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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	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 W	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	1.1 SSE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	16	15	10	15	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	246	310	390	346	299	581	494	1405	1032	281	820	3703	1158	1899	986	260	358	1401	540	1288	1209	1595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:00PM 1.98	4:50PM 2.21	2:15AM 1.96	4:51AM 1.83		1:21AM 2.97	8:12AM 1.36	1:40PM 3.16	8:44PM 1.41	8:54AM 1.52		9:39PM 1.26	8:05AM 1.73		9:46PM 1.30	10:08AM 1.45	6:18PM 1.93	10:33PM 1.32	10:55AM 1.44		11:14PM 1.81	11:44AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 0.33	11:03AM 0.42	1:45PM 0.29	7:08PM 0.75			2:40AM 0.53		3:36PM 0.48	3:48AM 0.24		2:31PM 0.40	3:53AM 0.26				4:40AM 0.25	4:23PM 0.34		5:31AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	3	1	-	-	1	-	12	13	-
High °C	13	15	11	15	18	20	27	17	17	20	13	11	14	13	17	14	13	11	14	10	13	15
Low °C	12	15	9	13	18	19	24	16	15	19	13	9	11	11	16	13	12	8	12	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	10	14	18	20	27	16	16	20	10	9	13	13	16	14	10	8	13	8	11	15
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.2 W	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 WNW	0.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	9	15	10	15	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	8	9	6	8	-	10	12	14	-	16	9	16	7	11	22	10	13	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	2.4 W	0.7 NNE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	0.5 SW	1.8 W	2.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	4	11	11	-	-	8	-	7	6	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 21							Monday 22								Tuesday 23
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	8	11	9	11	9	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1335	1177	610	809	322	502	523	256	269	211	282	202	524	597	617	581	1526	536	503	668	431	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:40AM 2.26					7:06PM 1.20	12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			7:44AM 0.48	10:21AM 0.42		6:30PM 0.78			1:13AM 0.62												2:04PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	10	12	13	15	11	12	9	11	16	20	15	14	19	20	14	20	23	23	28	21
Chill °C (?)	7	5	10	10	12	14	11	12	8	10	16	20	14	12	19	20	13	20	23	23	28	21
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	6	11	10	8	11	9	11	9	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	-	11	11	13	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	11	10	7	7	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	4	6	-	8	6	7	4	4	5

	Sunday 21
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.3 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	12	11	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	847	290	1366	1201	311	619	529	409	402	393	528	324	512	505	322	329	88	303	303	106	213	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:12AM 1.84														6:50PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)						6:15AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	10	8	10	12	11	12	11	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	10	12	12	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	4	8	5	8	11	9	12	9	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	8	11	11	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	8	8	9	8	13	13	8	11	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	12	-	9	12	12	8	13	12	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.3 S	-	1.7 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	11	11	8	-	9	-	8	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

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