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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Airport Rights Wellington	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	0.9 NNW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	12	13	11	12	12	7	7	10	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	9	7	9	8
Energy(?)	425	219	1450	1260	728	1432	672	657	665	1719	2058	254	561	634	3825	2203	1398	1158	594	94	275	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross	on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 1.32			4:37PM 1.32		11:10AM 3.10		12:57AM 1.95					4:25PM 1.73		4:51AM 1.83	5:04PM 1.72		5:30AM 1.81	6:08PM 2.18	2:41AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 0.39	8:15AM 0.44		11:23PM 0.29	5:04AM 1.19	5:13PM 0.49		6:59AM 0.49	5:42PM 0.48	9:51PM 0.35	7:37AM 0.48		10:33PM 0.34	11:03AM 0.42		11:15PM 0.35	11:46AM 0.43		8:28PM 0.56	8:38AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	2	1	-	-	15	13	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	1
High °C	13	15	11	15	18	13	9	12	13	11	13	9	13	14	11	16	16	18	11	16	13	16
Low °C	11	15	11	15	15	10	8	12	9	11	13	9	13	12	11	15	15	16	11	16	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	13	10	15	18	11	7	9	10	10	10	7	12	12	11	16	16	18	8	15	12	15
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SE	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.2 N	0.3 SE	1.8 S	0.2 N	1.2 S	1.7 S	0.1 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	0.2 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	12	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.6 NE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	10	-	12	7	10	10	18	8	8	17	8	11	9	13	10	-	-	12	12	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.4 SW	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	-	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	0.7 SE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	11	-	-	7	7	10	9	3	-	9	10	-	-	-	4	7	5	4

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	7	7	13	9	10	13	13	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	10	10
Energy(?)	3911	393	694	1741	2011	3140	1111	1682	1072	1852	883	1474	2931	1432	986	817	672	590	676	552	3075	1168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:50AM 2.94		3:42PM 1.71							11:44AM 1.85					2:53AM 1.81				3:08PM 1.72			11:56PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					9:59PM 0.29	10:38PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.59									8:57AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	6	7	3	2	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	13	14	12	12	13	14	15	19	15	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	9	11	8
Chill °C (?)	13	7	11	13	10	11	13	14	15	19	15	14	12	11	10	9	7	5	5	6	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	2.4 W
Period (s)	14	8	8	13	9	10	9	13	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	5	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.2 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	16	-	9	15	7	13	10	-	-	9	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	9	10	-	-	-	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	10	-

	Wednesday 17																Thursday 18
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.5 ENE	2.1 S	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	0.6 NE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	6	14	7	7	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	4221	78	425	2359	414	63	3340	3917	4038	643	3436	1741	480	1520	1497	1475	1364	1343	1225	366	2138	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				2:39AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			9:35AM 0.46																			4:47AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	11	13	10	16	15	15	13	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	6	9	12	7	15	14	13	11	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	13	12
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	2.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 N	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	9	8	14	8	7	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	7	8	16	10	12	12	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	2.1 S	-	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	2.1 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	7	5	-	-	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-

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