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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	Fri	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 S	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	10	8	10	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	14	14	13	11
Energy(?)	2762	839	1259	124	28	169	341	3843	1856	924	627	88	797	473	727	1549	2083	1401	641	513	338	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:32AM 2.19	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74		9:00PM 2.13	9:26AM 2.10		9:58PM 2.12	7:00AM 2.32		12:37AM 1.56		3:05PM 1.25	1:46AM 1.59		3:13PM 1.78	2:22AM 2.10		3:57PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.40			11:01PM 0.63		1:15PM 0.60	3:11AM 0.85		2:08PM 0.65			6:06PM 0.46		7:42AM 0.49		7:14PM 0.43	9:16AM 0.35		8:11PM 0.72	8:44AM 0.76		10:21PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	13	1	-	-	-	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	21	21	30	28	20	13	18	14	22	16	14	14	12	11	13	13	16	19	18	18
Low °C	11	13	19	17	26	25	11	11	17	11	18	16	14	14	11	11	12	13	15	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	21	21	30	28	20	11	17	13	22	15	14	13	11	10	12	12	15	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	10	13	10	8	10	12	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	13	14	13	14	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	1.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	6	13	11	8	5	14	10	11	10	8	10	9	17	15	8	8	-	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	1.3 WNW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	-	0.7 NE	-	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	15	-	8	5	2	5	4	12	12	-	4	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6

	Fri	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	6	7	8	12	15	9	8	7	8	10	12
Energy(?)	1183	1439	1173	1016	1086	1045	1120	1861	1396	1290	857	298	128	83	42	71	72	307	689	688	1867	1196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:22AM 2.43										11:23AM 1.66				12:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)						12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72									4:49PM 0.39				5:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	7	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	13	11	15	14	16	19	21	19	17	17	21	21	25	30	20	23	18	12	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	9	15	13	16	19	21	19	16	16	21	21	25	30	20	23	18	11	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.2 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 NE	2.0 S
Period (s)	9	4	9	12	10	10	14	13	13	13	14	6	7	8	12	15	9	8	6	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	-	1.9 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 E	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	15	10	14	15	14	14	6	-	13	11	12	8	13	9	7	6	9	8	8	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	2.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 N	1.3 WNW	1.6 NE	-	1.7 NNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	-	0.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	15	-	-	-	7	14	8	3	4	8	6	-	5	4	4	-	3	7	8	10	-

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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	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 NNW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	15	8	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	15	15	8	12	15	8	7	15	15	5	8
Energy(?)	625	2465	1324	1223	2039	2762	1439	2735	310	1220	961	149	151	111	27	43	53	7	9	9	151	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	11:18AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				10:13PM 0.47	11:53PM 0.40		1:27AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	17	13	13	13	12	12	11	14	11	11	15	22	16	26	26	27	26	27	26
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	16	12	12	13	12	11	9	14	11	10	14	22	16	26	26	27	26	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 S	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	10	15	12	9	9	4	9	9	9	12	9	9	8	5	5	8	8	4	4	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	16	-	16	15	15	10	14	15	14	16	15	15	15	7	15	4	4	5	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	-	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 W	0.5 NE	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	12	15	8	-	8	15	15	15	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	4	-	3	3	3	5	6

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