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	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	3.0 W	1.6 SSE	3.5 W	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	19	17	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	10	9
Energy(?)	503	1936	534	2451	950	1798	2176	2593	4135	412	4777	2376	954	1210	1107	913	442	450	206	19	191	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 1.69	8:25PM 1.27	7:45AM 1.63	3:35PM 1.89				9:46PM 1.30	9:56AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		8:54AM 2.20		7:36PM 2.18	6:33AM 1.78		8:36PM 2.22	9:07AM 2.23		8:08PM 1.87	10:07AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			2:32AM 0.26			10:00PM 0.35	8:54AM 1.04	3:47PM 0.26	3:53AM 0.26			11:25PM 0.39		3:12PM 0.97	2:04AM 0.59	12:46PM 0.50		3:00AM 0.60		3:30PM 0.63	2:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	12	-	-	-	8	6	11	-	3	2	2	2	6	1	2	-	-
High °C	23	15	17	12	14	10	13	15	11	10	14	11	13	15	12	16	14	13	17	18	12	13
Low °C	22	15	16	11	13	9	12	14	9	8	13	9	11	14	9	15	13	11	15	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	23	13	17	10	13	7	12	14	9	9	13	10	12	14	11	15	12	12	17	18	10	12
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.1 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	8	9	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	10	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 N	1.1 W	0.7 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	5	20	19	17	16	-	-	-	12	13	20	11	8	7	6	11	6	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	1.8 SW	0.6 N	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	11	-	10	8	4	9	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	6	5

	Tuesday 23					Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	503	531	545	741	2350	1292	1008	366	331	253	2989	2260	1145	1003	1031	1497	3397	1722	1433	1414	3728	4135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08		8:41AM 1.47		3:35PM 1.89					4:07AM 1.84				5:52PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		11:46AM 0.43	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33													11:53AM 0.62				12:21AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	16	20	13	14	12	13	17	20	23	11	13	13	10	10	10	12	13	15	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	23	15	20	13	14	10	12	17	20	23	9	12	13	8	7	9	10	12	14	13	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.1 W	-
Period (s)	7	6	8	10	11	23	10	5	12	8	19	18	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	15	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 NE	-	2.3 W	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	5	6	11	-	-	-	6	3	10	10	7	5	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23																Wednesday 24
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	565	601	503	502	67	2034	798	545	545	579	158	158	385	313	1315	2350	3225	779	684	612	905	905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.48						1:40PM 3.16														3:32AM 1.91	4:53AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)								2:20PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	14	22	14	17	15	17	22	21	19	18	18	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	22	13	22	12	16	13	16	22	21	19	17	18	14	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	2.2 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	6	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.0 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	12	-	11	8	8	7	12	12	6	6	-	11	23	10	10	10	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	0.8 W	1.5 N	-	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	4	7	-	6	11	-	5	5	4	6	6	4	4	11	11	11	-	-	3	3	3

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