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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 S	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	11	9	10	10	7	8	12	8	9	12	12	14	12	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	840	1635	1889	596	1827	2123	686	925	328	237	2347	1335	1687	3195	1744	506	656	299	785	349	1966	2192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:09AM 1.86		9:09PM 1.75	8:02AM 1.67		10:09PM 1.72	10:38AM 1.90		10:52PM 2.38	11:37AM 1.49		1:34AM 1.65		1:06PM 1.38	1:00AM 1.57		1:42PM 1.27	2:26AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		1:53PM 0.05	12:09AM 0.26		2:38PM 0.38			2:22PM 0.19		4:29AM 0.14	3:25PM 0.19		5:30AM 0.09	5:46PM 0.10	7:15PM 0.33	6:13AM 0.47		6:42PM 0.13	7:18AM 0.13		8:11PM 0.18	8:38AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	8	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	13	9	13	14	10	15	16	13	17	15	14	16	15	13	15
Low °C	8	9	7	8	8	10	10	12	8	9	13	9	11	14	12	14	15	12	16	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	7	5	8	10	11	8	12	13	9	14	16	11	17	15	13	15	14	11	14
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	7	8	13	15	10	11	-	14	12	13	13	12	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	11	16	15	8	-	11	8	18	10	10	10	8	14	13	-	-	16	-	9	14	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	-	-	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	2.5 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	12	8	9	12	12	-	-	-	5	-	12	11

	Tuesday 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SE	2.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.0 S	2.4 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	14	10	10	8	9	11	11	10	8	8	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1050	1348	654	619	1689	1889	528	626	2177	799	521	727	1429	1118	1488	1141	1662	827	555	1016	651	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:35AM 2.40			5:45PM 2.02	8:01PM 2.60				8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72				9:40AM 1.53				10:35PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)							12:56AM 0.22				1:17PM 0.17					3:26AM 0.42				4:19PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	1	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	9	10	9	7	8	7	8	10	11	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	5	5	7	6	5	5	6	6	4	6	8	7	4	5	5	6	8	10	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 S	2.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.8 SE	1.4 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	11	8	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	17	14	14	-	15	7	8	15	8	8	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SE	1.8 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.5 SE	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.2 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	-	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	1.5 S	-	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	6	6	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	9	8	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 21																	Wednesday 22
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	4.0 SSE	3.0 ESE	5.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 S	5.0 SSE	5.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	176	1004	840	840	448	1348	425	425	1635	1147	261	705	2388	2415	3779	1905	6673	2289	2317	4961	6164	6167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							12:14PM 0.13															3:05AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-
High °C	7	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	10	8	11	7	7	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	6	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	6	5	7	3	3	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.7 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	-	14	14	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.6 NE	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	16	17	9	9	16	10	7	16	-	16	-	16	8	-	-	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	2.5 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.8 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 S	1.4 ESE	-	1.6 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	4.0 SSE	1.5 S	5.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	5.0 SSE	5.0 SSE
Period (s)	3	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	-	8	8	8	9	8	11	8	8	10	11	11

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