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 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 W	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	10	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	7
Energy(?)	363	375	1890	1230	736	988	507	676	1629	1697	1672	445	918	489	185	313	277	191	313	185	248	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:31PM 1.93	12:49PM 1.83		1:24AM 1.74			2:21AM 1.36		2:41PM 1.50	3:07AM 1.59		3:27PM 1.47	3:55AM 1.31	11:22AM 1.78	4:17PM 1.24	11:56PM 1.82	4:58AM 1.36		12:36AM 1.89		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 0.70	5:55PM 0.74		7:28AM 0.49	6:19PM 1.15	8:01PM 0.29	8:44AM 0.57		8:47PM 0.59	9:28AM 0.59		9:36PM 0.29	5:18AM 0.63			11:16AM 0.32	6:22PM 0.39		9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	16	13	22	17	13	14	13	12	12	17	12	19	19	17	20	14	13	15	19	15
Low °C	12	13	15	12	18	16	12	13	13	11	11	17	11	18	18	16	20	14	11	15	18	14
Chill °C (?)	19	13	15	12	22	17	12	13	12	11	12	16	10	19	19	17	20	13	12	15	19	15
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	6	12	10	11	8	10	10	14	14	14	11	13	14	7	13	12	11	5	11	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	9	10	9	16	-	-	-	15	-	5	13	6	11	6	12	10	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	2.2 W	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	4	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	6	-

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	1.5 NNE	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 W	1.4 S	2.3 W	1.8 NE	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	8	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	66	284	491	1760	1954	1948	1018	1665	1432	1159	1192	1061	1024	1137	553	1045	711	611	619	503	676	912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 1.88				11:10AM 2.14	1:04PM 1.33				1:37AM 1.59				1:57PM 1.26							12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50				7:52AM 0.29				8:24PM 0.28		3:35AM 0.72	6:19AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	18	18	11	13	12	13	13	15	12	12	11	12	18	14	24	17	16	13	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	10	12	11	11	13	14	11	10	9	11	18	14	24	17	15	12	12	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.5 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 S	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	8	6	9	7	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	8	10	8	7	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	17	15	15	-	10	9	8	8	13	13	13	13	10	6	11	10	19	18	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.6 SW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	0.7 NE	2.4 W	2.0 NE	2.3 W	1.8 NE	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	8	3	-	4	10	6	10	7	10	10	4	4	-

	Sunday 11				Monday 12
	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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 E	1.3 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	15	9	14	10	15	9	9	9	15	16	16	10	15	10	16	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	3	199	66	49	363	972	5	15	15	15	177	176	335	2152	375	2082	255	382	367	2051	2032	1844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													7:02AM 0.25									4:58PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	17	20	19	11	17	18	17	16	14	14	14	10	14	12	18	13	13	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	23	17	20	18	8	17	16	16	15	12	13	13	7	13	10	18	11	11	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	1.2 N	1.0 NNE	0.7 SW	0.8 NNE	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	4	8	13	6	9	13	6	8	8	8	7	5	7	10	5	10	16	10	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 NE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	4	10	9	14	12	8	9	9	9	15	16	16	18	15	18	8	17	17	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	0.3 SW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	5	3	6	6	10	4	8	8	8	5	5	5	10	-	10	5	3	3	10	10	9

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