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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	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	0	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 NNE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 SSW	2.4 W	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	14	14	10	8	8	9	12	12	8	12	10	11	12	11	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	168	316	132	473	310	417	561	1028	799	1178	4143	4342	1402	4858	1116	2538	3575	3493	1383	1934	2101	1703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 2.01	4:25AM 1.89	1:57PM 2.02	2:26AM 1.99	7:26AM 1.50	2:34PM 2.04	1:37AM 3.08			2:54AM 1.99		3:09PM 2.04	3:34AM 1.94	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	7:36AM 1.99			8:51AM 1.71	5:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			10:35AM 0.32		8:15PM 0.20			7:26PM 0.50	7:48AM 0.84	1:12PM 0.32	8:45PM 0.40	9:00AM 0.43		9:25PM 0.40		4:37PM 0.43			2:19PM 0.37	10:59PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	16	15	-	-	1	10	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	12	22	17	14	18	16	14	17	17	19	15	16	13	10	13	12	12	16	12	14	13
Low °C	16	8	16	17	13	17	15	14	17	17	18	15	14	7	8	12	10	12	15	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	10	22	17	13	17	16	12	16	17	18	14	14	12	7	12	12	9	14	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	9:37	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.9 S	0.2 NNW	3.5 W	1.1 E	2.4 W	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	14	14	10	20	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	14	5	14	6	6	-	12	9	14	20	11	10	15	-	10	12	12	-	10	10	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.4 E	0.6 E	-	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	0.6 W	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	0.7 W	3.0 W	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.5 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	5	3	-	8	8	9	3	-	8	12	4	11	-	11	-	10	10	9

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	14	14	8	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	10	14	14	14	8	8	10	20	10
Energy(?)	166	347	521	316	296	203	248	205	142	250	534	623	617	653	631	587	480	853	1043	1005	1430	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	low-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:50AM 1.98	6:42AM 1.50		12:38PM 3.15		5:45PM 1.71			1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51			4:57PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.51					7:54AM 0.37				7:29PM 0.46						2:16PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	17	11	10	9	13	12	21	19	14	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	14	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	14	17	9	8	7	13	11	21	19	12	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	18	12	17	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	8	13	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	14	14	14	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 NNE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	7	5	5	7	14	13	14	7	10	12	12	12	11	10	-	22	11	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	-	7	5	5	6	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	8	8	-	8	-

	Monday 19										Tuesday 20
	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	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	7	12	11	11	9	12	12	12	13	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	132	281	492	196	210	124	211	129	90	83	354	357	375	451	221	103	101	578	765	483	836	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													1:04AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)							7:38PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	17	16	14	15	17	16	11	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	10	11	18	12	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	16	15	13	14	17	16	10	16	16	16	15	11	13	13	7	9	18	10	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	7	12	11	11	9	12	12	12	13	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	-	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.6 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	14	6	8	14	14	6	-	3	15	7	6	6	6	6	10	8	8	6	9	6	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	4	4	-	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	3	-	4	-

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