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 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	17	9	12	11	12	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	11	7	6
Energy(?)	25	35	30	717	1695	1381	806	943	292	396	1144	1926	1917	645	918	372	330	390	278	198	146	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:11AM 1.32	11:35AM 1.49		1:29AM 1.39	12:44PM 1.96	1:41PM 1.68	2:14AM 1.60	12:57PM 2.14		3:07AM 1.59		3:27PM 1.47	3:48AM 1.58		4:16PM 1.19	11:56PM 1.82	4:41AM 1.38			12:44PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 0.36		5:15AM 0.45	6:23PM 0.40	7:11PM 0.27	6:32AM 0.78		7:52PM 0.36	6:44AM 1.20		8:47PM 0.59	9:28AM 0.59		9:28PM 0.61	10:11AM 0.60			11:00AM 0.31	6:22PM 0.39	11:06PM 0.29	6:41AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-
High °C	30	29	18	13	17	14	22	16	14	13	13	12	11	19	12	19	19	19	14	14	16	18
Low °C	26	26	13	12	15	12	19	14	12	12	12	11	11	19	10	18	18	18	14	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	30	29	18	11	16	13	22	16	12	12	12	12	11	19	10	19	19	19	13	12	16	18
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	0.5 E	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	6	10	14	12	11	12	8	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.7 SSE	0.2 S	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	17	10	8	8	13	10	9	17	14	9	8	5	-	10	7	11	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.5 N	0.6 WNW	2.0 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	3	8	3	9	-	7	4	10	5	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	7	7

	Sunday 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13								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	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.3 W	1.5 S	2.4 W	1.3 S	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	5	6	12	13	6	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	46	87	42	54	86	72	458	1520	1730	2201	1856	1670	1432	1204	1112	1175	1064	1061	649	1136	503	909
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 1.66				12:40AM 1.39				11:10AM 2.14					1:37AM 1.59				1:57PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 1.37			4:49PM 0.39				6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50				7:52AM 0.29				8:07PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	26	30	19	18	18	10	12	14	13	15	15	14	13	12	12	18	16	24	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	26	30	19	18	18	9	12	14	11	13	14	13	12	10	11	18	16	24	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 NNE	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	8	11	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 W	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	9	7	13	17	8	11	15	6	10	11	8	8	13	13	13	13	10	6	10	7	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.4 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	2.3 W	2.0 NE	2.4 W	-	2.1 W
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	7	4	7	10	10	10	10	-	-	8	3	4	4	10	7	10	-	10

	Sunday 11																Monday 12
	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	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.5 NNW	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SW	0.2 E	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	10	7	6	12	6	6	13	15	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	11
Energy(?)	129	74	25	77	87	15	10	269	6	1028	1114	39	31	34	18	18	25	692	18	624	9	4414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:38AM 1.53	11:23AM 1.66	12:09PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)										4:25PM 1.10		6:44PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	23	26	24	26	27	23	27	27	15	15	20	19	19	19	19	20	10	20	10	18	10
Chill °C (?)	16	23	26	24	26	27	23	27	27	13	13	19	18	18	18	18	19	7	19	7	17	7
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 SW	0.2 E	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	8	10	7	6	6	6	9	8	15	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	11	8	13	9	8	13	9	13	8	8	15	15	13	13	13	9	-	10	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.6 N	0.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 SW	1.0 NW	-	1.0 WNW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	5	8	4	6	5	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	10	4	-	4	11

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