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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	5	5	6	2	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.2 E	3.0 SW	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.3 E	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	12	11	10	16	16	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	12	12	13
Energy(?)	5529	2468	2601	1695	925	1555	1404	1173	85	107	258	881	731	7211	3714	822	1124	1143	2140	2763	1272	895
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:48AM 1.77	5:10AM 1.54	5:56PM 1.26		6:08AM 1.51	6:27PM 1.39		7:09AM 1.39	5:40PM 2.04		5:29AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.78		4:22AM 2.22	6:45PM 2.41		5:05AM 2.16	4:21PM 2.09		5:54AM 2.08	5:15PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.21	11:40AM 0.70		11:50PM 0.19	12:26PM 0.22		12:52AM 0.16			11:37PM 0.66	11:43AM 0.20		12:03AM 0.16	10:27AM 0.23		1:06AM 0.77	11:14AM 0.29		10:37PM 0.29	12:07PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	11	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	15	12	11	15	16	13	20	20	18	20	16	11	14	16	14	17	19	14	19	17
Low °C	14	13	15	12	11	12	16	12	17	19	14	17	14	10	11	15	13	15	17	9	13	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	15	10	9	15	16	12	20	20	18	20	14	8	14	15	13	16	19	12	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	8:28	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.2 E	2.4 SW	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	9	12	11	10	16	16	8	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	11	18	10	8	12	7	8	4	14	-	-	10	9	12	11	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	-	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	1.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	8	13	-	-	4	-	-	12	-	-

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	9	9	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1016	2252	3761	3580	1852	2111	1466	1247	1036	1172	1477	1419	1385	1157	3594	1676	1410	2362	1134	1007	1095	653
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						5:24AM 1.50				4:02PM 2.02				4:09AM 1.83							3:06AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				11:18PM 0.23				11:56AM 0.24							8:31AM 0.26	10:33AM 0.74			7:54PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	14	14	16	15	17	13	11	11	11	11	12	15	14	14	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	13	13	12	13	16	15	17	13	9	9	10	10	11	15	13	14	12	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 E	1.8 SSW	1.6 SE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	9	9	11	8	10	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	17	9	9	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	2.0 E	1.3 SE	1.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 S	1.8 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.6 W	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	10	11	10	11	8	12	12	8	9	11	12	19	10	17	16	9	9	6	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	1.9 S	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	5	5	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Monday 16										Tuesday 17
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	5.0 S	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.3 SE	2.4 E	1.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	9	9	13	14	13	7	12	14	13	12	13	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	664	1017	5355	5111	3945	3730	3519	5314	5451	1714	1768	1857	262	2103	1121	1857	1797	1125	434	426	1451	396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	15	16	13	13	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	14	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.4 E	1.4 SW	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	13	13	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	0.6 SE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	7	10	10	9	9	9	15	15	7	12	7	7	12	14	12	12	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.3 S	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	5	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	-	-	-	7	5	7	7	13	3	3	12	3

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