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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	7	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 E	2.1 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	0.8 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	11	11	13	11	8	13	13	13	14	10	9	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	2423	1320	2123	955	1846	1959	1175	270	127	538	653	987	6245	4858	1474	1704	160	1742	2643	926	1065	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 1.39	5:42PM 1.37		6:08AM 1.51	6:27PM 1.39		5:03AM 1.80	5:03PM 1.78		5:42AM 2.42	5:45PM 1.78		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41			6:47PM 2.12		4:45AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55PM 0.69	11:58AM 0.25		11:50PM 0.19	12:26PM 0.22		12:30AM 0.18	11:17AM 0.21		11:41PM 0.15	11:54AM 0.71		10:08PM 0.12	12:39PM 0.74		10:52PM 0.21	10:11AM 0.23		11:41PM 0.33	11:01AM 0.32	1:34PM 0.37	11:31PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	11	15	15	12	21	20	17	20	15	12	13	15	13	23	14	13	16	17	19
Low °C	13	14	14	11	13	14	12	19	20	14	18	14	9	10	15	11	21	14	10	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	9	14	14	11	21	20	17	20	13	9	11	15	12	23	11	11	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	0.8 S	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	11	7	13	11	13	-	13	13	14	10	-	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.2 N	-	0.8 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 E	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	12	11	18	9	8	8	11	11	5	11	-	11	16	12	9	-	-	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.7 S	-	2.1 W	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 NE
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	5

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Airport Rights Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 E	2.2 SE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	11	10	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	14
Energy(?)	3120	3545	2395	1834	1468	1320	1146	1757	2467	1286	1468	1069	3210	1592	1410	2217	1134	1175	1159	561	601	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:24AM 1.50								4:09AM 1.83							3:06AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.23				11:41AM 0.25			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17			8:31AM 0.26	10:33AM 0.74			7:54PM 0.08	10:01PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	15	15	16	14	12	11	14	11	11	12	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	14	15	16	12	10	9	13	9	10	11	14	14	14	12	11	12	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 E	1.6 SSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	11	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	10	17	9	9	16	16	16	15	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	2.0 E	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	11	8	11	8	8	8	14	11	21	11	19	9	17	16	9	9	8	8	6	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	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	Airport Rights Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	2.2 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2928	3457	3309	2728	2763	2423	2647	2032	2137	1178	1786	2084	1188	1821	1828	1453	436	1691	1058	499	1683	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:33AM 1.81												3:13PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)					11:04PM 0.22								7:55AM 0.34		9:56AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	11	10	10	12	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	1.3 WSW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	2.1 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 ESE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	10	15	15	10	10	10	14	12	7	12	13	15	13	13	15	15	11	13	22	11	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.8 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	5	6	7	13	7	7	12	4	7	12	4	7	4

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