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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	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Sat
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	1	1	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	6	10	8	10	10	12	11	11	10	9	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	6
Energy(?)	1086	701	26	25	173	305	2705	1916	976	902	1243	572	594	864	1549	1791	1613	904	237	285	689	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 2.18	8:28AM 2.13	5:23PM 2.46		5:58AM 2.36		1:29AM 1.39	7:22AM 2.67	2:18PM 1.28	7:54PM 2.08		2:25PM 1.79	2:58AM 1.78		3:14PM 1.68	3:41AM 1.82		4:13PM 1.44		4:29AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72	2:18AM 0.73			11:43PM 0.80	12:10PM 0.91	4:58PM 0.50	7:11PM 0.27			2:06AM 0.85	7:42AM 0.49		8:32PM 0.44	9:05AM 0.50		9:17PM 0.43	8:08AM 0.45		10:12PM 0.62	10:57AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	21	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	3
High °C	15	20	23	30	27	20	14	17	14	21	19	15	14	15	13	12	13	12	17	18	13	18
Low °C	12	19	21	26	26	10	12	16	12	18	19	13	14	15	11	11	13	10	16	17	12	17
Chill °C (?)	14	20	23	30	27	20	12	17	13	21	19	13	13	14	13	11	12	11	17	18	12	18
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	6	10	8	10	11	12	11	11	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	1.2 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	15	7	8	5	14	10	8	10	13	10	12	17	15	8	8	7	-	10	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	2.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	1.3 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	5	3	10	-	-	4	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	6

	Saturday 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	1	5	1	2	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NNE	3.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	0.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.2 NNE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	6	9	12	11	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1086	1111	1199	1045	1059	1059	799	419	62	2210	42	3352	106	300	368	2020	2137	1581	3297	1636	1274	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)												5:49PM 2.19		12:26AM 1.88				12:51PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:51PM 0.72			10:50PM 0.66				11:36AM 1.30						6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	4	9	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	20	21	18	17	17	19	25	18	31	15	20	18	10	12	12	12	15	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	20	21	18	17	17	18	25	17	31	15	20	18	7	10	12	11	14	16	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	14	14	9	13	14	-	12	-	9	8	10	9	8	7	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	-	0.2 E	-	0.7 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	6	12	12	14	6	7	-	7	-	5	9	15	15	-	9	11	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 NNE	3.5 WNW	0.7 W	4.0 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	6	9	4	11	6	3	6	10	10	10	11	-	-	7

	Saturday 10																Sunday 11
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	1	5	1	2	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NNE	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	11	11	15	14	8	14	10	14	9	7	6	6	6	6	13	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1130	1086	1086	824	824	796	723	841	43	585	46	556	69	47	271	258	247	245	189	74	73	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	on	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:58PM 2.86							11:38PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	14	18	19	19	18	27	18	26	18	23	24	20	20	20	20	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	13	18	19	19	18	27	18	26	18	23	24	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	11	11	11	14	8	14	10	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	15	15	15	10	5	12	5	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	-	1.4 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	0.8 NE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	5	4	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	7

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