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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	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 N	1.7 N	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	0.8 SW	2.4 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	9	10	10	16	15	14	12	12	10	8	10	8	12	11	10	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	754	580	1297	1952	1110	1352	85	278	2232	787	733	295	318	268	502	1216	871	711	6574	331	1651	1582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 1.72			3:00PM 1.68			3:36PM 2.52	8:16PM 1.55	11:00AM 1.27		8:53PM 1.75	11:45AM 1.27		11:31PM 1.65	10:24AM 1.57					12:59AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:12AM 0.51		9:34PM 0.67	8:42AM 0.58		9:08PM 0.64	9:14AM 1.29		2:41AM 0.64	4:55AM 0.35	5:03PM 0.35		5:40AM 0.34	5:56PM 0.20		4:39AM 0.36	4:53PM 0.34				6:38PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	90	-	7	9	3
High °C	15	19	16	21	19	16	16	14	13	14	18	13	17	24	16	16	11	17	19	9	12	10
Low °C	14	14	15	18	17	12	15	13	11	13	16	12	12	21	15	16	11	16	18	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	19	15	21	19	16	16	13	12	14	18	12	16	24	16	15	11	16	19	7	10	9
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.7 N	2.0 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 NW	1.8 W	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	0.8 SW	2.4 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	15	14	12	12	10	8	10	8	10	11	10	13	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	-	1.0 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 W	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	13	14	13	-	14	14	13	5	12	13	8	12	18	-	-	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.8 NE	-	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	4	9	6	-	-

	Tuesday 07							Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.2 N	1.4 SW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14
Energy(?)	654	1225	807	1329	1432	1104	1044	1054	2453	1506	1952	1133	1011	2267	1219	1149	1104	1240	1303	1287	549	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 1.85				2:12PM 1.78														7:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)							7:56PM 1.11		12:45AM 0.60	3:23AM 0.31				3:59PM 0.29			2:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	17	11	14	16	14	14	14	13	16	18	14	22	19	19	16	15	12	14	17	16	13
Chill °C (?)	9	16	9	13	16	13	14	14	11	15	18	14	22	19	19	16	15	11	14	16	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.2 N	1.4 SW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	12	7	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	10	15	9	9	13	13	14	14	13	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.4 NNE	3.0 ENE	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 WSW	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	6	9	4	-	-	5	5	4	-	5

	Tuesday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.4 SW	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.5 S	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	14	6	7	14	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	14	8
Energy(?)	547	1109	654	598	663	662	292	292	1283	323	271	994	332	494	967	1065	1135	1672	1668	1659	99	1626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 1.79	2:53AM 1.85																6:21PM 1.64		8:07PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								7:33AM 1.03				11:46AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	11	17	17	16	15	15	14	16	17	17	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	15	9	16	17	16	14	14	12	15	16	16	17	16	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.4 SW	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	14	11	10	14	10	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	6	12	7	12	11	11	12	12	8	10	14	8	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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