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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Houghton Bay Wellington
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	4.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	8	7	11	5	5	11	12	14	21	18	18	10
Energy(?)	610	375	381	338	384	727	405	471	312	113	306	229	155	199	145	255	409	667	235	163	825	3479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			11:05PM 1.85	4:33AM 1.83		11:47PM 1.92	5:07AM 1.91	5:26PM 1.47		4:04AM 1.78	6:14PM 1.37	1:55AM 2.01	12:14PM 3.04	6:53PM 1.73		4:45AM 2.14		7:45PM 1.34	5:41AM 1.86		7:30PM 1.64	6:21AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 0.74		10:44AM 0.44	5:37PM 0.65		11:22AM 0.67		11:36PM 0.27	10:13AM 0.34		7:44PM 0.24	6:02AM 0.29		1:08AM 0.22	10:54AM 0.35	1:46PM 0.24	1:53AM 0.21	11:55AM 0.31	2:31PM 0.23	1:36AM 0.26	12:39PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	13
High °C	16	14	13	18	13	10	11	15	12	19	15	14	19	16	12	17	17	15	19	14	18	18
Low °C	16	13	12	15	12	8	10	14	9	16	15	12	17	15	11	15	16	14	19	13	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	18	12	9	10	14	10	19	14	13	19	15	11	17	16	14	18	14	18	18
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	9:34	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.8 SE	0.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	1.8 WSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	7	7	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	10	9	11	7	13	11	12	14	12	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	13	10	11	8	8	8	9	16	4	8	8	8	9	8	11	22	11	5	6	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	-	-	1.6 S	0.7 ESE	-	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	-	0.4 SSW	-	4.5 S
Period (s)	-	6	8	7	5	-	-	8	4	-	8	7	-	5	5	4	-	8	-	4	-	10

	Friday 16							Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	7	13	12	8	8	8	12	8	11	11	8	8	12	8	9	11	9	11	11
Energy(?)	547	528	610	554	575	537	875	730	894	547	917	326	313	561	509	573	530	579	591	535	304	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)												12:09PM 1.89		4:49PM 1.71				5:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	3:19AM 0.75					4:56PM 0.71	10:00PM 0.68	10:05PM 0.33											9:16AM 0.39	11:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	1	1	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	13	16	15	13	13	12	10	13	13	17	15	13	10	12	12	12	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	12	16	15	12	11	11	9	12	12	17	14	12	10	10	10	12	12	9	11
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	7	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	9	12	9	9	11	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	13	7	7	13	10	8	12	8	-	5	8	12	8	14	14	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 ESE	-	-	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 SSW	2.1 S	0.3 SE	-	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	8	8	12	8	3	-	8	8	-	8	9	-	9	-	-

	Friday 16
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 SE	0.7 SSW	1.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SW	1.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	7	13	13	7	7	7	12	7	12	13	7	7	12	7	7	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	562	554	767	142	773	685	790	405	366	211	362	522	549	518	379	479	401	401	663	404	490	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									10:00AM 0.36												9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	12	16	13	14	11	14	14	11	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	12	14	14	13	13	13	9	13	10	16	12	12	9	12	12	10	12	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.1 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.7 SE	0.7 SSW	1.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.5 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	11	13	13	7	13	7	12	7	12	13	8	13	12	10	10	12	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.1 E	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	11	8	8	14	14	14	10	13	-	6	13	13	9	13	13	12	10	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	1.2 E	-	-	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	0.9 E	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.9 SSE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	5	-	4	-	7	7	4	7	7	6	7	4	-

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