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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	Sat		Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Warrington Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.1 SSW	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 N	4.0 ESE	1.2 N	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	8	10	11	10	11	13	13	13	14	11	11	18	8	10	11	12	10	11	9
Energy(?)	660	727	536	439	233	442	214	222	161	489	201	749	896	1206	920	989	3686	2478	1004	2969	456	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:38PM 2.68	12:48PM 1.96	3:23PM 1.76	3:31AM 2.11		4:00PM 1.79	1:55AM 2.01	4:25AM 1.89	4:37PM 1.80		7:33AM 1.51	3:44PM 2.15		7:11AM 1.72	5:55PM 1.79		7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	7:05AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			6:47AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.33	9:55AM 0.35		7:44PM 0.24	10:35AM 0.32		1:08AM 0.22			12:54AM 0.25			12:12AM 0.24		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27		1:26PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	31	9	-	-	-	6	2	-	-
High °C	13	10	13	15	12	14	13	12	13	17	14	19	17	17	14	23	19	20	16	9	17	13
Low °C	12	8	11	14	11	12	13	11	12	17	13	17	16	16	14	20	18	20	15	8	14	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	13	10	13	11	11	11	17	13	19	17	17	13	23	18	20	16	6	17	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.0 ENE	1.5 N	0.3 SSW	1.2 N	1.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	10	11	10	11	13	13	13	14	11	11	18	10	12	11	12	14	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	14	12	11	6	13	18	11	15	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	-	4.0 ESE	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	8	10	4	-	10	-	4

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	308	302	418	727	505	660	536	306	493	474	276	281	530	203	202	488	496	216	210	222	718	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:53AM 2.07			12:48PM 1.96	3:23PM 1.76				2:23AM 2.12	5:03AM 1.74			4:00PM 1.79	5:20PM 1.63				4:25AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)							9:16AM 0.39					11:46PM 0.58								11:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	11	9	9	8	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	14	9	9	9	8	12	13	12	10	11	10	8	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	0.6 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17										Sunday 18
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	8	8	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	330	319	325	660	404	638	688	411	745	748	518	578	732	510	510	665	665	435	430	425	536	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:45AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	14	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	12	13	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	13	10	10	11	10	11	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	-	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	5	-	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	-	-	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	3	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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