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

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	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	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	12	9	8	10	10	11	13	13	9	13	14	14	20	20	18	16	15	14	14	7
Energy(?)	61	593	727	564	373	223	203	496	627	266	110	230	671	736	343	410	1123	1177	1171	1147	908	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.46	11:05PM 2.53	12:48PM 1.96			5:53AM 1.63	6:23PM 1.29		4:25AM 1.89	4:37PM 1.80		7:26AM 1.50	5:15PM 1.80	7:45PM 1.34	8:10AM 1.50	4:22PM 2.13	7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 0.34			6:47AM 0.49	5:04PM 0.46	11:37PM 0.32	12:10PM 0.32		9:51PM 0.28	10:35AM 0.32		12:13AM 0.26			1:53AM 0.21			1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	10	13	13	12	12	15	11	15	15	13	19	20	14	17	20	19	20	21	15	12
Low °C	15	13	8	12	13	11	11	14	9	12	15	12	17	18	11	17	19	16	18	19	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	9	11	12	10	11	14	10	14	14	12	19	20	14	17	20	19	20	21	13	10
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	0.6 N	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	7	12	14	12	10	10	11	13	13	9	13	14	14	10	8	18	16	15	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 W	0.9 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.9 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	14	9	6	8	-	6	20	10	8	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	-	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	1.0 E	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	5	8	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	6	4	-	-	5	-	3	8	7	-

	Saturday 17							Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	5	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	944	742	315	367	67	548	826	530	505	660	536	226	373	474	276	239	577	200	203	209	209	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 1.59		12:09PM 1.89		4:49PM 1.71			2:53AM 2.07								2:23AM 2.12	5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)								11:00PM 0.28			9:16AM 0.39	10:43AM 0.34				11:38PM 0.26				11:22AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	16	13	19	15	14	13	9	8	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	16	12	19	14	13	11	9	8	12	11	12	11	11	10	8	10	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SE	1.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	9	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	11	8	12	8	7	12	8	8	8	11	9	8	11	11	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	2	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	11	6	8	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	373	733	300	412	39	81	742	539	383	679	675	261	557	661	593	555	730	348	392	388	448	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)														2:45PM 1.72		4:49PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	11	14	12	12	14	11	12	13	12	14	13	14	13	11	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	15	10	14	10	10	12	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	12	11	6	8	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	12	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	11	-	6	12	8	13	8	8	8	12	-	8	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	2.1 S	0.6 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	-	3	5	3	8	8	5	5	5	7	8	5	8	8	4	6	6	6	6	6

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