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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	Mon	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	5.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	11	13	14	14	10	8	8	9	11	11	8	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	9	11
Energy(?)	316	129	473	236	631	561	1028	799	1178	2123	1778	1043	3325	3185	7276	3575	1325	1383	943	2101	1703	904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	on	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:57PM 2.02			1:14PM 3.18	1:37AM 3.08	6:51AM 1.82	2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99		3:09PM 2.04	9:46PM 1.49	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	7:55AM 1.74	4:40PM 1.91	8:22PM 1.73	5:10AM 1.82		9:25PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:08PM 0.25	7:54AM 0.37		1:08AM 0.22	8:30AM 0.33		7:26PM 0.50			8:45PM 0.40	9:00AM 0.43		3:53AM 0.43		4:37PM 0.43				2:49AM 0.37	11:23AM 0.56	3:18PM 0.37	3:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	16	6	-	-	4	1	3	-	-	4	-	-	1	2	1
High °C	12	20	17	14	18	15	15	16	17	18	24	17	12	13	16	14	10	15	14	12	12	11
Low °C	8	16	16	13	17	15	13	16	16	17	22	16	7	11	16	10	10	15	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	20	17	13	17	15	14	15	17	18	24	16	10	10	15	13	7	14	14	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	3.5 W	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	11	13	14	14	10	20	11	10	11	11	12	12	10	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	14	6	-	11	12	9	14	20	10	10	15	16	10	14	12	9	10	10	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	-	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	-	0.7 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	5.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	5	-	8	8	9	-	4	8	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	10	9	9

	Mon	Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.3 ENE	1.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	8	13	13	11	13	13	12	11	10	14	14	14	13	8	10	20	10	18	18
Energy(?)	521	316	296	203	248	205	163	250	534	623	617	653	417	587	553	513	1043	1005	1430	1318	1482	1560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 1.98	6:42AM 1.50		12:38PM 3.15		5:45PM 1.71			1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)					7:54AM 0.37				7:29PM 0.46						2:16PM 0.50							11:55AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	2
Temp. °C	11	10	9	11	12	20	19	14	17	16	16	16	17	18	20	18	15	16	13	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	11	11	20	19	12	17	16	16	16	16	17	20	17	14	16	12	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	14	8	13	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	10	10	8	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 NNE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	5	5	7	14	13	14	7	10	12	12	12	-	10	-	-	11	11	20	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	5	5	6	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	7	8	-	8	-	8	8

	Monday 19				Tuesday 20
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	7	14	11	11	9	13	13	13	13	7	9	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	473	475	482	94	244	127	127	76	474	480	480	485	86	33	235	230	836	485	816	487	821	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:24AM 3.06																4:37PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	11	15	14	10	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	13	16	13	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	12	10	15	14	10	15	14	14	15	12	14	15	15	11	16	11	17	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	7	14	11	11	7	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	13	13	6	5	14	14	9	6	6	6	6	-	11	-	-	9	14	9	6	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 NNE	0.9 E	0.4 NNE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	4	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	7	4	6	4	6	4	4

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