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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	1	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	1	2	4	4	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.4 SE	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 W	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	10	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	7	9	8	19	17	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	74	51	347	758	1506	353	238	274	226	325	425	677	1094	540	234	87	689	1400	703	4279	4353	2560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 2.23		5:53AM 1.44	3:47PM 1.73		4:12AM 1.84	4:25PM 1.73	7:02PM 1.46	7:22AM 1.55			7:41AM 1.86	2:15PM 1.97		6:37AM 2.22		9:09PM 1.26	9:31AM 1.42		10:03PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.29	12:14PM 0.31		12:05AM 0.31	10:21AM 0.42		1:03AM 0.79		2:06PM 0.58	12:47AM 0.35			12:27AM 0.88	12:47PM 0.95	3:41PM 0.18	3:16AM 0.26		3:47PM 0.26		9:39AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	-
High °C	20	20	15	14	13	13	11	14	8	16	16	18	17	17	13	15	14	13	16	13	10	14
Low °C	19	12	11	12	13	10	10	14	6	14	15	16	17	16	12	11	13	8	13	11	8	11
Chill °C (?)	20	20	13	14	10	12	9	13	7	16	15	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	16	11	9	13
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	2.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.2 W	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.7 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	6	8	6	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	10	9	8	19	8	16	15	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	-	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	1.3 WSW	0.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	17	10	11	11	8	9	10	9	9	-	6	5	8	17	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.9 NW	2.0 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	2.4 W	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	5	4	7	-	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	6	-	3	15	14	13

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	10	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	9	8	8	8	9	11
Energy(?)	727	215	69	55	1035	740	2175	2389	538	445	374	908	962	982	1308	1204	819	309	303	303	551	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:28PM 1.29			3:33AM 1.83					5:13PM 1.65		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26				6:50PM 1.33	7:06PM 1.20	12:47AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36	11:21PM 0.32				12:29PM 0.66								1:00PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	9	5	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	20	18	9	10	8	7	13	14	15	11	9	10	8	8	12	11	12	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	6	7	20	18	6	7	4	3	13	14	15	10	7	8	5	5	12	9	11	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.1 N	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.3 SE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	9	11	8	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	14	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	8	11	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	6	8	13	13	-	-	-	8	8	8	11	11	9	8	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19																Saturday 20
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 SSW	2.0 NW	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	10	11	8	11	11	13	6	12	6	7	8	14	14	8	7	7	8	8	9
Energy(?)	798	283	74	73	662	59	591	796	46	294	52	451	513	1786	377	358	65	603	573	552	957	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:40PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)															9:49PM 0.98		11:49PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	19	18	9	20	8	10	17	18	17	10	10	12	9	8	15	11	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	6	19	18	7	20	5	8	15	17	15	6	7	9	6	5	13	8	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	10	6	6	11	8	11	14	6	6	12	8	8	11	14	14	8	8	8	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	12	10	5	5	18	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.6 NW	-	1.5 SW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	12	5	5	-	3	-	11	6	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	4	7	7	8	8	9

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