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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	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	6	4	3	9	7	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	1	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 W	1.3 S	2.0 S	5.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 W	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	10	12	13	12	13	8	11	14	14	15	8	13	13	13	13	15	14	10	8
Energy(?)	2736	709	1507	402	6825	598	1224	8654	1291	2809	1949	846	420	959	6190	3128	1743	39	174	2545	1538	940
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 1.58	8:41PM 2.04	9:42AM 1.47		12:01AM 1.22			11:58PM 1.48	11:30AM 1.58	12:29PM 1.68	1:18AM 1.66	9:23AM 1.72		9:05PM 1.73		2:34PM 1.48	2:53AM 1.36		3:25PM 1.48	1:32AM 1.89	11:33AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 0.78			3:18AM 0.57	3:54PM 0.60		6:23AM 0.33	12:37PM 0.82		5:02AM 0.48		7:07PM 0.49	3:07AM 0.57	2:54PM 0.65		8:22AM 0.26		8:49PM 0.26	9:04AM 0.20		7:25PM 0.23	5:23AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	2	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	5	-	14	3	-	2	-	3	3	1	-
High °C	7	10	7	11	11	11	13	9	10	11	11	7	10	13	8	10	13	13	8	9	8	12
Low °C	4	9	7	8	10	9	10	9	6	9	10	6	7	12	8	8	11	12	5	9	5	7
Chill °C (?)	4	9	4	9	8	9	13	5	7	10	9	4	8	12	5	8	12	12	4	5	6	10
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:51	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.3 S	2.0 S	-	0.1 S	3.5 SSW	2.2 W	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 N	2.5 W	2.0 W	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	24	13	12	-	21	11	14	14	15	15	14	16	13	13	5	14	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	1.4 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	13	14	-	10	-	-	-	18	-	14	6	-	-	-	7	3	13	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	5.0 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 NNE	5.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	4	11	3	12	5	3	13	8	-	-	4	6	8	13	13	-	-	5	-	-	8

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	8	4	4	3	3	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	11	8	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	14
Energy(?)	1718	1193	1892	1602	501	1017	1543	7097	1268	1005	836	1090	5414	5106	4470	1079	1218	1045	708	751	5759	8909
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						11:15PM 1.24		5:07AM 1.53		9:42AM 1.47			6:27PM 1.54						12:22PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		11:12AM 0.78	2:29PM 1.24									5:33PM 0.55			12:01AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	4	7	7	7	4	8	7	8	7	8	14	11	5	9	8	11	11	13	13	9	7	6
Chill °C (?)	1	6	4	6	0	6	4	6	4	5	12	10	2	8	8	10	10	13	11	6	4	3
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 S	3.5 W	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.1 S	2.2 S	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	11	11	13	13	13	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	21	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	-	10	10	9	4	12	23	22	24	-	22	22	21	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 W	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	-	-	0.7 NW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 W	1.7 S	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	3	7	8	11	-	-	4	-	12	-	-	-	3	3	3	11	13	15

	Sunday 31																	Monday 01
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	8	4	4	3	3	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	6	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2361	2371	2736	686	798	543	229	957	2296	1641	783	783	320	1727	1727	451	541	357	357	333	2036	1853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:19AM 2.10															11:06PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)											4:08PM 0.54										2:59AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	4	6	7	12	10	9	9	9	5	5	5	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	0	3	4	12	10	5	6	7	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 N	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	8	10	10	11	11	10	18	18	9	6	6	6	11	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	6	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	2.3 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	3	5	6	9	10	10	-	-	9	9	9	6	6	-	-	-	10	10

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