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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	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Aramoana Spit Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	4.5 ENE	1.6 N	2.5 E	4.0 ESE	3.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	13	9	13	13	14	11	11	8	18	10	11	9	10	9
Energy(?)	369	660	727	425	380	233	202	214	627	57	489	201	749	413	1206	504	1526	4145	965	2151	2969	2744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:38PM 2.68	11:23AM 2.65	5:26PM 1.47	3:48AM 1.87		4:00PM 1.79			6:02PM 1.64		7:26AM 1.50			7:11AM 1.72		7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 0.39		5:13AM 0.51		9:28PM 0.29	9:36AM 0.40		10:08PM 0.25	8:00AM 0.37		10:48PM 0.23		1:46PM 0.24	9:55PM 0.21		1:20PM 0.29	1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	18	2	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	10	11	14	12	12	13	11	15	17	13	18	18	17	17	18	20	21	11	11	11
Low °C	15	12	8	10	13	11	11	13	9	14	17	13	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	9	10	13	10	10	12	10	14	17	12	18	18	17	17	18	20	21	8	7	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 NNE	0.7 S	1.8 NNE	0.5 S	1.6 N	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	13	7	13	13	14	11	11	11	10	12	11	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	14	22	11	14	18	11	16	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	4.5 ENE	-	2.5 E	4.0 ESE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	8	-	10	-	9	10	9

	Saturday 17					Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tue
	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	505	325	308	244	749	727	505	660	536	306	313	474	276	239	530	203	202	208	214	216	210	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:09PM 1.89					2:53AM 2.07			12:48PM 1.96					2:23AM 2.12	5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22AM 0.78			4:56PM 0.54					9:16AM 0.39					11:38PM 0.26				11:22AM 0.32				11:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	16	16	14	9	9	8	12	14	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	15	16	13	9	9	8	12	13	9	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	5	4	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17																Sunday 18
	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 ESE	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	11	8	12	12	12	12	11	8	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	136	326	369	310	740	646	364	661	660	325	343	638	530	530	829	444	452	456	456	510	510	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:43AM 2.53				2:45PM 1.72														4:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)																10:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	15	17	14	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	14	16	12	11	12	12	12	13	10	10	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.7 SW	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	12	11	8	12	12	12	12	11	8	12	8	9	12	8	8	8	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	-	12	8	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	8	-	5	5	5	3	6	5	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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