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

7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			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	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	8	7	5	4	6	4	4	5	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.8 E	4.5 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	5.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	13	11	11	12	13	8	19	18	16	17	16	17	18	19	15	15	16	13	12	15
Energy(?)	778	776	6934	749	584	480	1276	1266	1352	2160	3577	861	5502	5757	1470	376	493	784	3453	7521	3594	4337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 1.69	7:54AM 1.63	4:00PM 1.97		3:15AM 2.07		2:16AM 2.21		4:52PM 1.82		11:55AM 1.45		11:53PM 1.49		12:26PM 1.58	12:51AM 1.49			12:02AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 0.21	1:31AM 0.24			9:13PM 0.47	9:35AM 0.37	1:54PM 0.84	8:51PM 0.48	8:51AM 0.30		10:33PM 0.49	5:43AM 0.10	5:43PM 0.15		6:07AM 0.11		6:43PM 0.14	7:18AM 0.33	2:48PM 0.47		6:11AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	1	6	-	-	2	-
High °C	9	10	10	14	12	11	8	9	7	10	9	7	10	12	10	11	12	8	13	11	11	11
Low °C	7	9	9	11	10	9	7	9	6	7	8	6	7	9	9	10	9	7	11	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	12	11	11	4	5	6	10	7	4	7	10	9	9	11	5	10	8	8	9
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 E	-	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 SE	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.4 SW	0.5 NW	-	3.5 W	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	11	-	11	11	8	13	12	14	18	16	17	11	17	13	15	11	15	6	-	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 S	1.4 SE	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 NW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 SE	1.5 W	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	14	-	13	15	12	9	23	19	7	20	8	-	11	18	18	15	7	16	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	-	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	-	2.5 W	5.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	5	6	-	9	8	-	-	-	8	16	12	-	3	3	-	16	13	-	-

	Tuesday 15							Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	13	14	13	11	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	9
Energy(?)	832	883	917	941	1339	4145	3476	657	1496	1404	4768	3990	870	655	647	604	756	878	527	1215	972	901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:00AM 1.61						12:41AM 2.37							9:09PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 0.24						8:17PM 0.37				8:56AM 0.42							3:30AM 0.15		10:32AM 0.29	1:47PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	7	11	10	9	11	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	8	10	10	9	5	11	10	6	9	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	3.5 W	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	13	14	13	11	12	12	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 N	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	11	6	-	15	-	-	-	-	7	6	11	12	12	8	8	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	9

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