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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	5	5	4	1	1	4	4	3	3	4	4	7	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	1.4 E	0.8 E	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	11	7	13	14	15	6	9	9	13	12	12	6	7	11	17	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	260	167	620	176	579	4719	4126	2739	132	119	1132	1804	1082	493	71	463	2288	2723	964	2328	2311	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.35	8:22AM 1.46	2:48PM 2.16	3:13AM 2.09	8:29AM 1.51		7:53PM 1.80	9:20AM 1.50		8:48PM 1.80	10:14AM 1.48	3:09PM 2.63	8:06PM 1.81	8:34AM 1.71	6:19PM 1.88	7:58PM 2.24	8:27AM 2.17			10:57AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.20	6:38PM 0.00	2:09AM 0.15			9:04PM 0.09		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23		2:00PM 0.50	3:10AM 0.26	4:05AM 0.15		2:34AM 0.38			2:17AM 0.68		1:07PM 0.47	12:14AM 0.93	4:51AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	16	16	20	12	16	17	15	19	15	15	19	20	14	16	14	15	17	18	16	16
Low °C	19	14	15	15	17	9	12	14	11	16	15	13	12	20	11	14	14	13	14	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	23	15	16	15	20	9	16	16	15	18	14	14	19	20	13	16	12	15	17	18	16	16
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.2 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	12	11	16	-	14	15	6	9	14	13	12	12	11	16	18	13	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	14	6	15	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	11	-	8	16	11	-	17	-	9	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.3 SSE	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	-	-	0.9 NE	0.6 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	7	13	-	10	-	4	9	-	-	4	6	7	11	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	12	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	15
Energy(?)	659	545	764	739	1414	1249	585	775	666	271	209	330	314	932	3566	3248	4126	3697	3448	5869	2017	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 3.25						6:42AM 1.85					8:03PM 1.45			5:54AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			1:56PM 0.18		8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15										9:27AM 0.18	11:00AM 0.36			8:19PM 0.32	12:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1
Temp. °C	13	16	23	21	12	11	17	15	18	21	18	15	13	14	10	10	11	16	18	13	14	10
Chill °C (?)	11	16	23	21	11	9	17	15	18	21	18	14	13	14	7	8	9	16	17	11	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 S	2.4 WSW	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	16	12	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	10	6	9	11	16	14	14	14	16	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 WNW	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	12	11	15	15	11	6	10	10	4	10	10	14	11	11	-	-	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 SSW	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	9	9	6	-	4	-	4	6	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	15	-	7

	Thursday 19																Friday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.1 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.6 SW	1.9 W	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	11	11	15	14	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	7	16	15	9	9	9	14	8	15
Energy(?)	828	512	260	260	192	196	123	158	158	138	201	182	222	457	440	426	1366	1347	1558	257	558	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:40PM 2.04	6:16PM 1.78	7:14PM 1.42							2:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)							1:12PM 0.19									11:00PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
High °C	13	17	19	20	18	18	23	20	20	23	16	17	21	18	14	13	12	12	12	12	15	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	18	20	18	18	23	20	20	23	15	17	21	17	12	12	10	9	9	10	14	8
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	16	11	11	15	14	7	9	9	11	12	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.5 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	3	8	14	8	12	12	-	-	-	10	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.8 WSW	-	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	6	3	3	6	6	4	-	-	5	12	2	-	7	7	6	9	9	9	8	-	6

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