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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	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 W	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	8	11	10	19	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	253	310	360	346	304	649	494	818	419	353	926	2750	542	2427	2982	2019	2586	1334	1509	1711	1453	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:25PM 1.73		12:57PM 3.03		1:26AM 3.12			8:44PM 1.41	7:45AM 1.63		7:39PM 1.60	9:24AM 1.46			6:05AM 1.95		9:35PM 1.58	10:55AM 1.44			6:39AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			1:04AM 0.28	6:51AM 0.77	1:52PM 0.26	7:13PM 1.06	7:34AM 1.05	2:52PM 0.53	2:40AM 0.53		1:47PM 0.41	1:56AM 0.36		3:47PM 0.26	11:47PM 0.42	12:12PM 0.56	3:36PM 0.37	3:50AM 0.35	4:40AM 0.25	5:15PM 0.22	12:18AM 0.41	12:53PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	15	1	5	6	5	4	-	-
High °C	13	15	11	15	18	18	25	15	17	21	14	12	14	14	12	13	14	11	10	13	12	16
Low °C	13	14	9	13	18	14	22	15	16	20	13	8	12	14	11	12	13	10	9	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	11	14	18	17	25	13	17	21	12	11	13	13	12	12	13	10	9	12	11	16
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.2 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	16	-	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	0.5 NNE	0.2 E	0.6 SE	-	0.7 SW	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	8	9	8	6	-	5	12	9	-	8	-	8	-	8	22	13	11	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.9 NNE	2.5 W	0.6 S	0.4 NE	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	3	5	7	8	4	6	8	10	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21					Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	8	11	9	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	610	809	734	502	523	222	209	216	216	543	504	538	617	658	1440	1290	649	588	529	479	1748	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					7:06PM 1.20	12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32			4:01AM 2.05	7:03AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	7:44AM 0.48	10:21AM 0.42		6:30PM 0.78						12:31PM 0.35									2:20PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	12	13	15	11	12	9	11	16	12	15	14	20	20	13	14	20	23	24	20	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	14	11	12	8	10	16	10	14	12	20	20	12	13	20	23	24	20	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 NNE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	0.8 SW	2.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	8	11	9	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	6	11	11	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	11	11	13	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	10	10	11	8	5	9	11	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.3 E	2.2 ENE	1.1 NW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NNE	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	6	6	8	8	5	4	5	5	11	-

	Sunday 21																Monday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	9	8	8	9	10
Energy(?)	687	1037	253	501	550	321	271	362	362	193	872	348	303	296	358	89	258	128	220	179	70	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:25PM 3.18					5:35PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	7:44AM 0.48														9:02PM 0.36			12:03AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	13	15	13	14	15	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	9	8	10	9	11	11	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	7	11	14	11	13	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	7	6	10	9	10	11	6	5
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	9	11	12	11	14	14	13	13	9	8	8	11	11	7	7	9	9	11	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	1.2 S	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	11	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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