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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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	2	2	5	6	4	4	4	3	7	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	15	14	7	12	12	14	13	13	12	13	14	13	11	10	12	12	14	12
Energy(?)	903	1946	2108	1122	628	539	262	2607	1221	1091	1695	427	447	1929	2706	2287	321	190	488	2897	1166	2767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 2.11	8:02AM 1.67		10:10PM 1.70	10:44AM 1.47		11:38PM 1.57		12:08PM 1.42	8:50PM 2.22			7:44PM 1.76	7:36AM 2.98		9:24PM 1.89			12:41AM 1.86	10:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 0.17			3:51PM 0.06		4:40AM 0.06	5:23PM 0.08		6:02AM 0.08			6:58AM 0.11	4:45PM 0.23	1:57AM 0.62		5:36PM 0.22		6:35AM 0.13	3:56PM 0.29	6:23PM 0.22	4:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	11	11	11	10	14	16	15	16	20	11	13	15	12	12	14	12	13	13	13	12
Low °C	9	7	9	11	10	8	12	14	14	14	17	10	11	15	11	9	12	11	12	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	6	4	8	10	9	8	14	16	15	15	20	10	13	14	9	10	14	11	13	10	11	12
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	15	14	7	12	12	14	13	13	12	18	14	13	11	10	12	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	1.7 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	-	-	9	10	10	10	13	16	9	22	7	20	10	-	-	13	12	13	22	22	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.5 W	2.2 W	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	6	6	-	12	-	8	9	-	-	13	7	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	9	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1895	580	808	504	1303	1122	1113	1347	1122	929	741	502	600	539	515	213	545	1943	652	6186	6651	4411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72				10:13AM 1.49						4:11AM 2.92	8:25AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			2:50PM 0.07					4:09AM 0.02										11:55AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	9	10	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	10	11	10	10	9	12	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	4	7	6	9	5	5	6	9	10	10	11	8	11	8	9	7	10	15	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 S	0.1 SE	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	9	14	14	13	8	11	12	12	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.4 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	12	14	14	9	9	8	10	11	8	10	6	15	13	13	9	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.2 WNW	2.4 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	14	-	6	-	-	5	12	-	16	12	15

	Wednesday 22																	Thursday 23
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ESE	1.3 S	2.0 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	0.6 WSW	4.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	8	12	12	18	18	10	17	9	16
Energy(?)	1848	562	903	539	2244	2154	2186	3603	3549	3400	3355	185	3207	348	309	84	466	161	343	156	398	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:32AM 1.94									5:29PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)										3:30PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	9	9	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	9	11	7	10	7	7	5	9	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	4	6	6	7	3	3	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	9	4	6	3	7	3	4	3
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	8	12	12	8	18	8	17	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.3 SW	0.8 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	10	19	7	10	13	10	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.3 S	2.0 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	-	4.0 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

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