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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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	1	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NNW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	14	10	12	9	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	9	11
Energy(?)	25	17	516	1566	1655	1165	1080	622	297	326	1052	1823	1814	641	904	367	313	295	278	78	258	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:09PM 1.41		1:11AM 1.32			1:39AM 1.32	12:44PM 1.96	1:51PM 1.67	2:12AM 1.75	12:57PM 2.14	2:29PM 1.67	3:07AM 1.59			3:48AM 1.58			11:56PM 1.82	12:05PM 1.86		12:36AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 0.36		7:22AM 0.27	6:23PM 0.40	7:23PM 0.24	6:32AM 0.78		7:46PM 0.43	6:44AM 1.20		8:47PM 0.59	9:28AM 0.59	3:34PM 1.36	9:28PM 0.61	10:11AM 0.60	5:41PM 0.48		6:01AM 0.56	6:22PM 0.39		9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	2	-
High °C	30	29	18	14	16	12	16	17	14	13	13	12	11	19	12	19	19	19	14	18	19	22
Low °C	26	26	12	12	15	10	13	16	12	12	12	11	11	19	10	18	18	18	14	18	18	22
Chill °C (?)	30	29	18	13	15	11	16	16	12	12	12	12	11	19	10	19	19	19	13	18	19	22
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 N	1.2 NNW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	10	8	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	6	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	-	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	-	0.4 N	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	4	15	11	9	8	10	9	-	14	9	8	11	-	5	5	11	-	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.7 N	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	14	10	12	9	10	10	5	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N	1.7 N	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	9	12	12	9	6	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	59	68	42	41	158	207	637	1430	1566	2816	1283	1434	1434	1067	1569	1032	1080	1184	1038	1180	1009	1095
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 1.66				12:50AM 1.32				11:10AM 2.14					1:37AM 1.59		8:46AM 1.63				9:24PM 1.62	12:18AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				7:00PM 0.20				6:45AM 0.43					7:26PM 0.50						3:09PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	30	28	18	19	10	13	12	13	14	15	14	14	12	12	13	16	14	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	25	26	30	28	18	19	9	13	11	11	13	14	13	14	10	11	12	16	14	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	9	12	12	9	9	7	9	8	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	14	8	7	7	6	13	11	3	15	10	6	9	8	10	13	13	8	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.5 N	0.8 W	0.7 W	-	1.7 N	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	6	5	4	4	-	6	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Sunday 11																Monday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.7 N	1.2 SSW	1.7 N	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	10	10	5	5	6	9	6	16	6	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	9	9	8
Energy(?)	24	41	25	24	181	146	14	11	209	1011	258	42	34	3641	22	18	5916	5711	5426	599	599	1678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:23AM 1.66	12:20PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)										4:25PM 1.10		6:44PM 0.44							1:35AM 0.64			4:33AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	26	28	27	28	23	28	26	15	24	20	19	15	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	22	23	26	28	27	28	23	28	26	13	24	19	18	14	18	18	7	7	7	7	7	6
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	6	11	10	10	9	12	6	9	9	16	6	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.9 NNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	8	8	8	9	13	9	13	8	5	15	15	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	2.0 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 N	1.5 WSW	1.7 N	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	3	6	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	9	6	8	8	-	8	7	12	12	12	9	9	8

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