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

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	4	4	9	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 W	3.5 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1179	2151	1014	787	2440	929	1060	402	815	882	167	433	1206	5443	2416	2534	6184	5560	1532	1965	761	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:50PM 1.84	3:37AM 2.31	5:52AM 2.06	5:38PM 1.82		6:37AM 1.99		7:19PM 1.49			7:10PM 1.80	7:11AM 1.77		9:27PM 1.58	9:53AM 1.38		10:00PM 1.38	10:38AM 1.53		10:57PM 1.57	11:21AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			9:21PM 0.04	12:10PM 0.14		10:21PM 0.07	12:59PM 0.41	1:14PM 0.13	1:34AM 0.13	8:48AM 0.17	2:02PM 0.16	1:27AM 0.26		3:18PM 0.50	3:46AM 0.48		4:09PM 0.20		4:37AM 0.50	4:54PM 0.24		5:24AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	11	13	16	12	18	22	17	21	19	16	16	15	15	16	12	13	14	15	15	17
Low °C	8	13	10	11	14	10	15	21	16	17	17	15	16	13	12	15	12	12	9	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	8	11	8	12	15	12	18	22	17	21	19	16	16	13	14	16	10	12	14	15	14	16
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	-	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 E	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.7 W	3.5 SW	2.3 W	0.2 N	-	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	-	8	11	11	10	12	13	11	15	14	9	14	15	15	12	-	15	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.3 N	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 S	1.1 NE
Period (s)	11	-	21	10	10	9	9	16	14	9	-	14	12	9	11	18	-	16	12	12	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	1.8 S	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 N	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	10	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	6	3

	Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	20	11	11	11	16	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1215	1007	1093	1664	849	1413	2100	1014	1707	1269	1378	1315	1037	1464	1087	1095	1063	1051	1060	1082	731	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:25AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91												6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14				11:51PM 0.08				11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	9	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	12	14	14	12	11	11	10	15	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	4	4	7	11	9	9	9	10	9	10	13	10	13	14	12	10	10	9	15	19	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	11	16	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SE	0.1 S	1.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	11	20	8	21	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	10	9	9	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	3	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Tuesday 03
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.1 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	12	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1569	1299	1417	2382	1511	1415	5315	2671	2671	442	2499	1664	1401	3781	3582	2370	2366	2751	2956	2219	2537	2537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:35AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	10	8	6	9	10	11	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	8	6	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.1 NE	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.1 NE	2.4 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	11	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.1 E	0.9 SW	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	21	-	-	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	3	12	12	-	12	12	10	10	12	11	10	11	11

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