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 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smithfield Canterbury	Paekakariki Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	6	1	9	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 W	1.0 NNW	4.0 W	4.0 S	1.0 NW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	7	7	8	9	10	12	11	12	10	11	14	11	9	13	12	12	11	10	14
Energy(?)	64	482	552	265	546	1071	1134	1346	2013	1675	2398	2220	292	6588	5417	199	4205	8106	2358	2065	1831	1641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					1:54PM 2.08	2:17AM 2.01		2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99	9:18AM 1.52	5:03PM 2.10	9:46PM 1.49	8:19AM 1.76		7:57PM 2.29	7:55AM 1.74		11:36PM 1.39	11:25AM 1.46		12:02AM 1.46	12:20PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 0.24	12:15AM 0.26	6:54AM 0.26		8:06PM 0.42	8:23AM 0.43		8:45PM 0.40			3:53AM 0.43		1:51PM 0.87	2:20AM 0.86		2:19PM 0.37		5:14AM 0.20	3:41PM 0.94		6:11AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	1	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	17	15	16	14	17	17	17	19	12	12	16	16	11	15	17	14	15	15	13	15
Low °C	14	17	16	14	16	13	17	17	16	18	12	10	14	16	8	13	16	11	14	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	14	14	12	16	17	16	19	10	8	16	14	8	14	16	13	14	15	11	14
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.9 SSE	1.0 NW	0.7 E	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 S
Period (s)	8	13	12	12	11	20	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	9	10	12	12	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 N	-	0.3 N	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	14	11	11	12	10	21	10	10	10	9	19	-	12	10	11	-	12	12	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.7 W	-	1.1 S	3.5 W	0.9 NW	4.0 W	4.0 S	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	7	7	8	9	-	4	-	6	10	6	14	11	-	13	12	-	-	10	-

	Tuesday 20					Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	9	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.7 E	1.2 S	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 SSW	5.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	14	7	13	7	8	8	8	18	11	10	8	11	11
Energy(?)	246	205	182	244	520	552	570	594	604	587	531	521	532	1173	1087	1349	1541	11380	1346	1299	1719	1945
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 2.82					1:40AM 2.02				3:44PM 2.15					5:41AM 1.86				6:24PM 2.31	8:39PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54AM 0.37			6:40PM 0.26	7:29PM 0.46				7:47AM 0.45					12:03AM 0.75					2:31PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	19	14	19	17	17	16	16	15	17	15	17	16	14	13	13	14	20	17	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	19	13	19	17	17	16	16	15	16	14	16	15	13	12	12	14	20	17	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.3 E	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	13	11	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	14	7	13	12	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 N	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	13	8	9	11	11	12	12	12	10	11	-	23	10	20	19	18	12	10	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	-	8	4	4

	Tuesday 20																Wednesday 21
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	9	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.6 SW	1.4 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	11	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	7	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	13	13	14
Energy(?)	243	111	64	146	482	482	476	482	482	38	729	436	253	341	349	532	573	421	364	271	272	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:18PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54AM 0.37															10:48PM 0.23			1:08AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	14	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	11	16	14	12	12	12	12	16	13	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	7	14	14	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	8	15	13	9	9	9	9	15	12	9	13	13
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	11	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	10	13	12	12	12	12	14	8	9	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	14	7	14	6	6	6	14	14	-	15	14	7	14	14	14	10	7	13	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.0 SE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	5	7	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	8	8

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