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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	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	1.9 NNW	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	9	9	14	8	12	12	8	18	16	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	11	12	8
Energy(?)	1836	1071	933	602	670	438	132	245	464	495	781	876	392	506	235	373	754	475	434	752	847	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:43PM 1.81	2:19AM 1.98		1:37PM 1.80	9:38PM 2.96	10:07AM 3.04				3:44PM 2.47	3:45AM 2.19		4:04PM 2.06	1:17AM 2.13		1:36PM 2.19		6:00AM 1.98		2:52AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 0.13	7:43AM 0.19		3:51AM 0.26		4:38PM 0.69	9:53PM 0.07	9:46AM 0.07		9:23PM -0.02	9:58AM 0.10		7:01PM 0.23	7:26AM 0.29		11:45PM 0.56	12:20PM 0.12	2:17PM 0.04	8:39PM 0.28	8:24AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	12	14	15	15	14	18	11	17	11	10	16	19	16	15	15	13	17	17	15	25
Low °C	13	19	12	13	14	14	13	17	11	16	10	8	16	17	14	14	14	11	15	17	12	23
Chill °C (?)	14	20	12	13	14	15	13	18	9	17	10	7	16	19	16	14	14	13	17	16	15	25
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.9 NNW	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 W	0.7 NE	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	12	8	18	11	8	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	15	8	8	8	14	8	12	6	12	11	16	11	16	15	8	-	-	9	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	7	4	6	-	-	-	13	-	-	11	-	-

	Wednesday 31					Thursday 01								Friday 02								Sat
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.0 N	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	6	8	8	12	10
Energy(?)	1174	1519	1202	1124	1120	1191	1017	885	537	523	500	634	619	511	513	519	559	237	74	55	629	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:43PM 1.81								1:50PM 2.38								2:49PM 1.83	4:30PM 1.50		10:54PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:20AM 0.15						2:52AM 0.37		8:35AM 0.18				7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	13	12	16	16	16	14	13	15	14	12	12	14	14	15	14	13	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	13	12	16	16	16	14	12	14	13	10	10	14	14	15	12	11	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.0 N	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	9	16	8	8	14	13	13	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	7	7	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-

	Wednesday 31																Thursday 01
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 NNE	2.0 N
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	7	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	8	11	10
Energy(?)	1488	1836	1836	747	550	904	966	577	1030	1423	1298	1098	1098	2135	961	946	1102	900	673	435	1123	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)															9:26PM 1.94				1:30AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								2:37PM 0.91				6:35PM 0.18									3:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	21	22	22	12	13	13	12	13	13	16	15	15	12	12	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	21	22	22	10	12	11	10	12	12	16	14	14	12	12	16	14	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	0.5 SE	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.2 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 NNE	2.0 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	13	13	10	11	11	11	10	10	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	16	16	15	8	8	8	16	16	8	13	13	13	8	8	11	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	-	-	10	-	-	4	-	-

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