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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	5	9	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSE	3.0 W	0.9 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	10	17	15	11	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	362	951	258	421	290	212	235	484	660	628	903	969	301	1936	779	9070	6143	2668	1944	412	96	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 1.73		6:38AM 1.57	6:34PM 1.72		7:22AM 1.55	1:37PM 1.98	7:33PM 1.32	8:28AM 1.41		8:09PM 1.43	8:33AM 1.59	2:15PM 2.97	9:29PM 1.42	9:42AM 1.51		10:13PM 1.44	9:23AM 1.63		11:01PM 1.27	11:21AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			12:34AM 0.36			12:42AM 0.37			1:40AM 0.27		2:59PM 0.26	2:17AM 0.29			3:25AM 0.49		4:18PM 0.45			3:36PM 0.37		5:01AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	11	2	9	2	-	6	2	-
High °C	12	13	13	12	13	9	20	17	18	24	18	16	22	13	10	13	13	10	13	11	12	18
Low °C	11	13	9	11	12	7	18	17	17	23	16	15	19	13	9	11	12	8	12	11	10	15
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	10	12	8	20	17	18	24	18	16	22	10	8	12	11	8	11	10	12	18
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	9	8	8	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	8	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.1 SE	-	0.9 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	13	17	8	8	12	9	9	10	6	9	16	13	12	-	17	-	14	6	7	10	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.4 NE	3.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	1.1 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	3	8	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	4	10	-	15	11	-	5	-	4	5

	Saturday 20							Sunday 21								Monday 22
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	2298	2523	1495	505	880	867	319	1018	577	738	751	475	562	502	548	351	317	238	568	580	315	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 1.83					5:51PM 1.73		12:44AM 1.96			7:09AM 1.40				7:12PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				12:29PM 0.66								12:43PM 0.34		6:30PM 0.78			1:13AM 0.62			12:40PM 0.40	2:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	13	13	10	12	10	10	10	9	14	12	13	14	12	10	10	11	9	13	20	16
Chill °C (?)	4	3	12	13	10	12	8	8	8	8	13	10	12	13	12	9	9	11	8	12	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.1 N	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	10	8	8	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	14	8	8	13	12	12	11	11	8	11	13	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	9	-	8	8	-	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Saturday 20
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	8
Energy(?)	1080	2311	191	891	734	797	776	1344	326	546	480	147	150	1152	485	389	373	329	238	409	312	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:34AM 1.88													6:25PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	8	8	12	11	9	9	10	11	13	12	15	11	11	13	14	13	12	11	10	9	13	10
Chill °C (?)	5	5	10	9	7	7	10	8	12	12	14	10	10	11	14	12	10	9	6	6	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 NW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.2 N	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	1.3 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	9	8	7	8	8	9	11	8	9	9	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	7	8	8	9	17	10	8	8	10	10	15	8	14	13	13	10	13	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	13	6	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	6	8	-	-

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