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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	4	5	5	4	1	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	2.2 W	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	14	15	8	8	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	16	15	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	317	933	1520	4126	2589	151	2277	3523	2233	1102	661	324	229	1308	3873	743	1530	1490	1626	1502	2149	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 1.79	8:37AM 1.47		8:43PM 2.29	9:09AM 1.72	2:37PM 3.07		7:33AM 1.77			7:16AM 2.23		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69				1:05PM 1.47	11:40PM 1.85	12:22PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			1:20AM 0.20		2:47PM 0.15	2:45AM 0.43			10:31PM 0.28		1:57PM 0.32	1:14AM 0.61		2:38PM 0.42	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35	10:56PM 0.77	6:59AM 0.15			6:11AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	7
High °C	21	17	10	16	17	18	13	13	16	18	17	14	17	13	12	14	19	17	15	11	11	18
Low °C	20	16	10	12	14	16	13	13	14	12	16	13	16	13	8	11	18	16	15	11	9	16
Chill °C (?)	21	16	7	16	16	18	10	11	15	18	17	14	17	12	12	14	19	17	15	9	9	18
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 E	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	11	14	15	8	9	9	14	12	12	11	11	18	16	15	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 S	0.7 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 SE	-	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	11	-	8	6	9	9	15	-	8	8	16	14	16	-	8	8	7	10	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	2.2 W	3.5 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	8	-	10	-	8	14	-	-	-	-	2	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 20							Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	16	14	14	16	16	15	14	7	8	8	14	14
Energy(?)	568	737	633	272	224	203	242	1296	6407	3344	3475	3933	3448	1290	2077	1467	1242	731	55	43	3523	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 1.85					7:53PM 1.69		3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90				5:56PM 2.18					9:20AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 0.15				1:59PM 0.17							11:00AM 0.36				12:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	15	18	20	22	16	14	11	10	10	11	16	17	15	12	10	10	13	19	21	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	15	18	20	22	16	14	10	8	8	9	16	16	14	10	8	7	11	19	21	11	12
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	16	16	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	8	8	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	10	10	10	3	5	13	13	11	10	-	-	8	6	7	8	9	8	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	4	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	13	13	5	-	-	4	4	6	6	7	3	3	14	7

	Friday 20
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	13	14	7	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8
Energy(?)	479	764	728	529	468	263	396	503	772	602	1171	4375	4747	886	1560	1586	1622	1187	253	226	1780	746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:30AM 1.76										5:29PM 1.91			8:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 0.15										11:24AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	17	17	15	17	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	13	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	17	17	15	16	15	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	16	12	13	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.6 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	-	14	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	16	10	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.3 N	-	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	8	8	11	11	6	6	10	-	13	11	-	-	11	8	8	8	-	10	5	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	4	3	3	7	13	7	7	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8

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