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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	12	9	18	16	11	16	15	14	14	11	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1836	1564	1051	631	643	388	149	551	478	533	846	877	511	506	264	321	392	427	442	1333	669	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 1.50	3:03AM 1.64		2:41PM 1.87	3:12AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.82	10:35PM 3.07	11:20AM 3.38	4:31PM 1.83		4:19AM 2.53	4:04PM 2.06		4:37AM 2.17	1:36PM 2.19	2:06AM 2.11	6:00AM 2.50			8:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 0.08	8:33AM 0.19		8:55PM 0.12	8:47AM 0.14			5:08AM 0.72		11:28PM -0.02	10:30AM 0.70		10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		7:51PM 0.24	12:09PM 0.71	2:40PM 0.02	12:38AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	15	16	12	15	16	12	17	12	11	16	17	16	16	17	13	17	16	16	19
Low °C	14	13	12	13	14	12	13	16	11	16	11	8	16	16	14	16	17	11	16	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	11	13	15	16	10	14	15	10	17	10	9	16	17	16	16	17	13	17	16	16	19
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	12	9	18	11	11	11	10	10	14	11	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	16	8	8	8	8	12	21	12	11	16	18	16	15	14	16	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.4 W	0.7 SW	-	1.5 S	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	6	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 NNW	2.2 N	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	14	14	14	13	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2389	1574	1693	1519	1210	1111	1025	1184	1285	1077	589	544	506	647	577	528	542	534	202	75	73	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 1.59				1:43PM 1.81								1:50PM 2.38								2:49PM 1.83	4:21PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20AM 0.15				7:12PM 0.15		2:52AM 0.37		8:35AM 0.18				7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40	8:43AM 0.82	10:47AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	16	17	13	13	13	16	15	14	17	15	14	12	12	14	14	13	21	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	16	17	12	13	12	16	14	14	16	14	13	10	10	14	14	11	21	12	15
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 NNW	2.2 N	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	13	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	0.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	7	7	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.3 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	3	6	6

	Wednesday 31
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.4 SW	1.3 NNW	0.9 N	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	2.2 E	2.0 NE	2.3 E	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	15	11	11	8	9	7	8	8	8	11	11	10	7	10	9
Energy(?)	1465	1767	1741	2290	2286	366	252	119	645	406	509	1449	566	851	868	868	798	798	973	785	1024	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:06AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:10PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	16	18	12	15	12	12	12	12	16	16	13	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	9	15	18	9	13	9	9	10	10	16	16	12	18	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	1.3 NNW	0.9 N	0.4 SE	2.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	2.2 E	1.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	11	11	9	9	9	14	14	14	11	11	10	7	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 S	1.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	15	13	9	9	9	8	9	16	16	8	9	14	9	9	9	13	13	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 E	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	2.0 E	0.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	3	3	8	4	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	9

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