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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 W	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 E	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	10	10	15	12	12	12	7	8	6	13	9	9	13	12	16	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1558	1196	1817	3306	1169	1293	295	1749	686	790	274	761	303	545	1801	2034	8917	2218	1890	3233	667	3719
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:24PM 1.80	2:01AM 2.75	4:53AM 1.80		7:16PM 1.58	8:05AM 1.40		10:43PM 1.35	11:00AM 1.27		10:44PM 1.62	11:06AM 1.51		9:55PM 1.55	10:24AM 1.57			11:39AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 1.11	11:12AM 0.69	1:04PM 0.58	1:43AM 0.64		4:18PM 0.35		4:55AM 0.35	5:03PM 0.35		4:55AM 0.50	3:51PM 0.53		4:39AM 0.36	4:53PM 0.34		5:34AM 1.04	2:19PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	7	-	5	1	-	-
High °C	15	16	21	19	16	16	13	13	14	18	12	17	21	15	15	18	20	18	15	13	17	13
Low °C	14	15	17	17	14	14	13	11	12	15	10	13	19	13	15	17	15	16	13	11	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	21	18	16	15	11	12	14	18	10	17	21	14	14	17	19	18	13	11	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	6:19	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 W	2.1 ENE	2.1 E	5.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 ENE	3.5 W
Period (s)	14	8	9	9	10	10	15	12	12	12	7	8	13	13	9	9	13	12	16	14	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	-	1.0 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.0 E	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	10	9	13	13	13	-	14	14	13	13	12	6	11	13	14	-	6	14	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	-	0.4 W	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.6 N	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	-	1.1 N	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	-	4	6	-	-	-	7	8	6	3	9	9	-	5	8	10	8	-

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.8 N	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.3 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	15	10	12	11	13	11
Energy(?)	832	621	1120	1491	1466	1931	1817	2725	1113	1052	1255	1071	1337	1094	1072	1001	1196	625	1358	2828	1261	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								9:39AM 1.26				9:01PM 1.63			8:00AM 1.40							5:31AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)					12:45AM 0.60					3:33PM 0.34			1:43AM 0.64				2:02PM 0.61			11:20PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	14	14	13	13	17	21	23	22	17	17	14	14	13	15	14	14	13	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	17	14	13	12	11	13	16	21	23	22	16	16	14	14	12	15	12	12	12	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 N	1.8 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	8	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNE	-	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	13	-	8	13	9	13	9	9	13	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	-	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.8 W	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	6	5	6	9	11	-	-

	Tuesday 07											Wednesday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	1.7 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	13	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	863	502	2024	1580	1520	650	371	739	1133	1218	1492	1580	1419	1086	1075	1075	2280	1732	1188	133	131	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:47PM 2.78								9:02PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)													12:45AM 0.60	1:13AM 0.38								9:58AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	19	15	12	12	12	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	10	10	10	11	11	14	12	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	1.7 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	9	8	14	14	14	10	10	8	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	11	13	11	9	9	10	13	10	10	9	9	-	9	9	9	13	13	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9

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