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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	3	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 S	-	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	10	11	11	10	9	15	7	8	12	15	10	10	13	14	14	15	-	10	10
Energy(?)	731	37	370	2081	2159	2059	1070	1144	578	325	648	2499	1520	1943	478	1254	3331	2191	166	0	2109	1387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:26AM 3.21	8:20AM 1.54	1:20PM 2.86	7:19PM 1.86	8:24AM 1.96		7:26PM 1.84	7:15AM 1.80		8:41PM 1.80	10:29AM 1.91		11:07PM 1.69	10:15AM 1.67		12:04AM 1.64		12:34PM 1.47	12:21AM 1.88		1:27PM 1.46	2:07AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				1:25AM 0.21		2:51PM 0.06	1:53AM 0.25		3:37PM 0.39		4:20AM 0.17	2:46PM 0.25		4:04AM 0.24	5:45PM 0.11		6:24AM 0.12			7:18AM 0.13		7:54PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	12	-	1	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	8	7	8	8	11	12	10	13	14	12	17	17	13	15	13	18	18	15	14
Low °C	7	8	9	6	7	8	6	11	10	9	11	13	11	13	14	12	14	12	16	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	5	7	7	5	4	4	5	8	10	8	13	12	11	16	17	13	14	11	18	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 S	-	0.1 N	2.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	8	10	11	11	10	9	15	7	8	10	15	14	10	13	14	14	9	-	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SW	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	10	16	15	15	-	14	10	10	10	13	13	-	9	8	20	-	-	15	-	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	-	-	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.0 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	9	9	8	8	9	4	-	8	12	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	-

	Mon	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	South Shore Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	2	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	2.1 E	0.8 SW	2.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	9	11	9	9	10	9	8	10	9	10	13	11	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	536	1207	200	546	873	1455	399	720	655	581	1399	554	2159	557	1626	1464	1894	1070	1007	1343	1059	1343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:52AM 2.98		7:23AM 1.98			5:45PM 2.02	8:01PM 2.60				8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72				10:07AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15PM 0.03						12:06PM 0.13				2:20AM 0.13				2:51PM 0.06				2:46AM 0.18	3:36AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	12	9	8	8	7	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	6	8	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	7	5	5	4	7	6	7	6	5	7	4	7	5	6	4	5	6	4	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.4 NE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 E	1.2 S	2.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	9	11	9	10	10	9	8	10	9	10	8	11	10	11	11	8	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.9 ESE	0.1 S	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	6	9	8	11	17	-	14	14	15	8	14	13	15	8	15	14	10	14	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	2.4 SSE	1.8 S	-	0.7 E	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	-	2.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	9	8	-	6	8	9	9	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	South Shore Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	2	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.6 S	1.2 W	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.5 ENE	2.1 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.6 SE	2.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	1.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	5.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	9	8	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	614	506	393	461	707	993	55	752	238	486	791	870	1004	452	1889	1958	1455	1858	1017	2158	2275	6783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 1.64										5:09AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15PM 0.03																			1:55PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	2
High °C	14	13	11	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	8	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	6	4	4	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 S	1.2 W	1.8 SSE	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.1 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	1.5 SE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.3 NE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	12	8	12	9	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	13	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.1 W	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	9	18	10	-	-	18	10	-	11	17	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	1.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 S	2.4 S	2.5 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	5.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	8	8	8	-	9	7	8	9	8	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	11

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