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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	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	0	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	9	14	14	11	20	8	10	12	12	10	12	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	16
Energy(?)	170	316	132	42	518	417	377	962	1039	2358	3577	3395	2136	4594	1531	2030	2755	5642	9832	16939	2952	1506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 2.01	4:25AM 1.89	1:57PM 2.02	2:26AM 1.99		2:34PM 2.04	1:42AM 3.22			2:54AM 1.99	9:18AM 1.52	3:09PM 2.04	3:34AM 1.94	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	7:36AM 1.99			8:51AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			10:35AM 0.32		8:15PM 0.20	8:30AM 0.33		7:31PM 0.82	7:48AM 0.84	1:12PM 0.32	8:45PM 0.40			9:25PM 0.40		4:37PM 0.43			2:19PM 0.37	11:52PM 0.40		3:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	15	-	-	1	10	2	10	-	2	1	3	-	-
High °C	17	12	22	16	14	18	17	14	16	17	19	15	16	13	10	11	11	11	15	13	19	14
Low °C	16	8	16	16	13	17	16	14	16	17	18	15	14	7	8	9	10	11	14	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	10	22	15	13	17	17	13	15	17	18	14	14	12	7	10	10	9	13	10	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.0 NNW	4.0 W	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	0.6 E	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	14	13	9	14	14	11	20	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	10	14	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.3 N	-	0.3 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	14	5	14	-	7	-	22	10	13	20	12	16	15	11	10	10	10	-	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.3 E	1.1 SE	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	3	5	3	4	8	3	8	8	8	10	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	-	16

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	11	14	14	14	8	8	20	20	8
Energy(?)	166	347	483	316	308	285	248	107	142	250	587	243	522	576	629	587	487	759	916	582	1024	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	low-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:50AM 1.98			12:43PM 3.30		5:45PM 1.71			1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51			4:57PM 2.08				5:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.51					7:54AM 0.37				7:29PM 0.46						2:16PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	11	10	9	8	12	22	19	14	16	13	16	16	17	18	19	18	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	9	8	7	6	11	22	19	12	16	12	16	16	16	17	19	18	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	11	13	13	14	11	11	14	14	14	10	10	11	20	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 NNE	0.3 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	6	7	5	5	5	14	14	14	7	14	7	12	12	11	10	-	22	11	20	9	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	3	-	4	5	5	5	4	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	6	3	4	8	8	-	8	8

	Monday 19										Tuesday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	12	7	12	13	7	9	9	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	132	281	492	198	216	203	172	51	91	83	354	115	375	398	254	46	32	519	765	563	848	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)													1:04AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)							7:38PM 0.24					12:33AM 0.54										10:35AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	17	16	16	15	16	16	11	16	14	16	15	13	14	14	10	11	10	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	16	15	15	14	16	16	10	16	13	16	15	11	13	13	7	9	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	12	9	12	13	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	6	8	14	14	-	-	15	15	7	6	8	6	6	10	-	-	6	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	2	-	7	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	-	7	-	-	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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