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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	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.9 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 S	0.9 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 S	1.5 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	10	9	10	11	8	16	10	6	7	12	16	8	10	10	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	113	235	85	296	602	1267	1920	1257	735	835	488	304	1354	2431	1063	375	858	2562	1813	1001	1506	3377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 1.64			1:44AM 2.83	7:49AM 1.70		9:09PM 1.75			10:09PM 1.72	10:38AM 1.90		11:07PM 1.69	10:15AM 1.67		12:00AM 2.02		12:31PM 1.71	1:00AM 1.57		1:37PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		2:08AM 0.01	6:42AM 0.12	2:34PM 0.01	7:33PM 0.26		2:38PM 0.38		9:22AM 1.00	1:40PM 0.24		4:29AM 0.14	3:25PM 0.19		4:04AM 0.24	5:45PM 0.11		6:24AM 0.12		6:42PM 0.13	7:18AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	9	-	-
High °C	15	8	11	10	8	10	8	9	10	13	9	11	12	10	14	17	14	14	16	13	15	15
Low °C	14	7	8	9	8	9	8	8	7	12	9	7	10	7	9	13	12	12	14	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	15	5	8	7	6	8	4	5	8	11	7	11	10	8	13	17	12	12	16	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 S	1.6 SE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.5 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	9	11	10	9	10	11	10	8	10	7	7	12	16	8	10	10	14	13	12	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 NE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 E	1.0 W	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	9	10	8	14	14	13	16	13	14	13	19	-	14	8	12	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 W	-	0.3 W	0.9 NW	0.3 N	2.2 W	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	3	3	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	5	8	8	-	10	5	4	6	12	12

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.5 SSE	1.3 W	2.4 S	0.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	1.5 S	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 S	2.3 ESE	1.3 S	2.3 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	9	11	9	9	10	11	8	10	10	8	10	8	11	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	784	1064	538	1130	200	546	1050	1526	65	675	1866	835	576	1816	567	1849	1110	1400	1152	1092	1265	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					12:52AM 2.98		7:35AM 2.40		1:29PM 3.23	5:45PM 2.02	8:10PM 1.76				6:55AM 1.71					9:11PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			6:15PM 0.03										12:56AM 0.22				2:40PM 0.09					3:50AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	3	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	12	12	8	8	8	6	13	8	8	9	8	6	8	7	10	8	8	6	6	8
Chill °C (?)	17	14	11	12	6	5	5	3	11	6	6	7	5	3	6	4	8	5	6	3	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.5 S	1.3 W	2.4 S	0.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	1.5 S	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	7	12	9	11	9	9	10	11	8	10	10	9	10	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.2 N	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.4 SSE	0.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	6	9	8	11	-	-	7	14	16	15	8	-	8	15	13	14	8	14	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	2.4 SE	1.9 S	0.4 SE	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.3 S	1.3 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	3	-	9	8	3	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Monday 20											Tuesday 21
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	0.9 ENE	1.4 W	1.9 S	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	0.7 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	12	8	12	9	8	8	12	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1041	105	784	122	607	927	188	1042	204	724	1002	235	277	1048	476	1023	791	975	624	1388	1449	2347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								7:12PM 1.75												7:43AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)														1:36AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-
High °C	17	14	17	16	14	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	17	14	17	16	13	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	0.9 ENE	1.4 W	1.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	8	12	8	12	8	10	10	12	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	6	19	10	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	11	-	17	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.9 S	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	0.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 S	2.2 S	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	9	8	8	3	9	8	8	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

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