2 ENE	3.0 S	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	11	8	10	10	14	14	15	-	14	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	-	12	14	14	13	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	-	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	6.0 SW	2.2 S	5.5 SSW	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	14	14	13	14	7	14	5	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	-	13	14	-	-	-

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