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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	Sat	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herbertville Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	1.9 N	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	15	9	12	9	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	6	11	6	13
Energy(?)	193	239	15	248	742	1713	1143	817	625	281	790	1180	1553	1973	1810	918	520	662	312	308	141	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	glass	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.71		10:23PM 1.60	4:50AM 3.38	6:54PM 2.71	12:49AM 1.64	12:28PM 1.48		2:16AM 1.40		2:29PM 1.67	2:58AM 1.78		1:40PM 1.54	2:07AM 1.66				4:29AM 1.57		12:36AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 0.73		2:46PM 0.81		10:59AM 1.56			6:08AM 0.48	1:40PM 1.43	7:56PM 0.30	7:23AM 0.74		8:32PM 0.44	7:40AM 1.17		7:38PM 0.41	10:11AM 0.60	4:21PM 1.27	10:12PM 0.62	10:57AM 0.60	6:22PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	19	27	28	21	14	16	13	21	17	15	13	15	12	11	12	12	17	17	20	15	23	19
Low °C	14	25	26	11	11	16	10	18	16	13	13	14	11	11	12	10	16	16	20	14	23	18
Chill °C (?)	19	27	28	21	12	15	12	21	16	14	12	14	11	11	10	11	17	16	20	14	23	19
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.0 NNW	0.6 S	1.8 NW	0.7 SW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	5	11	6	5	13	10	8	11	9	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	6	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	8	10	12	11	9	13	10	9	16	14	9	8	8	-	8	12	8	-	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.9 N	0.5 W	0.4 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 NE	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	3	6	9	12	9	4	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	6	-	6	6

	Sat	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	1.7 NNW	0.3 S	3.5 WNW	0.5 NE	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	6	9	6	16	11	7	7	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	1257	1194	1709	418	128	2327	244	65	3456	40	495	1612	1624	2172	2214	1880	1303	1099	1086	1032	1028	1189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 2.18									12:40AM 1.39				11:10AM 2.14					1:37AM 1.59		8:46AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		12:39AM 0.53	2:18AM 0.73		9:56AM 1.37	11:36AM 1.30		4:49PM 0.39				6:37AM 0.45				5:17PM 0.45	7:26PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	6	4	-	-	6	-	-	9	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	17	19	18	18	24	20	16	20	11	12	12	14	16	17	13	13	12	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	19	18	17	24	20	15	20	10	11	12	12	15	17	12	13	10	11	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NNW	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	3.5 WNW	0.5 NE	0.9 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	5	-	9	7	11	7	6	9	7	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	13	13	6	12	-	9	16	12	9	14	15	15	10	10	18	8	10	13	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.2 N	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	1.7 NNW	0.7 W	-	0.9 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	3	11	5	6	9	6	4	-	5	7	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	3	-	10	10

	Saturday 10				Sunday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.9 N	0.8 NE	1.5 NW	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	2.3 NNW	2.1 N	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	5	10	6	5	9	6	5	6	6	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	1314	250	1257	780	39	696	261	51	832	12	17	416	313	121	80	40	59	2327	29	28	1222	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																10:11AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	17	18	20	17	18	21	19	20	21	19	21	22	21	18	22	22	12	13
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	17	17	19	17	17	21	19	19	20	18	21	22	20	17	22	22	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	5	10	9	13	10	6	5	12	12	6	7	7	12	-	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	5	12	14	14	6	14	7	8	7	7	13	13	13	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	1.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.9 N	0.8 NE	1.5 NW	-	-	2.3 NNW	2.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	-	3	10	2	-	9	6	5	9	-	-	6	6	3	3	2	8	9	7	7	14	13

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