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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SE	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	6	8	6	8	8	9	8	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	19	17	16	15	10	13
Energy(?)	74	1232	310	538	1434	272	238	1213	563	892	516	832	146	42	296	218	804	2078	1392	2551	2343	915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.83	4:01AM 2.27	6:06PM 1.33		4:12AM 1.84			7:29AM 1.40		7:48PM 1.45	7:57AM 1.55		8:44PM 1.41				10:01AM 1.40		9:54PM 1.27	10:08AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 0.49	9:10PM 0.36	10:10AM 1.04		10:27PM 0.95	10:21AM 0.42		10:33PM 0.34		1:56PM 0.76	1:46AM 0.76		1:23PM 0.40	2:40AM 0.53	8:48AM 0.56	3:18PM 0.25	1:12AM 0.88		3:39PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	-
High °C	20	13	15	14	13	13	11	13	9	11	17	18	21	15	18	21	14	11	13	13	14	14
Low °C	19	12	12	13	13	11	11	13	7	9	17	15	18	15	17	20	13	9	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	10	14	14	10	11	9	12	6	9	17	18	21	14	18	21	12	9	12	10	12	13
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:25	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.5 NW	1.9 S	0.2 N	1.2 S	0.3 SE	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	6	12	6	8	10	9	11	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	17	16	15	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	17	8	8	11	9	8	10	6	6	11	6	6	19	10	10	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.2 NE	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	-	2.5 W	0.4 NW
Period (s)	5	8	6	-	8	3	8	9	-	-	8	6	3	-	-	9	-	12	6	-	10	3

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	2	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	10	14	13	9	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1210	604	727	215	61	245	1035	1748	2298	1057	538	374	342	913	377	876	634	1208	696	506	310	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 1.81							12:06AM 1.94	3:33AM 1.83	6:00AM 1.39				5:13PM 1.65		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26	7:09AM 1.40			6:50PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:52AM 0.54	8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36					12:19PM 0.82								12:43PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	-	9	5	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	8	9	20	11	9	11	8	11	13	14	16	12	10	10	10	8	14	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	14	6	7	20	8	6	9	4	11	13	14	15	11	8	8	9	5	14	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.1 N	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	6	14	13	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	7	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	10	8	8	18	9	10	10	10	10	8	13	12	8	11	11	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	0.1 SE	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	9	13	8	-	-	-	8	10	8	8	11	9	8	-	-

	Friday 19
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	2	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	3.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	10	6	6	10	12	5	8	8	14	8	9	6	6
Energy(?)	1131	615	1210	316	87	269	798	2150	727	59	54	52	45	116	148	1263	53	245	62	44	326	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:02AM 1.46												5:35PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)											11:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	1	-	2	3	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	11	10	16	10	9	15	8	19	17	17	18	18	18	13	19	11	19	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	13	10	8	16	8	7	13	6	19	16	15	17	17	17	10	18	8	18	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 N	1.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	7	12	12	13	12	6	6	6	6	8	6	12	8	14	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	6	10	10	9	10	5	10	10	10	12	12	8	10	8	6	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 N	1.5 NW	3.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	8	3	5	4	6	6	6

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