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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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	4	1	1	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	8	16	15	8	9	14	8	10	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	702	602	1016	1856	2217	2653	124	48	5005	248	1066	558	585	188	1438	4541	2348	1710	1781	1131	1327	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 2.11			7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79		3:02AM 2.91	4:40AM 1.97		8:06PM 1.81	7:16AM 2.23		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		10:49PM 1.72	5:26AM 1.93	1:05PM 1.47	1:37AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 0.17	1:59PM 0.17	1:20AM 0.20		2:47PM 0.15	2:13AM 0.23		3:37PM 0.14	8:54PM 0.22	10:55AM 0.31	1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35		12:01PM 0.85		7:15PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	18	17	10	15	18	18	19	13	15	18	19	14	18	14	12	15	17	13	14	16	11
Low °C	15	14	16	10	10	13	17	17	13	13	16	17	12	16	13	8	12	16	11	12	15	10
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	6	14	18	18	19	11	15	18	19	13	18	12	12	15	17	12	14	16	9
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 E	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	15	11	16	15	8	9	9	12	10	12	7	11	18	16	16	16	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.6 NE	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SE	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 NW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	10	9	11	11	8	6	8	9	8	8	8	11	16	14	16	9	8	-	9	7	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 NE	1.3 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	8	8	5	-	-	3	14	8	-	4	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	3

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	2.3 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 W	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	13	13	16	14	16	16	16	15	15	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1406	1229	574	737	602	302	397	330	258	1296	6826	3304	3612	3933	1390	2289	2046	1414	238	731	80	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:42AM 1.85					8:03PM 1.45		3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89					9:20AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15											11:00AM 0.36				12:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	17	15	18	21	16	15	14	11	10	10	11	16	18	14	12	12	12	13	19	21
Chill °C (?)	12	9	17	15	18	21	15	15	14	10	8	8	9	15	18	13	10	10	10	11	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 S	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	10	5	9	8	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	6	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	15	15	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	11	10	-	8	8	10	9	10	9	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	-	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	0.4 WNW	2.2 W	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	4	-	4	4	5	6	-	-	13	13	5	-	-	4	4	6	3	7	-	4

	Thursday 19				Friday 20
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	2.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.5 W	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 E	2.4 W	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	8	14	14	14	9	14	14	7	7	12	7	10	10
Energy(?)	226	332	439	345	702	540	670	753	574	667	294	405	456	2364	651	719	1146	1146	555	644	230	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 0.06															11:24AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	21	16	16	19	15	15	17	16	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	15	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	16	16	19	15	15	17	15	7	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	13	18	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	15	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	8	14	14	-	14	14	12	12	12	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	15	6	14	8	5	8	8	11	18	14	11	11	-	14	13	11	11	14	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	2.0 W	0.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	3.5 W	1.9 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.4 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	8	3	6	7	9	6	7	7	7	8	7	3	3

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