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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	Sat	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 W	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 NE	0.7 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	6	19	11	16	10	14	10	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1056	238	277	360	213	275	766	662	1924	1880	349	676	4020	1956	2779	1956	248	2419	2909	2223	3397	2299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 1.98				5:04PM 1.72	7:41PM 1.28			2:06AM 3.08	8:54AM 1.52		9:29PM 1.42	8:05AM 1.73		8:23PM 1.59	8:50AM 1.71		10:33PM 1.32	8:54AM 2.20		10:27PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29AM 0.66	6:55AM 0.61		11:06PM 0.92	8:22AM 0.47		1:48AM 0.27	7:29AM 0.74	2:52PM 0.53	7:53PM 1.04		3:36PM 0.48	3:25AM 0.49		4:18PM 0.24	2:43AM 0.36		4:30PM 0.24			3:12PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	-	5	7	3	-	9	-	1	1	9	26	4	14
High °C	10	13	15	11	20	19	13	24	16	15	14	12	11	15	15	12	20	15	12	11	14	14
Low °C	9	12	14	10	18	18	12	21	16	14	13	10	9	14	15	9	19	14	9	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	7	11	14	10	20	19	10	24	15	15	12	9	9	14	13	10	20	14	12	11	13	14
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	1.2 W	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	9	19	11	16	16	14	10	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 N	-	-	1.0 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	8	9	11	7	15	-	7	14	17	10	13	-	-	8	13	8	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.2 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 N	-	-	1.8 NE	1.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 NE	3.5 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	-	-	3	3	6	6	-	-	6	10	11	3	10	3	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 21								Monday 22								Tuesday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	11	9	11	9	8	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	7	10	11
Energy(?)	285	847	1335	1177	610	823	783	502	524	252	315	252	201	395	202	504	587	579	517	1168	565	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26					7:12PM 1.42	12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65				5:58AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)					7:44AM 0.48	10:21AM 0.42		6:30PM 0.78			1:13AM 0.62			12:19PM 0.41	2:08PM 0.27				1:40AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	8	10	12	13	15	10	11	10	11	16	15	21	14	14	20	19	13	17	22
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	5	10	10	12	14	10	11	9	10	16	14	21	12	12	20	19	12	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.1 N	2.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	11	6	11	11	8	11	9	11	9	8	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	7	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.4 SSE	1.2 E	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	12	10	11	-	11	11	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.1 N	2.2 ENE	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	6	7	-	3

	Saturday 20				Sunday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 S	2.1 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	12	11	12	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	323	845	845	336	1186	1378	314	850	517	513	358	421	411	706	770	689	692	316	316	199	192	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:38AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				10:27PM 0.95													11:34AM 0.41	12:51PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	7	10	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	14	13	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	4	7	5	8	9	8	10	9	9	9	8	12	9	10	13	12	8	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:51	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.9 SW	2.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	1.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	10	12	11	10	8	12	12	8	13	13	13	8	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	17	17	10	-	9	10	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	2.3 SW	1.4 S	2.1 WSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	-	12	8	9	9	-	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8

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