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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	Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 W	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	7	11	9	10	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	7	7
Energy(?)	346	351	676	503	698	539	201	1883	1289	793	4182	3195	1292	593	5387	2377	2499	1930	1225	1085	371	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:58PM 1.41	8:07AM 1.53	6:57PM 1.62		8:41AM 1.47		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46		7:36PM 2.18	10:16AM 1.42			5:45AM 1.82	4:41PM 2.96		11:44AM 1.45		10:20PM 2.25	6:26AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 0.58	1:56AM 0.58		1:03PM 0.41	1:11AM 0.36		3:18PM 0.25	3:08AM 0.26		3:47PM 0.26	2:00AM 0.89	4:01AM 0.25	4:30PM 0.24	10:10PM 0.99	11:55AM 0.52		10:41PM 0.51	5:31AM 0.23	5:57PM 0.50		12:38PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	2	3	-	1	6	8	6	10	3	7	-	-
High °C	14	16	20	22	15	18	17	14	12	14	14	11	14	11	9	12	13	13	14	14	10	13
Low °C	13	16	18	22	15	16	13	13	9	13	13	9	13	11	8	11	12	12	14	14	8	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	20	22	13	18	16	12	10	13	12	9	13	9	7	11	11	12	14	14	8	11
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	1.5 W	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	6	7	-	6	5	19	17	-	-	-	11	22	12	13	-	20	18	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	2.5 W	-	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	1.2 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	7	-	5	10	-	-	15	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Monday 22							Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	19	9
Energy(?)	269	211	216	211	583	548	645	547	649	565	503	470	545	551	1045	1144	956	781	323	261	806	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08		8:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.62								1:40AM 0.27			12:05PM 0.96	2:29PM 0.28		7:53PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	15	17	14	13	18	18	18	20	24	18	20	19	14	12	14	14	21	22	16	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	15	17	12	11	18	18	18	20	24	17	20	19	14	11	14	14	21	22	15	13
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	6	9	5	7	7	6	5	8	15	23	10	10	12	12	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NE	1.3 N	1.5 N	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	4	6	9	5	7	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	8	-

	Monday 22
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	4
Energy(?)	318	308	269	270	282	282	182	250	193	234	251	471	287	317	77	69	74	137	497	497	741	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:01AM 1.81	7:14AM 1.49												7:33PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.62												1:45PM 0.29					6:59PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	8
High °C	12	11	11	10	9	10	13	14	14	15	16	12	16	17	14	16	14	14	17	17	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	9	9	10	13	14	14	15	16	10	15	16	14	15	14	14	17	17	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	10	7	7	10	5	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	2	3	-	4	-	-	4	4	6	4

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