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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	Fri		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	5	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 W	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.7 NW	2.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	8	9	8	8	8	10	10	11	9	7	10	10	9	17	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	51	250	369	330	353	238	274	271	526	430	475	1118	540	1146	845	1378	1400	1585	4279	4353	2560	648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 1.46		4:12AM 1.84		7:06PM 1.20	7:45AM 1.41		7:16PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.53	6:08PM 2.18		8:59AM 1.22		9:09PM 1.26	9:31AM 1.42		3:32AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 0.29	9:39AM 0.42		9:51PM 0.35	10:21AM 0.42	1:18PM 0.63	1:11AM 0.27		1:18PM 0.41	1:25AM 0.36			12:27AM 0.88		2:56PM 0.32	3:16AM 0.26		4:02PM 0.23	9:21PM 1.00	9:39AM 1.05	3:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	7	2	7	1	-	-	-	10
High °C	20	14	16	14	13	11	14	11	13	16	16	17	16	14	15	12	11	14	14	11	14	14
Low °C	12	11	12	12	10	11	14	9	12	16	13	17	15	11	14	12	8	12	13	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	20	12	16	14	12	9	14	11	12	16	15	17	15	12	13	8	8	14	12	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	2.3 W	1.7 NW	0.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	19	8	16	15	14	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	12	8	14	10	11	11	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	10	15	17	12	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 SSW	-	-	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NW	-	2.4 W	-	-	2.4 W	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	3	5	-	7	-	-	9	-	3	15	14	13	6

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	8	13	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	9	8	8	8	9	11	10	10
Energy(?)	69	55	1035	740	2175	2389	583	537	384	908	962	330	1308	1204	819	583	303	303	551	256	219	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:33AM 1.83					5:51PM 1.73				4:40AM 2.26				6:57PM 1.29	7:06PM 1.20	12:47AM 3.15		6:16AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10PM 0.36	11:21PM 0.32				12:21PM 0.28				12:29AM 0.66				12:43PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	9	10	8	7	10	13	17	11	9	10	8	7	13	12	11	12	11	11	10	7
Chill °C (?)	20	18	6	7	4	3	10	13	16	10	7	10	5	4	12	10	10	12	11	11	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	13	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	12	11	11	8	11	11	10	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	6	8	13	13	-	-	-	8	8	-	11	11	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19										Saturday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 SSW	1.8 W	0.5 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	14	14	13	7	8	8	8	6	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	69	62	796	50	1693	1700	40	317	57	675	599	250	416	416	154	176	864	900	881	1044	1022	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:53AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)											11:14PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	20	19	11	20	10	10	17	17	17	10	10	11	7	7	12	9	11	11	11	12	12	7
Chill °C (?)	20	19	8	20	7	7	15	16	16	7	7	8	4	4	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	14	8	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	6	13	13	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	15	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	0.9 NW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 NW	1.8 W	1.0 WNW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	11	4	14	14	6	7	4	8	8	6	6	6	6	4	8	8	-	9	9	7

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