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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	Mon		Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 W	1.1 SE	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	312	656	561	1865	260	571	1396	621	5001	2581	3598	1302	1370	1562	510	2251	1340	1211	717	431	207	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:57AM 1.48		8:17PM 1.31	8:41AM 1.47			9:31AM 1.42			4:57AM 1.84	3:49PM 3.01	3:57AM 2.61	8:54AM 2.20		9:20PM 2.21	5:11AM 2.68	6:56PM 1.81	8:36PM 2.22	7:38AM 1.84	6:21PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:27AM 0.35		2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27		3:04PM 0.28	1:12AM 0.88		2:33PM 0.36	10:37PM 0.36	11:04AM 0.52		9:48PM 0.49		5:15PM 0.22	3:43AM 0.92	11:21AM 0.76		3:00AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	4	2	19	3	2	-	-	5	-	-	5	15	4	-	6	-	-
High °C	18	20	23	15	13	17	14	10	13	14	12	16	12	10	12	14	12	14	16	13	16	20
Low °C	17	18	22	15	11	13	12	9	11	13	9	12	10	7	12	14	12	14	16	11	13	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	23	13	13	16	12	8	12	13	11	16	9	7	12	13	11	13	15	11	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 W	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	17	16	-	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	-	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.9 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	9	6	7	-	6	5	19	8	-	-	-	5	12	21	5	-	20	18	6	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	3.0 W	-	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	11	-	11	10	-	16	15	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Monday 22			Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	19	10	8	17	16	18
Energy(?)	388	597	643	656	641	746	561	462	500	588	2134	1268	869	770	571	253	592	1010	1397	1152	2027	1136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06PM 0.58				1:40AM 0.27			12:05PM 0.96	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33								9:54PM 0.34	11:33PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	5	1	-
Temp. °C	18	13	19	18	19	20	23	18	20	14	14	12	13	14	13	23	15	16	10	8	9	14
Chill °C (?)	18	12	19	18	19	20	23	18	20	14	13	11	12	14	11	23	14	15	8	6	7	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	7	11	10	10	9	10	19	10	18	8	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	6	6	5	6	7	6	4	6	11	23	10	12	5	12	9	10	8	17	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	1.6 N	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.5 E	1.1 SW	-	2.3 WSW	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	6	5	6	-	6	4	7	11	-	-	-	11	3	8	-	8	-	3	-

	Monday 22										Tuesday 23
	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	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	7	11	10	10	11	11	11	7	12	6	10	8
Energy(?)	344	476	312	368	401	430	498	679	643	637	15	60	31	105	806	660	780	269	19	32	11	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:33PM 1.32						1:26AM 3.12				5:58AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	17	18	17	18	17	12	17	12	14	13	15	17	12	20	11	17	14	14	14	18
Chill °C (?)	17	13	16	18	17	18	17	9	17	8	13	12	13	16	10	20	10	16	13	12	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	4	11	7	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.2 ENE	0.5 NE	1.0 E	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	6	9	7	8	10	7	6	5	6	16	7	6	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.6 NE	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.2 N	1.5 ENE	1.6 NW	0.3 WSW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	-	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	-

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