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

7 day 48 hour

	Wed		Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	17	16	16	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	599	681	1051	454	2225	3549	3040	2352	3288	1602	3198	2339	2049	4485	667	1526	4444	5057	4746	2216	1382	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:06PM 1.93	9:39PM 1.47	9:37AM 1.44		10:02PM 1.51	10:32AM 1.48		11:21PM 1.64	10:42AM 1.96		11:11PM 1.68	7:28AM 1.90		10:22PM 2.01	8:39AM 1.94		9:01PM 1.96	7:23AM 2.81		9:25PM 1.93	10:45AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			3:30AM 0.15	3:49PM 0.16		4:20AM 0.13	4:30PM 0.28		5:05AM 0.26	4:42PM 0.25			1:47PM 0.48			2:55PM 0.47			5:26PM 0.56		4:26AM 0.20	4:54PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	7	8	9	5	8	8	9	8	12	9	9	11	8	10	10	9	8	10	11	10	10
Low °C	9	5	5	7	4	5	8	6	7	12	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	6	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	3	6	8	2	7	6	7	7	12	7	9	10	6	9	9	9	6	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	17	16	16	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SE	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	12	8	22	13	11	20	24	20	21	-	-	20	11	-	10	-	-	-	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	17	18	16	15
Energy(?)	3045	984	647	868	637	736	1051	713	902	897	874	2225	3934	2446	3549	2581	2049	2135	4393	3945	3950	3115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:09PM 1.52			8:41AM 1.94	9:59AM 1.59										3:30PM 2.84	7:16PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)						3:30AM 0.15						11:04PM 0.39				11:35AM 0.37				11:05PM 0.57	12:05AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	10	9	9	8	5	11	9	8	7	4	4	5	5	8	9	11	9	8	6	6
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	8	8	7	2	9	9	5	4	2	2	3	3	7	9	9	6	7	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 S	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	23	12	12	11	11	11	12	8	12	12	11	17	16	17	16	16	15	17	17	18	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 S	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SE	1.6 ESE	0.3 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	11	8	12	11	8	11	8	8	8	13	11	11	11	20	19	8	-	24	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	2.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	18	-	-	-

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