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 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	6	4	5	2	1	5	4	3	4	4	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 WNW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	19	17	16	15	14	8	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	12
Energy(?)	352	360	307	748	367	866	607	319	1340	669	3598	2970	250	13	5623	3337	925	1626	1296	32	925	477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:02PM 3.18	7:58PM 1.41	8:07AM 1.53			7:23AM 1.76		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46		7:36PM 2.18	8:04AM 2.20		10:33PM 1.32	5:39AM 1.79	4:41PM 2.96		4:52AM 2.58		10:20PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.62	6:56AM 1.08		1:56AM 0.58		1:10PM 0.36	1:11AM 0.36		3:04PM 0.28	3:08AM 0.26		3:47PM 0.26	2:00AM 0.89		4:51PM 0.63		11:49AM 0.51		11:03PM 0.99	11:03AM 0.62	6:03PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	20	2	1	3	-	-	6	-	3	5	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	18	13	19	17	17	22	13	10	12	14	10	18	13	12	13	14	13	16	16	11
Low °C	10	13	17	12	18	16	16	20	13	8	11	13	8	17	13	10	12	14	11	16	15	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	18	12	18	17	17	22	10	9	11	13	8	18	10	10	12	13	12	16	16	10
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 WNW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 N	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	19	17	-	-	14	6	14	13	13	12	12	5	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	9	11	10	-	6	12	9	9	-	-	6	8	13	12	10	11	20	13	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	2.4 W	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7

	Sun	Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	20
Energy(?)	511	222	209	211	216	553	583	548	645	585	583	565	501	405	908	694	1763	908	856	775	319	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:12PM 1.42	12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32										2:06AM 3.08		8:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)						12:31PM 0.35					1:40AM 0.27			12:05PM 0.96	2:42PM 0.72		9:14PM 0.33					12:47PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	7	11	15	12	15	14	19	18	19	20	16	18	19	19	14	13	13	13	20	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	5	10	15	10	14	12	19	18	19	20	16	17	18	19	14	13	12	13	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	6	9	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	1.4 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	0.2 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	6	11	8	11	10	10	10	12	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	-	1.1 N	1.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 NW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	6	-	6	7	4	6	7	-	11	-	-	-	6	7

	Sunday 21	Monday 22
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	512	184	184	340	352	170	278	239	179	179	159	158	298	309	191	234	40	116	78	169	307	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:12PM 1.42																		1:02PM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)						12:01AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	7	9	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	8	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	7	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

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