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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	All Day Bay Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	2	5	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	4.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	8	9	8	8	8	10	13	13	12	11	9	10	9
Energy(?)	297	358	1450	214	1156	1525	663	890	470	16	2165	1014	613	306	628	2414	2282	1330	647	684	373	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:09PM 2.99	4:18AM 1.44	4:43PM 1.28	10:02PM 2.78	10:26AM 2.92	6:00PM 1.27	11:31PM 3.11	11:39AM 2.65	1:06PM 1.96	2:56AM 2.24	4:40AM 2.26	1:39PM 1.94	2:10AM 1.92	4:51AM 1.83	5:04PM 1.72	2:01AM 1.95	5:30AM 1.81	5:43PM 1.69		8:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 0.69		10:35AM 0.33			4:13AM 0.54			5:30AM 0.49		8:48PM 0.62	10:48AM 1.01		7:57PM 0.33	11:03AM 0.42		7:48PM 0.57	11:46AM 0.43		11:58PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	2	1	-	1	17	9	2	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	11	18	18	13	8	14	8	12	13	9	14	14	13	18	19	20	22	16	16	18
Low °C	10	14	10	15	13	9	7	12	6	11	13	9	13	12	11	16	18	19	21	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	8	12	10	18	18	11	6	12	5	11	10	7	14	12	12	18	19	20	22	16	16	18
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.2 N	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 N	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	0.2 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	12	12	10	12	12	12	14	6	10	8	8	12	10	13	13	12	11	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	10	-	10	7	10	10	8	9	8	17	8	11	9	11	10	-	-	5	6	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	1.2 SW	-	4.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	1.4 NW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	11	-	-	12	7	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	4	5	-	6	2

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	6	7	5	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.3 W	2.1 W	3.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	8	8	14	14	10	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	5
Energy(?)	6878	6545	3911	596	824	2159	1776	3044	1073	1538	1072	1338	1164	3266	2861	1525	1048	1240	663	580	905	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:50AM 2.94		3:57PM 1.28		9:20PM 2.70						2:56PM 2.23				2:53AM 1.81				3:08PM 1.72	5:21PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71						10:38PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.59				6:00PM 0.42				5:39AM 0.66	8:57AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	7	4	4	5	2	-
Temp. °C	11	9	13	10	14	17	16	10	12	13	15	18	18	14	13	12	10	14	7	8	9	19
Chill °C (?)	10	7	13	7	12	17	16	8	12	13	14	18	18	13	12	11	8	13	5	6	7	19
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.4 SSW	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.1 WSW	-	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	16	14	14	8	8	14	14	10	9	13	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NE	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	12	7	16	16	6	10	7	13	10	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	13	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 S	2.4 S	0.3 NE	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	3	-	10	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Wednesday 17
	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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	6	7	5	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	8	8	16	16	8	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	7334	7833	5003	76	77	3313	3271	61	3929	4506	4824	4777	740	704	694	1902	1766	4009	1621	1520	1497	1796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:50AM 2.94		11:08AM 1.84	12:31PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 1.27																7:47PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	11	11	13	14	15	13	14	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	8	8	10	12	13	13	13	10	11	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.2 NNE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	8	8	16	16	8	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	10	10	7	7	10	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	16	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	3	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	9

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