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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.9 N	4.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	10	11	13	8	13	14	14	14	21	21	20	14	13	9	14
Energy(?)	333	344	408	727	587	389	252	200	497	627	87	489	272	593	725	802	384	464	731	1500	2322	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 1.59	4:47PM 1.36				11:17PM 2.79	11:37AM 2.95	6:12PM 1.73		4:25AM 1.89	4:37PM 1.80			5:15PM 1.80		8:10AM 1.50			7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:41AM 0.37		10:52PM 0.29	9:32AM 0.37	5:11PM 0.47		5:25AM 0.38		9:51PM 0.28	10:35AM 0.32		10:48PM 0.23	7:12AM 0.87		12:54AM 0.25		2:31PM 0.23	10:35PM 0.23		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	2	-	-	1
High °C	11	17	13	10	12	13	11	12	15	11	15	16	14	19	20	17	16	15	15	20	19	17
Low °C	10	15	12	8	11	13	11	11	13	9	14	16	13	17	18	16	16	15	15	19	17	14
Chill °C (?)	10	16	12	9	11	11	9	11	14	10	14	16	13	19	20	17	15	15	15	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.1 NNE	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.1 NNW	1.9 N	0.6 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	13	7	13	14	14	14	10	8	9	14	13	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 E	0.1 E	-	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 N
Period (s)	12	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	-	11	11	20	10	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.7 S	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	3	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	5

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	786	729	905	1008	777	332	308	302	561	573	695	632	587	83	491	287	277	244	565	213	200	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:29AM 1.49		10:20AM 2.70					3:10AM 1.84			11:31AM 3.15	3:23PM 1.76	4:39PM 1.63			2:23AM 2.12	5:03AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 0.68	10:05PM 0.33			8:51AM 0.41			4:31PM 0.61					9:16AM 0.39					11:38PM 0.26				11:22AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	11	17	16	15	14	10	9	8	12	20	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	10	16	16	14	13	10	9	7	12	20	12	10	11	10	8	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.3 NW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	10	7	8	12	11	5	10	7	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	11	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 16				Saturday 17
	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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.4 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	12	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	8
Energy(?)	358	690	786	786	319	440	432	397	146	355	670	658	630	213	547	434	594	638	593	340	338	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																			1:16PM 2.00		3:57PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				10:08PM 0.31												10:02AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	10	15	15	15	12	11	10	10	11	14	11	12	15	14	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	9	15	15	15	10	9	8	9	10	13	9	10	13	12	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	13	8	7	7	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 NW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	7	7	8	8	8	11	8	11	-	-	8	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 S	-	2.2 S	2.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	8	8	5	6	6	6

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