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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Airport Rights Wellington	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	0.7 NW	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	6	12	13	11	12	12	7	7	10	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	10	8	9	21	12
Energy(?)	219	1450	1260	728	1432	672	657	665	1719	2058	254	561	634	3825	1837	1398	1158	679	85	275	52	1633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:13AM 1.77	4:18AM 1.44	5:14PM 1.26	10:51PM 3.06	11:00AM 2.60		12:53AM 1.91	11:30AM 2.83	1:01PM 1.92		4:12AM 1.84		12:47AM 3.15	4:51AM 1.83	3:44PM 2.16		7:57AM 1.48	2:05PM 2.06	2:31AM 2.00	8:48AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.39	10:35AM 0.33			4:50AM 0.54	6:46PM 0.38		5:19AM 0.49		10:27PM 0.95	10:21AM 0.42	6:30PM 0.78		11:03AM 0.42		11:15PM 0.35			8:18PM 0.49		3:04PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	18	14	1	2	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12
High °C	14	11	15	18	13	9	13	13	11	13	9	13	14	11	18	17	19	23	15	15	16	13
Low °C	12	11	15	15	9	8	12	10	9	13	8	12	11	11	16	16	17	23	15	14	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	15	18	11	8	10	10	11	10	7	13	12	11	18	16	19	23	15	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SE	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.2 N	0.3 SE	1.8 S	0.2 N	1.2 S	1.7 S	0.1 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	0.7 NW	1.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	10	8	9	8	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	-	12	7	10	10	18	8	8	17	8	11	9	13	10	-	-	9	16	5	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	-	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.7 SE	1.5 WNW	2.2 W
Period (s)	6	-	-	11	-	-	7	7	10	9	3	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	6	5	12	12

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.2 SW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 N	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	13	9	10	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	5	10	10	8	10
Energy(?)	694	1741	2011	3140	1111	1682	1072	1852	883	3219	2353	1432	508	403	672	603	676	177	1698	1168	1073	2304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								11:44AM 1.85									3:08PM 1.72	5:21PM 1.33		11:56PM 2.03		5:46AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59PM 0.29	10:38PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.59				6:00PM 0.42	9:09PM 1.02			5:04AM 1.19	8:57AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	-	1	7	3	3	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	12	13	13	14	20	15	15	13	11	14	14	9	9	9	18	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	10	10	13	13	13	20	15	14	12	10	13	14	8	7	7	18	9	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	3.0 W	2.4 W	0.2 ENE	2.1 S
Period (s)	8	13	9	10	9	13	11	12	12	12	7	12	11	11	12	12	15	5	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	9	15	7	13	10	-	-	9	-	12	10	12	12	10	10	9	10	11	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 N	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	9	10	-	-	-	11	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	12	11	5	-	-	8	10

	Wednesday 17										Thursday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	2.3 SW	2.2 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	14	8	7	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	631	1983	641	265	2546	3341	3393	473	2904	398	438	1343	2196	1120	1155	665	938	448	638	716	382	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									9:48PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:35AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	13	12	15	14	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	11	12	13	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	9	14	12	10	12	12	10	11	10	12	12	10	9	10	12	13	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	2.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SSE	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	14	8	8	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	9	16	10	7	12	-	-	-	-	8	8	11	13	9	12	9	14	12	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	-	2.2 S	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	8	7	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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