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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Owahanga Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	4	3	3	6	4	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 S	5.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 S	5.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	2.2 N	0.9 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	7	15	14	14	15	12	9	12	13	11	9	12	14	14	13	12	11	9	10	9
Energy(?)	46	165	142	375	12615	2873	396	113	6	7303	3408	1498	344	748	5428	1553	3400	336	307	724	280	1605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 1.65	3:52AM 1.74	5:53AM 1.87	6:19PM 1.37		4:31AM 1.73	5:43PM 1.68		5:36AM 1.65			6:20AM 1.61	2:52PM 1.86	3:27AM 1.86		1:54PM 2.68		5:31AM 2.12		10:35PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 0.26	12:09PM 0.63		12:30AM 0.26	10:40AM 0.35		10:55PM 0.35	11:51AM 0.41	2:05PM 0.24	1:00AM 0.41	12:40PM 0.47		9:15PM 0.45	9:36AM 0.61		12:55AM 0.55	11:47AM 0.87	4:05PM 0.35		8:27AM 1.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	16	1	3	5	5
High °C	20	17	15	17	12	11	24	24	15	8	15	9	14	12	8	14	12	12	13	17	9	5
Low °C	18	14	11	13	12	9	19	19	11	8	13	8	12	12	7	11	12	9	12	17	5	5
Chill °C (?)	20	15	12	16	9	9	24	24	12	5	15	6	12	10	5	13	9	11	11	16	4	1
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 S	-	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.3 NE	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	-	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	16	7	15	-	14	15	7	7	11	13	11	9	12	14	14	13	12	11	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	12	7	15	4	-	14	9	12	9	12	8	8	13	10	9	7	-	-	10	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 NNE	5.5 WSW	-	1.2 NW	-	0.9 W	5.0 WSW	-	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	2.2 N	1.4 W	3.0 SW
Period (s)	2	4	7	4	14	-	5	-	5	12	-	6	3	-	6	-	-	2	4	9	6	9

	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Owahanga Wairarapa	Ruby Bay Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	9	8	6	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	1.4 N	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.8 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	6	16	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	8
Energy(?)	1021	698	706	78	46	200	1835	1183	1256	648	840	557	522	8483	7025	5064	2840	2570	1411	206	206	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	low	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:26AM 2.38	4:21AM 1.69				5:34PM 1.39			3:52AM 1.74	4:15AM 1.70								4:13AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			9:19AM 0.26	11:25AM 0.60			9:36PM 0.26	10:29PM 0.30				11:16AM 0.34			7:27PM 0.26				9:12AM 0.65	12:58PM 0.29	1:34PM 0.24	5:35PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	11	20	21	18	6	10	9	7	15	16	18	11	10	9	11	11	14	25	24	16
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	20	21	18	2	9	6	5	13	15	17	10	8	7	10	8	12	25	24	16
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	1.8 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	6	7	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	6	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	7	6	4	11	11	11	7	11	15	6	10	5	-	-	-	13	-	13	14	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 N	1.4 N	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.2 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.1 N	0.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	3	5	3	6	7	6	4	5	4	10	6	5	3	14	-	-	-	5	-	2	4	8

	Tuesday 21
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Owahanga Wairarapa	Ruby Bay Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	9	8	6	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NNE	0.3 E	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	1.0 NNE	0.5 S	3.0 SW	7.0 W	7.0 W	3.5 W	6.0 SW	3.5 W	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 N
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	7	12	6	16	15	16	16	11	7	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	10	15
Energy(?)	681	381	409	220	38	67	358	46	353	95	53	204	139	3816	21186	20889	5651	15397	5002	66	66	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:15AM 1.75		5:13AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)									9:19AM 0.26		11:43AM 0.23						5:12PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	8	16	16	15	9	16	12	16	17	18	14	7	7	7	13	8	8	16	15	12
Chill °C (?)	7	9	7	15	15	14	8	14	10	14	15	17	11	2	1	1	11	3	3	15	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	1.0 NNE	0.5 S	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	1.1 N
Period (s)	16	15	16	7	6	6	16	15	16	16	11	7	16	-	-	-	15	-	18	16	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	6	6	8	12	12	6	7	6	5	9	16	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	3.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	3.0 SW	7.0 W	7.0 W	-	6.0 SW	3.5 W	0.6 SW	1.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	8	5	4	15	15	15	-	15	15	3	5	-

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