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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	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	16	15	14	8	12	14	14	9	12	12	13	12	14	13	12	10	11	13	12	16
Energy(?)	1966	2087	700	570	263	414	2682	5807	4413	1129	496	758	3993	541	1423	823	2274	855	1681	3144	1596	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:58PM 2.12	9:40AM 1.53		10:28PM 1.55	11:10AM 1.46		11:38PM 1.57	8:15AM 2.21		12:35AM 1.52	10:35AM 1.79		11:06PM 1.86	10:10AM 2.30		9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			3:36AM 0.05	3:51PM 0.06		5:05AM 0.05	5:23PM 0.08				6:19PM 0.11	4:22AM 0.29	1:30PM 0.59		4:03AM 0.56	3:09PM 0.32		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.32	4:37PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	9	12	11	14	15	14	18	19	19	14	12	13	14	15	13	15	13	12	12	17
Low °C	8	9	7	10	10	12	14	12	13	16	16	12	11	11	13	14	11	11	12	9	9	14
Chill °C (?)	4	8	7	10	9	14	14	13	18	19	19	12	10	12	14	15	11	14	11	10	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 E	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	12	15	14	8	12	15	8	10	12	10	13	12	14	13	9	11	15	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	16	10	10	13	18	9	14	13	9	-	-	10	15	-	9	9	22	20	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	0.4 WNW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	4	4	8	12	14	14	9	3	12	13	4	-	-	12	10	11	13	-	-

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	7	7	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	10	9	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	551	939	1358	1180	2299	1318	1039	824	1110	516	529	529	589	517	503	1483	2682	6770	6897	5807	4917	4575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:11PM 1.72				10:13AM 1.49							7:08AM 2.21				6:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	1:17PM 0.17					4:09AM 0.02			12:20PM 0.48	4:14PM 0.24						11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	5	5	5	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	8	9	8	10	14	14	13	13	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	8	14	8	9	14	14	7	10	12	12	16	16	15	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	13	12	14	10	10	9	10	-	10	8	10	11	13	21	13	18	-	-	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	1.3 SW	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	14	-	-	6	-	5	13	12	12	16	16	14	14	14

	Wednesday 22											Thursday 23
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	7	7	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.7 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	1.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	9	10	18	18	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	563	1161	1966	1918	3100	3290	3004	2828	387	2144	2087	471	412	388	257	183	181	178	176	182	182	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										9:27PM 1.88							4:14AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			2:53PM 0.04											1:15AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	10	11	7	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	7	4	4	7	8	8	8	6	7	8	6	8	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	8	13	8	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 E	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	10	18	10	17	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	-	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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