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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	Tue	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 ENE	1.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	10	15	12	11	12	13	12	6	8	10	11	10	16	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1375	1761	1549	1275	1214	292	1907	1927	831	77	202	306	344	858	890	685	1792	3867	3248	3670	2301	1968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 1.76	6:42AM 1.53		7:19PM 2.11	7:40AM 1.48		10:36PM 1.40	9:31AM 1.36		10:44PM 1.62	9:39AM 1.48		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55		11:18PM 2.12	8:03AM 1.68					9:17PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			1:04PM 0.58	1:31AM 1.21		4:29PM 0.33		3:23AM 0.54	4:19PM 0.49		3:48AM 0.40	5:05PM 0.46		4:24AM 0.54							3:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	1	1	7	9	2	1
High °C	14	22	19	15	15	13	13	12	17	15	14	20	14	16	14	16	16	15	14	12	15	12
Low °C	13	17	18	12	14	12	11	11	15	13	13	19	13	15	13	16	15	14	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	22	19	15	14	11	12	12	17	14	13	20	13	16	13	15	16	15	13	11	15	10
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 ENE	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	10	15	12	11	12	10	12	9	8	10	11	10	12	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.8 SE	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.3 W	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	10	13	14	13	-	14	16	13	5	10	13	14	12	18	14	16	14	14	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.5 NNE	1.5 ENE	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	1.5 W	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	5	3	6	-	6	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 E	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	12	11	10	11	11	16
Energy(?)	1273	1375	1388	1752	1212	2509	1044	1024	1255	1051	1185	1014	1214	1223	1196	625	2475	2421	1877	1139	1927	1883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					6:42AM 1.53	9:39AM 1.26				9:01PM 1.63			7:40AM 1.48							5:31AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM 0.54		12:45AM 0.60								2:02AM 0.40	3:18AM 0.52			2:02PM 0.61			11:20PM 0.83				11:03AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	13	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	13	21	23	20	17	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	8	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	13	21	23	20	16	16	15	16	14	12	12	12	12	8	6	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NNE	-	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	14	-	-	13	13	13	10	14	13	15	14	14	13	16	15	15	13	-	14	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	1.4 NNE	-	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	9	9	-	9	5	-	5	5	-	5	3	4	5	6	11	11	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07					Wednesday 08
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	14	9	9
Energy(?)	1395	1570	1498	742	1473	886	586	1020	2229	2244	1318	2081	2232	2245	1212	678	1490	188	188	498	1192	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)													6:42AM 1.53									3:10PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)								1:34AM 0.52	2:28AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	13	13	15	13	13	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	12	14	14	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.3 S	2.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	13	12	10	9	14	14	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	14	9	-	9	-	10	14	13	9	9	13	9	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	-	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	9	-	9	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-

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