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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	3	3	5	5	4	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.5 SW	1.1 E	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	7	9	9	11	12	12	13	14	12	11	7	12	10	9	11	14	13	12	13	14
Energy(?)	394	4	1020	1106	1379	956	1961	826	93	649	2340	1316	1509	161	230	127	3138	654	1459	3806	2957	5521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 1.22		7:05AM 1.58				1:05PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 0.93		11:24PM 0.99							7:37AM 0.57							4:26PM 0.19			4:31PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	31	-	-	-	15	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	5	2	7	20
High °C	19	21	19	20	18	15	19	16	11	17	11	10	13	17	15	16	12	12	12	13	12	11
Low °C	17	19	18	19	17	14	19	13	9	16	10	9	11	16	10	14	11	10	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	19	21	19	20	17	15	19	15	11	16	10	8	11	17	14	16	9	10	11	11	11	9
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	0.1 S	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	-	2.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	9	12	11	12	12	7	9	16	14	13	-	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.8 NNW	0.4 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 W	-
Period (s)	13	6	12	9	12	9	5	4	21	14	14	13	13	6	5	11	-	9	16	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.4 NE	1.0 NW	0.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	1.5 W	3.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	9	9	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	7	3	5	3	11	-	7	12	-	-

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 NE	4.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 W	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	12	11	16	16	11	12	15	11	12
Energy(?)	300	504	230	677	803	1020	1075	1343	1106	1529	1123	1438	1919	4402	1270	1877	3307	1805	1552	2430	1010	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	ebb	high	flow	flow	mid-flow	flow	ebb
High Tide / height (m)																	8:03AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)									6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	19	15	13	17	13	18	20	16	17	17	16	18	18	10	14	20	20	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	14	12	16	12	18	20	16	17	17	16	18	18	8	14	20	20	14	18	12
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.6 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 W	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	12	11	16	12	11	12	15	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	13	4	13	12	8	12	8	9	9	-	14	14	13	-	-	12	16	6	6	14	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 NE	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11																	Sunday 12
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.0 W	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	12	7	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	10	7	12	10	11	7	12	8	8
Energy(?)	340	422	394	334	202	422	142	353	211	246	352	342	884	718	948	289	782	978	1048	318	999	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					10:01AM 1.42	11:45AM 1.27													12:07AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)												5:47PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	17	14	17	20	16	20	22	15	21	19	15	16	18	14	13	17	18	12	19	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	17	13	17	20	15	20	22	14	21	19	13	15	18	13	12	16	18	11	19	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	1.7 E	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	0.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.0 W	1.8 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	12	13	9	13	13	12	10	10	12	12	7	12	10	12	8	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	4	13	12	8	6	12	6	6	8	13	13	7	12	10	11	12	-	12	12	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.1 NE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	7	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	10	7	3	4	11	7	10	8	8

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