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 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			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	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.5 N	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	10	8	13	13	8	13	13	14	20	19	18	14	14	11
Energy(?)	676	328	342	642	724	367	404	217	213	321	627	256	197	164	535	583	595	750	1190	1293	1373	820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:27AM 1.59	2:45PM 1.72		5:13AM 1.51		11:17PM 2.79	11:37AM 2.95			4:25AM 1.89	4:20PM 2.08		5:02AM 1.88	6:45PM 1.64		5:41AM 1.86		8:30PM 1.35	4:51AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	4:56PM 0.71	10:05PM 0.33	10:41AM 0.37		10:52PM 0.29	11:30AM 0.32	5:36PM 0.42		5:25AM 0.38	5:49PM 0.35	12:21AM 0.30	10:35AM 0.32		10:48PM 0.23	11:14AM 0.31		12:54AM 0.25	11:55AM 0.31	2:31PM 0.23	2:40AM 0.20	10:55AM 0.37	3:50PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	-
High °C	12	16	17	13	10	11	13	12	12	15	11	15	16	12	19	20	15	19	18	16	16	22
Low °C	11	14	15	12	8	10	13	11	11	14	9	12	15	11	16	17	13	19	18	15	15	21
Chill °C (?)	10	16	16	12	9	10	12	10	11	14	10	14	15	11	19	20	15	19	18	16	16	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:32	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.5 N	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	13	13	8	13	13	11	11	19	18	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	14	9	8	7	14	20	11	8	17	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	0.4 NE	0.7 S	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	1.4 SE	-	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.9 E	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.6 E
Period (s)	5	-	5	5	-	-	8	2	-	8	-	4	7	4	-	7	-	4	8	-	-	11

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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.4 SW	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8
Energy(?)	575	697	749	571	857	957	315	340	330	297	513	724	539	599	535	233	294	492	289	259	537	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:29AM 1.49		10:20AM 2.70					2:53AM 2.07								2:23AM 2.12	5:56AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)										4:31PM 0.61					9:16AM 0.39	10:43AM 0.34				11:38PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	13	10	12	12	16	17	16	15	13	9	9	8	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	10	10	10	16	16	16	14	12	9	9	8	12	11	9	11	12	11	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	8	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	8	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	13	-	7	7	8	11	11	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	11	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	-	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	8	8	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Friday 16										Saturday 17
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.3 SW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	12	7	7	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	8
Energy(?)	593	316	316	677	365	358	350	458	451	451	105	571	367	581	606	369	510	710	529	529	476	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:55PM 2.56					2:32AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:57AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	12	13	13	16	16	16	15	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	13	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	12	11	10	12	12	16	16	16	15	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	13	13	11	13	13	6	6	6	6	10	7	11	8	8	12	12	8	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.6 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	5	4	8	8	4	8

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