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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	10	14	14	7	12	16	8	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	903	1922	2126	1071	690	484	297	2359	1690	1348	2081	1090	447	1435	5133	748	1398	214	311	3684	5620	3928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 1.75	9:38AM 1.55		8:41PM 1.80	10:34AM 1.64		11:09PM 1.66		12:08PM 1.42	12:05AM 1.62			1:09AM 1.49	8:56AM 1.92		8:04PM 2.92		12:18PM 1.85	10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 0.17		3:34AM 0.07	3:49PM 0.09		4:27AM 0.10	4:49PM 0.08		6:02AM 0.08			6:58AM 0.11	4:45PM 0.23	6:53PM 0.14		2:26PM 0.54	2:14AM 1.03	6:02AM 0.24			4:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	11	11	11	10	13	14	12	17	18	13	13	14	11	14	14	13	14	15	10	13
Low °C	9	8	9	10	10	8	11	13	11	13	18	12	11	12	11	13	14	11	13	12	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	4	8	10	10	8	12	13	12	16	17	13	13	12	8	13	12	12	13	14	8	12
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	14	6	7	11	16	8	13	13	12	-	-	13	13	10	12	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	1.7 S	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	-	8	9	9	14	13	18	6	14	13	10	20	-	-	11	-	12	4	22	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	-	-	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	-	-	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	-	3	7	12	6	8	9	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	4	12	13	6

	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 ESE	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	14	10	13	14	13	13	13	12	16
Energy(?)	541	602	1870	1672	753	530	1059	1121	1120	1361	1071	863	779	575	500	513	589	213	548	1192	2359	5912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:39AM 1.57					9:11PM 1.72				9:40AM 1.53						4:11AM 2.92	8:25AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	12:59AM 0.57				2:50PM 0.07					4:09AM 0.02						11:23PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	8	10	10	9	7	9	9	10	11	12	10	11	9	11	9	11	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	5	6	4	6	7	9	6	4	6	7	9	10	11	8	11	7	10	7	9	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.0 S	1.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	10	10	8	10	10	9	10	8	8	14	10	13	14	13	7	13	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 S	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	14	14	10	9	10	10	7	8	10	11	15	13	10	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	3	-	6	-	-	5	5	12	16

	Wednesday 22
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 S	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	0.8 SW	3.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	8	9	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	13	9	12	12	12	13	8	18	18
Energy(?)	464	322	2016	2061	998	602	1246	2345	2273	4010	4097	2073	3611	445	2925	353	309	64	377	348	115	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:41AM 1.54	9:16AM 1.52									6:49PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	12:59AM 0.57		2:35AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	12	12	7	12	11	10	10	11	11	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	4	4	9	9	3	9	10	6	8	10	10	6	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	0.8 E	2.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	2.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	-	11	11	11	8	11	12	12	12	8	8	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	9	15	15	15	8	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	19	20	7	9	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	0.2 WSW	3.0 S	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	2	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	-

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