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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	Thu		Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	5	2	2	5	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.6 W	1.2 E	0.7 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	9	14	9	4	13	13	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	13	13	10	13
Energy(?)	604	2428	643	1118	308	24	5461	2278	28	633	386	426	551	521	533	1056	1596	888	2149	2084	712	1443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:47AM 1.44	8:44AM 1.81		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85			9:53PM 1.84	10:06AM 1.90	2:49PM 1.66	10:34PM 1.88		4:45PM 1.21				11:47PM 1.94	11:29AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)				2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		7:54AM 0.32	4:28PM 0.43					8:36AM 0.33		10:46PM 0.63	9:13AM 1.02	5:40PM 0.54		5:23AM 1.02	5:39PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	21	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	19	-	-
High °C	13	11	15	12	13	15	12	11	17	17	13	21	21	16	22	17	14	16	17	14	25	16
Low °C	13	9	14	10	8	13	12	9	15	17	12	18	21	14	20	17	14	13	17	13	23	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	14	9	11	14	9	10	17	16	11	21	21	16	22	16	12	16	17	14	25	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.6 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	16	9	14	9	9	15	13	6	8	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	13	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 S	-	0.2 S	0.8 NW	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	16	6	-	13	6	-	-	10	14	6	7	10	10	9	11	10	14	-	-	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	3.5 W	-	0.3 E	1.7 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	4	13	-	2	10	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13			Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	6	5	2	5	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 ENE	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 E	3.5 W	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	16	14	14	13	13	9	13	13	13	9	12	9	9	11	8	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1699	577	1084	2428	2020	1998	1951	3345	620	3689	5423	3302	402	3147	247	399	400	570	4012	3245	2043	1676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81				8:13PM 1.77						2:15PM 1.61		9:07PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.13			2:25AM 0.44													6:42PM 0.99			2:45AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	13	11	11	9	9	15	18	16	8	9	8	6	8	12	17	15	12	11	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	21	13	11	11	7	6	14	17	15	6	7	7	4	5	11	16	15	10	9	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 E	3.5 W	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	0.8 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	13	16	14	14	13	13	8	13	13	13	9	12	9	9	11	9	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	7	16	16	-	-	-	-	6	6	17	-	7	11	11	11	6	14	9	-	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.5 W	1.8 ENE	3.0 W	-	-	0.9 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	9	13	-	-	7	-	12	5	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13										Friday 14
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	6	5	2	5	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	1.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 E	2.2 WSW	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	7	8	16	9	9	7	15	14	14	16	16
Energy(?)	1992	442	604	604	617	727	772	1084	1059	288	1162	554	270	2487	387	419	88	592	2408	2564	896	896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:02PM 1.82											7:44AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	10	11	11	12	11	9	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	23	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	10	11	9	11	10	11	10	8	10	10	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 E	2.2 WSW	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	7	8	16	9	9	9	9	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	7	6	8	8	8	18	17	16	6	16	17	12	13	7	13	7	7	15	12	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	3	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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