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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	Tue		Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Riversdale Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	1	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.4 N	2.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	10	7	9	14	8	10	12	10	10	16	10	16	14	7	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2173	1614	1236	685	1025	231	626	408	95	560	463	409	383	832	336	545	833	130	309	576	318	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 1.46		2:49PM 1.43	3:13AM 1.56		3:27PM 1.53	3:16AM 2.07				11:20AM 3.38		11:28PM 3.14		6:13PM 2.03		6:45AM 2.22	4:55PM 2.05			5:47PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		8:23PM 0.12	8:47AM 0.14		8:53PM 0.10	9:17AM 0.17		8:51PM 0.06	10:14AM 0.12	4:21PM 0.20	9:53PM 0.07	5:08AM 0.72	5:15PM 0.08		10:15AM 0.09		1:01AM -0.00			11:10PM -0.01	8:13AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	12	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	17	22	13	22	15	14	16	16	12	18	17	11	13	16	15	19	15	13	16	16
Low °C	15	13	13	20	13	22	14	13	15	16	11	17	16	8	12	15	14	18	14	11	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	11	16	22	12	22	14	14	16	16	11	18	17	9	12	15	15	19	14	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.4 N	2.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 E	0.9 W	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	11	10	7	9	7	8	10	12	10	10	11	15	11	14	7	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NE	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	15	9	15	8	8	8	14	8	12	5	13	21	16	10	16	4	11	16	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	2.3 S	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	-	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	3	4	-	3	12

	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Friday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 NNW	2.5 E	2.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	9	9	14	13
Energy(?)	3909	1464	1059	1209	1180	1228	1835	1410	1171	1235	1432	1018	1497	1684	596	523	530	501	616	634	544	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:16AM 1.48				2:24PM 1.73								3:55PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				7:56PM 0.16		2:52AM 0.37		7:27AM 0.20				7:32PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	15	15	16	11	15	16	16	20	13	17	16	16	14	17	23	19	12	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	15	16	9	15	16	16	20	12	17	16	15	14	17	23	19	11	11	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 NNW	2.5 E	2.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	9	9	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	15	8	13	13	13	8	8	10	8	14	14	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE	1.1 E	0.5 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	3	-	-	5

	Tuesday 30										Wednesday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	0.3 W	0.8 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.7 NNW	0.6 S	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.2 WSW	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	18	9	18	18	12	8	10	8	10	7	7	15	7
Energy(?)	2336	4108	4774	2173	4175	495	940	812	813	127	220	145	160	290	143	716	669	1228	841	844	747	870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:45PM 0.12						1:48AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	15	15	12	13	11	12	14	11	13	13	13	11	12	15	11	11	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	14	13	9	11	8	9	13	8	11	11	11	8	11	15	9	8	9	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.1 SW	3.0 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.6 S	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	18	9	12	8	10	8	10	15	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.3 N	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SE	-	1.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 NE	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	-	8	11	9	10	11	10	10	11	18	11	10	-	8	8	8	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	0.5 ENE	2.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	7	3	6	3	3	3	6	9	-	3	7	7	7	7

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