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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	1	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 S	2.5 W	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	12	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	19	17	16
Energy(?)	719	210	1808	93	744	65	208	513	1448	610	492	484	499	583	405	404	2469	2223	350	222	3831	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 2.52		2:53AM 1.81	12:23PM 1.89						4:12AM 1.84			5:19AM 2.25	1:27PM 2.08	7:25PM 1.45	7:42AM 1.87		8:17PM 1.31	8:32AM 1.68		9:18PM 1.19	8:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 0.42	8:28PM 0.38	6:20AM 0.51	6:40PM 0.38	9:49PM 0.98	9:39AM 0.42	5:52PM 0.44	9:51PM 0.35	10:21AM 0.42	1:30PM 0.28	12:56AM 0.28	11:25AM 0.98		1:33AM 0.30		2:57PM 0.23	2:24AM 0.27		3:13PM 0.27	3:22AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	-	1	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	7	4
High °C	17	16	13	22	13	17	12	11	9	14	14	10	14	13	19	15	15	14	15	16	13	11
Low °C	15	15	9	19	12	11	11	11	8	14	13	8	12	12	18	14	15	13	13	15	9	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	22	10	15	10	8	6	13	13	8	13	11	19	14	14	14	14	15	11	10
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 NW	2.5 W	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW	-	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	10	7	12	8	8	13	6	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	12	10	19	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.6 NW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	12	14	9	9	8	9	6	5	16	10	6	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 NNE	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	12	3	7	3	4	8	12	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	11	-	-	-	17	6

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	8	5	14	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1357	1770	1812	3197	3206	2238	1278	486	727	645	74	86	425	1072	1123	1366	1900	845	622	719	511	1034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:44AM 1.85	2:28PM 1.70				2:53AM 1.81					5:21PM 1.33		11:56PM 2.03		5:40AM 1.91				6:13PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				6:00PM 0.42				4:50AM 0.54	8:57AM 0.43				9:49PM 0.98					12:06PM 0.31				11:19PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	19	16	15	13	13	10	15	9	8	21	19	9	10	9	10	12	10	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	14	12	12	8	15	8	6	21	19	6	8	6	8	10	8	9	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	4	14	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	12	10	10	7	10	8	15	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	-	9	9	10	8	8	8	-	8

	Thursday 18																Friday 19
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	2.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	12	11	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6
Energy(?)	1514	283	719	228	1770	206	669	876	1812	2200	346	159	1735	415	88	118	185	106	59	83	63	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					11:44AM 1.85						5:14PM 1.26											4:16AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)																10:36PM 0.70	11:02PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	18	19	17	19	15	17	17	18	18	14	14	16	18	15	17	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	18	19	17	19	14	17	17	18	18	14	14	16	18	13	17	15	16	15	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 W	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	12	11	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	-	-	10	10	13	10	10	8	10	6	10	4	4	8	6	11	5	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.6 NE	2.4 WSW	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	11	-	3	12	-	4	5	3	-	-	-	-	-

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