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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	5	5	9	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.9 SW	1.6 NNE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 W	0.6 ESE	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	14	11	7	14	10	11	10	8	10	12	9	10	12	9	12	14	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	175	170	316	129	264	518	573	377	920	1080	2358	3412	1149	1752	4594	96	2030	2019	4423	9832	10083	2786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:26PM 2.02	1:55AM 2.01		1:18PM 2.06	2:26AM 1.99		2:34PM 2.04	3:02AM 1.99		1:50PM 3.16	7:07PM 1.70			3:34AM 1.94			10:34PM 1.55	4:19AM 1.88		8:22PM 1.73	6:04AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 0.24	7:12AM 0.49		8:15PM 0.20	8:30AM 0.33		8:52PM 0.18	7:48AM 0.84		1:25AM 0.27	9:00AM 0.43	3:50PM 0.45	9:25PM 0.40	9:41AM 0.45	4:37PM 0.43		10:28AM 0.50	2:19PM 0.37	2:49AM 0.37	12:21PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	29	9	6	-	1	1	3	4	1	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	15	17	11	20	16	15	16	17	16	17	18	19	17	15	15	8	13	9	15	14	12	16
Low °C	13	15	8	16	15	13	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	15	8	8	12	7	14	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	9	20	15	14	16	17	16	16	18	19	17	14	15	6	12	8	14	13	10	16
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.9 SW	1.6 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	4.0 W	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	11	9	14	10	11	10	11	10	12	16	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.2 N	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	14	5	14	9	7	12	22	11	14	20	12	14	15	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	-	0.1 SE	-	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	3	7	8	-	8	-	8	10	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-

	Monday 19					Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	14	11	13	13	14	12	11	14	14	10	7	8	20
Energy(?)	377	161	166	347	355	316	308	285	248	142	192	250	587	518	522	576	629	587	522	1115	916	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:26PM 2.02				1:50AM 1.98			12:43PM 3.30		5:45PM 1.71			1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51		1:54PM 2.08	5:15PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	7:24AM 0.42			6:53PM 0.51					7:54AM 0.37				7:29PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	15	17	16	10	9	8	12	23	21	14	17	13	17	16	17	18	15	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	17	16	8	7	6	11	23	21	12	17	12	17	16	16	17	15	16	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	11	13	13	14	11	11	14	14	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 NNE	0.3 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	6	6	5	5	5	14	14	14	7	14	7	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.6 E	0.7 E	-	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	-	-	5	5	5	4	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	6	3	-	7	8	-

	Monday 19																Tuesday 20
	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	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	7	11	12	7	7	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	377	175	175	244	244	161	133	170	170	91	99	98	346	250	355	351	260	115	375	642	642	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:21PM 1.99												1:04AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	7:24AM 0.42																	12:33AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	13	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	14	17	14	16	16	14	14	16	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	10	12	16	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	12	17	12	16	16	12	12	16	8	8	6
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	11	12	9	9	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	8	15	15	6	6	14	14	14	14	5	15	9	6	8	6	6	8	8	6	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	3	3	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	3	3	4

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