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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	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	2	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	0.6 S	2.5 W	2.1 S	1.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	0.6 SSE	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	7	8	12	12	8	8	7	10	9	12	11	11	10	8	10	17	11	15	14
Energy(?)	1047	74	829	450	527	434	540	127	238	211	948	373	918	707	15	998	133	1429	1912	2739	734	1775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 1.87			11:41PM 2.07		3:47PM 1.73		6:30AM 1.49	4:25PM 1.73	1:12AM 2.05	4:51AM 1.83		7:41PM 1.28	7:57AM 1.55		7:19PM 1.60	8:23AM 1.84	6:50PM 2.18	3:22AM 1.87	7:19AM 2.20		9:54PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 0.43	5:16PM 0.85		9:39AM 0.42		12:11AM 0.28	12:51PM 0.30			11:03AM 0.42	1:36PM 0.29	1:48AM 0.27		2:42PM 0.72	1:31AM 0.35			9:11PM 0.55		1:32PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	13	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	2	1	4	1	-	1
High °C	13	20	13	12	13	11	9	12	14	8	9	18	16	19	14	15	14	13	12	12	13	11
Low °C	10	18	12	11	12	11	7	11	13	5	9	18	15	18	13	14	13	13	9	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	12	20	10	9	13	8	6	11	13	7	8	18	16	19	14	15	13	11	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:31	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	1.9 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	12	8	8	12	7	8	8	7	10	9	12	11	11	10	8	19	17	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.5 E	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	10	9	12	8	13	9	9	13	6	9	12	15	6	-	-	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.3 NE	2.5 W	2.1 S	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	0.8 NE	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	8	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	10	10	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	13	9	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	7	8
Energy(?)	3053	1047	508	304	727	592	65	42	1035	950	2298	1003	616	357	290	783	706	540	894	1248	270	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								5:21PM 1.33		11:56PM 2.03	3:33AM 1.83	5:46AM 1.48				5:13PM 1.65				4:40AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				5:14AM 0.57	8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36					12:19PM 0.82				10:27PM 0.95				1:00PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	8	8	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	13	9	8	20	19	9	10	7	11	11	13	14	12	10	8	10	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	12	7	6	20	19	6	8	3	11	11	13	14	11	9	5	9	5	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.4 W	0.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	11	6	10	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	12	13	10	10	10	4	8	11	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	12	10	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	6	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	13	8	8	-	-	8	8	7	8	11	7	8

	Thursday 18				Friday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	12	12	7	7	12	11	12	7	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	3131	1637	728	347	1054	1047	79	69	1210	427	1023	100	130	65	55	37	136	215	2407	282	280	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					3:36PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.38														10:27AM 0.43	11:05AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	13	12	17	17	11	13	10	16	17	17	17	17	18	8	14	8	9	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	14	12	11	17	17	10	12	9	16	17	16	16	17	18	5	12	5	6	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	10	12	11	12	12	7	7	12	11	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	12	12	15	15	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	7	13	9	10	10	5	5	10	13	10	11	11	11	11	6	12	10	9	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	3.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	6	6	5	3	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	6	4	-	12	11	11	4

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