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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	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Breaker Bay Wellington	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	14	8	7	12	14	10	21	18	8	11	16	10	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	175	170	348	64	244	398	417	189	708	1121	661	2909	536	2987	3045	4184	2361	3750	5329	8489	3584	2075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 1.63	1:55AM 2.01		2:02PM 2.06	12:31AM 2.93		2:34PM 2.04	3:02AM 1.99	7:11AM 1.72	3:12PM 2.03	2:19AM 3.18	7:55AM 1.78		2:42AM 2.87	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	4:19AM 1.88		11:22PM 1.62	11:53AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	11:22AM 0.32		7:44PM 0.24	8:00AM 0.37			7:47AM 0.45		8:52PM 0.18			8:10PM 0.79		1:57PM 0.31	8:35PM 0.23		4:37PM 0.43		10:28AM 0.50	5:24PM 0.40		5:42AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	3	1	1	5	4	16	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	11	14	16	16	20	18	17	16	15	19	18	17	17	10	12	12	14	15	13	21
Low °C	12	15	8	14	15	16	18	18	16	15	15	18	17	17	14	8	11	11	13	15	13	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	10	13	15	16	20	18	17	15	13	19	18	17	17	8	10	10	14	13	13	21
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.2 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	3.5 ENE	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	3.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	8	9	12	14	7	10	18	9	11	7	12	12	11	13	15	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	-	1.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	15	14	5	7	9	7	-	10	11	9	18	12	16	16	11	-	10	10	10	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	-	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	5	-	7	-	3	7	-	8	8	-	-	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	11	4

	Monday 19							Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 NNE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	10	14	14	13
Energy(?)	201	203	377	132	166	109	348	348	295	308	275	107	191	244	226	504	536	367	503	406	480	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.74			1:26PM 2.02				1:50AM 1.98	5:45AM 1.74		12:43PM 3.30		5:45PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24AM 0.42			5:49PM 0.35					7:54AM 0.37						1:20AM 0.50		7:47AM 0.45		2:16PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	15	15	18	16	10	9	12	12	23	14	14	16	13	13	13	16	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	14	13	18	16	8	7	10	11	23	13	12	16	12	12	12	16	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 NNE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	10	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	14	6	6	5	5	7	14	14	8	7	5	6	6	6	12	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.3 NE	0.9 E	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	3	-	-	5	5	3	4	-	-	8	-	8	8	3	-	3	3	6

	Monday 19
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	9	11	7	7	10	11	7	7	7
Energy(?)	222	204	294	146	148	132	236	178	177	206	175	48	127	116	107	277	281	55	346	134	132	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:08PM 3.24						6:32PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	12	13	12	16	18	14	15	20	16	16	15	17	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	8	10	14	11	12	10	16	18	13	14	20	15	15	14	17	12	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	7	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 N	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	4	12	8	7	15	15	7	14	5	9	9	15	8	8	8	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	3	2	7	7	4	-	7	7	7

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