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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	7	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	2.5 S	2.2 S	0.9 SW	2.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 W	1.6 SSW	3.5 W	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	8	8	16	8	8	8	12	16	10	10	13	13	10	12	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	130	1581	1858	1116	1629	1206	562	810	497	808	1897	2874	510	2349	337	647	598	3445	3681	4083	6255	2289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 3.06	8:01PM 2.60	8:39AM 1.57		6:49PM 1.95	9:32AM 2.36		10:09PM 1.72	10:26AM 2.33		11:10PM 2.04	11:30AM 1.90		12:05AM 1.62		12:16PM 1.91	1:00AM 1.57		1:27PM 1.46	11:56PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			2:20AM 0.40		1:10PM 0.17	1:15AM 0.32	3:19AM 0.41	3:49PM 0.07		4:17AM 0.43	4:47PM 0.09		5:18AM 0.18	5:29PM 0.43		6:26AM 0.11		6:42PM 0.13	7:30AM 0.13			8:46AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	8	10	9	10	11	13	11	13	14	12	16	18	16	14	16	12	13	11	11	14
Low °C	8	8	7	9	8	8	7	12	9	12	14	11	14	16	15	13	16	10	11	11	10	14
Chill °C (?)	7	6	5	8	5	8	9	11	10	11	12	10	16	18	15	14	15	9	13	10	10	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	1.8 SW	0.4 E	-	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	10	8	9	8	8	10	-	10	9	13	13	12	9	9	9	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	17	16	14	-	13	16	10	9	13	20	10	9	13	10	19	16	15	14	13	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	0.5 W	2.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	2.5 SW	2.4 W	0.6 WNW	3.5 W	-	-	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	3	8	8	5	12	16	4	10	-	-	10	12	13	12	12	-

	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 SE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 S	2.2 ESE	1.6 S	1.6 E	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.6 ESE	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 SW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	8	11	8	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	10	15	8
Energy(?)	272	224	1050	1264	430	690	1643	1858	1732	860	1771	774	990	682	1219	1009	1196	1420	1352	552	633	682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:26AM 3.21		7:35AM 2.40			5:45PM 2.02	8:01PM 2.60				8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72				9:40AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					12:06PM 0.13				2:35AM 0.06				2:40PM 0.09					3:36AM 0.05			1:40PM 0.24	4:26PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	3	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	10	9	9	8	8	7	8	10	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	5	5	7	6	6	4	4	6	4	7	7	7	5	6	4	6	8	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	1.3 S	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	17	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	8	13	13	12	13	8	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 SE	1.7 S	-	0.7 E	2.5 SE	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	1.1 SW	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	-	6	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	8

	Tuesday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Scarborough Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 S	2.5 ESE	0.9 SW	5.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	8	6	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	14	11
Energy(?)	419	272	238	1006	131	850	178	1004	1011	1096	1264	283	1016	1007	2050	2157	1622	2145	3066	2256	680	6643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:26AM 3.21					5:09AM 1.92		7:40AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)														1:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	3
High °C	10	10	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	6	6	8	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SW	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	9	13	9	-	-	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	10	-	-	16	-	-	16	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 S	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.3 ESE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	-	5.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	6	9	3	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	-	11

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