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 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	3.0 W	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	10	17	9	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	6	7	8	9
Energy(?)	503	1900	539	162	2566	1894	2067	2394	4650	1153	3592	3337	858	1590	1355	692	807	373	158	490	562	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:17PM 1.31	6:10AM 1.77		9:29PM 1.42	4:07AM 1.84	4:22PM 1.88	3:32AM 2.95				8:54AM 2.20	5:56PM 1.81	7:36PM 2.18	6:39AM 1.82		7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84			11:21AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27	12:29PM 0.44	3:13PM 0.27	3:25AM 0.49	10:13AM 0.50		9:21PM 1.00	9:17AM 0.53	4:30PM 0.24	11:25PM 0.39			2:04AM 0.59	12:53PM 0.51	2:30PM 0.65	1:24AM 0.44		3:30PM 0.63	1:02AM 0.96	5:13AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	10	18	1	-	-	2	10	1	-	5	4	8	2	10	10	5	19
High °C	23	15	17	17	14	10	15	14	12	13	16	13	11	16	11	15	15	13	14	14	15	11
Low °C	22	15	16	13	12	9	14	13	9	13	14	11	10	16	10	13	13	11	13	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	23	13	17	16	12	8	13	13	10	12	16	12	10	15	9	14	14	11	14	13	15	11
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.3 S	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	11	9	19	9	17	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	7	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 E	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	5	6	-	17	-	-	-	6	7	12	20	7	13	8	18	6	12	11	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	3.0 W	-	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	0.5 N	3.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.5 E	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.9 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	7	11	-	5	10	3	9	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	6	6	4	7

	Tuesday 23							Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 S	1.4 S	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 SSE	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	9	18	17	16	16	16	15	9	15
Energy(?)	574	565	503	550	641	542	2331	1292	969	819	349	2525	1153	2108	1248	1894	1083	3277	2920	1552	1945	1528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08		8:41AM 1.47							4:13AM 1.87			3:03PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.27			11:46AM 0.43	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33													11:53AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	2	4	2	-	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	19	20	23	16	20	21	14	12	14	14	20	10	14	12	10	9	9	10	11	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	23	15	20	21	14	10	14	14	20	8	12	11	9	7	7	8	9	10	15	13
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	16	16	16	15	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 W	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	7	7	6	8	5	12	23	10	12	12	20	19	18	18	17	9	-	-	10	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.8 N	1.5 N	1.8 W	-	1.1 NW	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	6	-	6	11	-	-	-	6	10	7	9	4	3	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Tuesday 23
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	1.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	8	8	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	581	590	574	899	574	501	23	5	576	422	503	76	451	115	1502	2116	1813	2482	2286	1579	970	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)														2:55PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.27							9:00AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	12	18	19	14	14	16	17	26	18	18	19	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	11	18	18	13	12	15	17	26	17	18	18	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	1.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	2.2 WNW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	8	8	11	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	10	11	7	8	7	-	12	12	7	12	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.8 ENE	0.4 NNE	2.2 NW	0.3 WSW	2.3 WNW	0.1 SW	-	1.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	7	5	6	6	7	9	-	7	6	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-

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