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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			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	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	2.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.1 NNW	1.9 N	2.3 NNE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	12	8	8	10	10	11	13	11	13	14	14	14	20	21	20	14	13	13	7	8
Energy(?)	50	639	727	492	389	252	200	497	627	145	489	272	593	725	720	384	689	731	1500	2372	615	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:47PM 1.36	3:26AM 1.75	12:48PM 1.96		11:44PM 2.63	5:57AM 1.87	6:23PM 1.29		4:25AM 1.89	4:37PM 1.80		7:26AM 1.50	5:15PM 1.80	7:45PM 1.34	8:10AM 1.50	4:22PM 2.13	7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 0.34		9:02PM 0.32	6:47AM 0.49	5:04PM 0.46		12:12PM 0.37		10:08PM 0.25	10:35AM 0.32		12:13AM 0.26			1:53AM 0.21			1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	10	13	13	12	12	15	11	18	17	13	19	20	14	16	17	15	19	21	10	12
Low °C	15	13	8	12	13	11	11	14	9	15	16	12	17	18	11	16	17	15	18	19	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	9	11	12	10	11	14	10	18	17	12	19	20	14	16	16	14	19	21	7	10
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 N	1.2 N	1.1 NNW	1.9 N	2.3 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	8	12	14	12	10	10	11	13	11	13	14	14	14	10	8	8	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 E	0.1 E	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 N	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	8	8	7	-	20	11	20	10	16	15	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	2.2 S	-	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	5	8	-	8	8	2	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	4	3	-	-	-	-	4	7	8

	Saturday 17							Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Leithfield Beach Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	5	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	905	1008	777	364	72	244	561	518	695	632	587	208	389	474	277	244	565	213	200	203	213	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:29AM 1.49		12:09PM 1.89					3:10AM 1.84								2:23AM 2.12	5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51AM 0.41			4:56PM 0.54		11:00PM 0.28			9:16AM 0.39	10:43AM 0.34				11:38PM 0.26				11:22AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	13	19	16	14	13	9	8	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	19	16	13	11	9	8	12	11	12	11	11	10	8	10	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	9	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 W	0.5 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	12	-	12	4	7	12	8	8	8	11	9	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	0.3 SE	1.0 SSW	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	11	3	5	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Leithfield Beach Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 SE	2.1 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	11	4	12	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	373	370	378	412	39	282	122	556	547	554	547	336	588	661	639	593	717	350	388	389	408	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)														2:45PM 1.72		4:49PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	11	14	14	12	14	11	12	13	12	14	13	14	13	11	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	14	14	10	12	10	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	11	7	12	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	12	-	6	11	8	13	8	8	8	12	-	8	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.6 S	-	0.5 SW	2.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	0.8 S	2.2 S	0.6 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	4	-	3	8	5	5	-	5	8	5	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	6

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