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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	Sun	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25
	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	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mana Island Wellington	Smithfield Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	8	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 E	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.3 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 SE	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	7	20	19	9	10	11	8	12	11	10	10	7	14	14
Energy(?)	297	175	164	285	161	189	204	416	398	463	901	3787	1725	3653	1485	5045	1844	2766	1792	98	1218	4592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59AM 1.50	5:20PM 1.63			2:02PM 2.06	2:31AM 2.03		2:39PM 2.07	3:02AM 1.99	5:41AM 1.86	2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99		2:29PM 3.11	7:53PM 1.69		4:36PM 1.96	10:34PM 1.55	11:03AM 1.57		11:22PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38PM 0.26	12:18PM 0.28		11:34PM 0.27	8:00AM 0.37		8:21PM 0.19	7:47AM 0.45		8:52PM 0.18	11:55AM 0.31		8:45PM 0.40	9:52AM 0.33		2:14AM 0.29	9:03AM 0.33			4:48AM 0.41	5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	33	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	17	16	19	17	14	19	16	15	20	20	16	20	15	14	12	16	14	14	20	14
Low °C	9	13	15	15	17	16	14	18	15	13	19	18	15	19	15	9	12	16	9	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	10	14	16	16	19	16	13	19	14	15	20	20	15	20	14	13	10	15	13	14	20	13
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	1.2 NNE	0.7 S	3.0 E	3.5 E	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.3 S	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 E	3.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	11	11	9	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	11	7	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.6 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 S	-	0.8 E
Period (s)	16	15	13	4	14	12	6	6	12	20	19	14	18	8	15	15	10	18	18	13	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.3 E	1.5 ENE	-	-	4.5 ENE	0.6 S	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.8 SE	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	-	-	5	-	3	7	-	-	9	10	8	8	12	-	10	10	-	14	-

	Sun	Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	12	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	276	217	201	203	377	161	160	347	468	331	738	527	526	216	204	242	299	217	262	573	416	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:03AM 1.74			1:26PM 2.02									5:45PM 1.71					7:33AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42			6:53PM 0.51	7:44PM 0.24				7:12AM 0.49						1:20AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	12	15	15	17	12	10	11	15	18	15	19	14	17	12	14	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	9	11	14	14	17	10	9	9	15	18	14	19	12	17	11	13	13	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	5	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	14	13	7	13	5	7	6	6	13	14	7	14	12	6	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.3 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	5	5	7	-	-	4	-	8	-	5	6	8	3	3

	Sunday 18				Monday 19
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.5 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	11	11	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	315	278	214	212	297	134	139	282	146	156	419	237	236	172	104	126	128	161	159	312	167	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:18AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				10:54PM 0.29								6:36AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	10	10	9	14	14	11	14	13	17	16	15	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	15	8	9	7	14	14	10	14	12	17	15	14	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	7	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 N	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	16	4	4	17	4	4	8	7	7	15	4	9	4	14	9	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.5 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7

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