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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 W	0.7 E	1.1 E	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	9	11	11	10	16	15	14	14	12	12	8	12	10	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	2846	6166	2820	1598	1994	823	1497	1404	1039	747	520	248	424	1013	3671	916	558	3517	737	941	961	1898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 1.96		11:29PM 3.15	11:38AM 2.82			6:01AM 1.54	6:44PM 1.28		6:54AM 1.52		7:14PM 1.42	8:01AM 1.54			6:35AM 1.73	6:32PM 1.77		5:05AM 2.16		7:35PM 2.37	9:20AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 0.47		5:28AM 0.32	5:25PM 0.15	10:08PM 0.16	12:37PM 0.70		12:37AM 0.17		1:12PM 0.19	1:26AM 0.15		1:59PM 0.17	12:04AM 0.16	12:55PM 0.23		12:54AM 0.22	11:14AM 0.29	1:28PM 0.79	1:57AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	8	1	13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
High °C	14	16	14	16	14	11	15	16	13	18	16	19	20	16	12	14	17	15	16	16	16	16
Low °C	14	15	13	14	14	11	13	15	12	15	15	16	17	15	9	14	16	14	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	16	12	9	15	16	12	18	14	19	20	14	9	14	17	15	16	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	-	12	11	9	11	11	10	16	15	14	8	12	12	13	-	10	14	15	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 W	1.0 SE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 N	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	10	10	9	12	11	18	10	6	8	14	11	10	10	-	12	8	6	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.5 SSW	-	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSE	-	3.0 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	-	8	12	6	-	14	-	6	-	-

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	11	10	10	10	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1280	1085	572	890	2932	2252	4184	4223	3236	2542	2369	1711	2194	1234	1609	1005	1210	1085	3278	1399	1174	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				11:01AM 2.67						5:24AM 1.50				5:42PM 1.37				4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		5:36AM 0.53						11:18PM 0.23				11:41AM 0.25			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17			8:31AM 0.26	10:33AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	18	15	12	13	14	13	14	15	16	17	15	11	13	12	12	12	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	18	14	10	12	13	11	13	14	16	17	15	9	12	11	11	12	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 ENE	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SW	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	10	10	10	17	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	12	20	6	7	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	9	11	21	13	19	10	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.2 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	10	5	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	7.0 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	10	9	11	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	7
Energy(?)	1511	1404	648	1077	2520	307	10979	8688	7624	7729	8530	8906	7416	6591	896	1296	1682	1680	877	1343	1747	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:09PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				4:50AM 0.48						10:56AM 0.29									7:36PM 0.24		9:38PM 0.76	10:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	7	2	5	4	3	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	14	13	11	14	13	12	12	12	12	16	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	10	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.8 E	2.0 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	-	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.1 SW	1.3 SE	0.4 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	20	20	12	12	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	10	20	10	12	7	12	12	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	-	3.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	7.0 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 SSE	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	1.6 SE
Period (s)	8	3	3	-	10	4	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	8	-	-	4	-	-	7

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