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	Beatons 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	1	1	2	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	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	0.7 SW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	6	10	8	10	10	12	11	8	10	9	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	6
Energy(?)	1086	701	26	25	173	305	2705	1916	976	95	1243	572	594	758	1549	1791	1613	904	710	405	147	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 2.44		8:28AM 2.13		9:00PM 2.13	9:26AM 2.10	6:23PM 2.35		12:05PM 1.49	1:47PM 1.32	12:37AM 1.56		1:14PM 1.48	2:24AM 1.70		2:01PM 2.07	3:41AM 1.82		4:10PM 1.28	2:47AM 1.71	4:29AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19PM 0.52		12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60	3:11AM 0.85			12:42AM 0.88	5:46AM 0.50			8:59AM 0.33		7:56PM 0.42	9:15AM 0.75		9:17PM 0.43	9:51AM 0.48		8:20PM 0.37	10:57AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	17	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	15	19	23	30	28	20	13	16	14	17	16	14	15	14	12	11	13	11	18	21	17	17
Low °C	13	19	21	26	25	11	12	15	11	16	16	13	13	13	12	11	13	9	16	20	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	23	30	28	20	11	15	13	17	16	13	14	12	12	10	12	10	18	21	17	17
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:01	-	-
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	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	6	10	8	10	11	12	11	8	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	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	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	0.3 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	15	7	8	5	14	10	8	10	8	10	12	17	10	8	8	7	-	8	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.5 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	5	3	10	-	-	-	10	9	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6

	Saturday 10							Sunday 11								Monday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	7	6	8	12	15	9	8	6	10	10	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1314	1008	1086	1111	1080	1045	1299	1059	799	395	62	152	42	243	106	300	78	2020	2137	1021	3297	1636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 2.43					8:02PM 2.18					10:11AM 1.54				12:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)								10:50PM 0.66						4:46PM 0.39				6:37AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	9	9	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	13	15	20	22	20	17	17	20	25	21	30	19	20	18	11	12	12	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	15	12	14	20	22	20	17	17	20	25	21	30	19	20	18	10	10	11	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	1.9 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	10	10	10	13	13	14	9	6	14	8	12	7	9	8	14	9	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.6 WNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	6	10	12	14	13	7	13	7	15	5	9	11	15	-	9	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	13	-	-	-	7	6	3	4	4	6	3	6	10	10	-	11	-

	Saturday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	15	8	14	11	14	9	4	5	5	5	8	14	9
Energy(?)	1226	1056	1314	1208	1174	977	1130	869	856	137	73	173	22	96	82	4	9	164	182	63	243	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:32AM 2.19				11:18AM 1.47										9:44PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	3	4	3	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	11	11	11	11	17	16	12	25	13	27	20	25	26	26	24	23	23	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	15	11	9	9	10	9	17	16	11	25	13	27	20	25	26	26	24	23	23	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.6 NE	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	12	9	9	9	14	10	12	12	5	8	5	5	9	5	8	5	9	9	8	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	16	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	9	4	9	6	14	9	4	5	14	14	7	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.1 NE	0.9 W	0.8 ENE	1.5 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 N	0.8 NE	3.0 NW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	7	5	7

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