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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	Sat	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Makara Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.8 NW	2.1 W	1.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	9	8	10	12	11	11	14	8	17	16	14	14	13	13	16	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	131	221	1005	377	1258	716	303	236	1090	491	840	1962	885	1207	274	660	534	1454	1861	396	367	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 1.84		9:48PM 1.51	10:14AM 1.48		2:25AM 1.17	9:00AM 2.25	4:46PM 2.92		5:20AM 2.82	5:49PM 2.37	12:49AM 1.78		1:19PM 1.64	7:24PM 2.27	7:41AM 2.56		9:06PM 1.85	9:39AM 1.93	1:04PM 1.86	9:44PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35AM 0.22	12:59PM 0.27	1:21PM 0.26		4:05AM 0.15	3:35PM 0.24	8:17PM 0.40			11:01PM 1.12	11:42AM 1.16			7:15AM 0.27		1:36AM 0.72		3:01PM 0.59	3:24AM 0.54			3:59AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	14	17	15	16	21	14	16	19	17	15	16	12	15	12	17	9	14	16	13
Low °C	16	16	16	12	15	15	12	19	13	15	18	17	12	16	11	14	10	16	7	10	14	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	14	17	14	16	21	13	16	19	16	15	16	10	14	11	17	8	13	16	12
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	10	12	7	11	14	8	17	16	14	14	13	13	16	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.1 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	1.1 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	15	-	8	8	8	11	8	7	18	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	12	7	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	2.1 W	1.3 S	-	0.5 NE	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	9	8	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Makara Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.5 NW	1.0 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	8	8	9	7	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	9	12	12	7	8	9	19	10
Energy(?)	2003	1455	325	74	56	106	207	711	1567	1406	1097	1266	1258	657	538	720	502	552	536	741	510	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					9:20AM 1.50		1:08PM 1.28				3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62						4:36AM 1.90	8:34AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:35AM 0.22							9:08PM 0.78								9:44PM 0.40	10:34PM 0.50				10:26AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	16	20	17	18	14	14	11	10	11	15	17	18	16	14	13	14	14	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	16	20	16	18	12	14	10	9	10	15	17	18	16	14	12	14	14	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	1.0 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SE	1.7 W
Period (s)	16	15	14	8	8	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	9	12	12	7	8	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	8	6	6	9	8	5	15	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.2 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 SW	1.5 NW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	1.5 SW	-
Period (s)	3	5	3	-	-	3	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-

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	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Makara Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	4.0 SW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	8	8	8	5	15	14	14	14	14	8	6	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	2280	2144	362	179	156	166	120	485	1130	1117	1274	1308	124	377	114	2866	2045	4867	1957	1957	4858	1402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)															9:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	18	17	15	16	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	18	17	14	14	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	6	8	8	6	9	15	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	14	14	16	16	16	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	5	8	9	9	8	8	8	12	8	15	8	12	11	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 N	1.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	4.0 SW	2.1 W
Period (s)	4	4	6	4	4	6	5	2	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	-	-	13	13	13	13	9

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