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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	Sun	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	12	11	11	8	10	10	13	14	13	14	13	14	12	13	11	11	7	14	14	11
Energy(?)	701	1922	2029	1067	723	380	1392	663	1493	1672	1648	647	918	478	751	303	238	229	184	492	375	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 1.64	12:49PM 1.83		1:24AM 1.74			2:12AM 1.75		2:41PM 1.50	3:07AM 1.59		3:27PM 1.47	9:43PM 2.88	11:22AM 1.78	4:17PM 1.24	11:56PM 1.82	12:05PM 1.86	2:45PM 1.72	12:36AM 1.89	11:07AM 2.65	3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 0.70	5:55PM 0.74		7:28AM 0.49	6:19PM 1.15	7:46PM 0.43	8:44AM 0.57		8:47PM 0.59	9:28AM 0.59		4:00AM 1.32	5:18AM 0.63			6:01AM 0.56			4:59AM 0.93		9:28PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	16	14	22	15	13	14	13	12	12	19	12	19	14	17	14	14	15	15	17	14
Low °C	12	12	15	11	18	14	12	13	13	11	11	18	11	18	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	12	15	13	22	14	12	13	12	11	12	19	10	19	12	17	13	13	14	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	12	11	11	9	10	10	13	14	13	14	13	14	12	13	11	11	7	7	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	-	8	10	9	10	9	16	-	-	-	5	-	5	12	11	7	7	11	14	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 NE	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 NE	0.8 E	-	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 SSE	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	10	-	-	4	8	10	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	6	6	6	6	4	6

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10
Energy(?)	91	220	445	1844	1922	1951	2882	1635	1301	1046	1081	1047	569	1002	592	1090	1046	1392	565	676	663	911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 1.88				11:10AM 2.14					1:37AM 1.59		7:22AM 2.67		1:57PM 1.26		9:24PM 1.62	12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50										3:35AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	18	11	13	12	13	15	15	12	12	11	12	14	14	24	17	14	13	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	17	10	12	11	11	15	14	11	10	9	11	14	14	24	17	14	13	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	0.8 SW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	8	10	8	9	10	10	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 NW	0.1 W	1.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	15	15	-	10	6	8	8	13	12	13	9	10	6	11	10	9	18	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.0 NE	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	3	7	10	10	10	10	-	-	8	3	-	-	10	6	10	10	10	10	7	4	-

	Sunday 11				Monday 12
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	13	9	14	11	14	18	18	18	6	16	11	10	15	10	10	10	9	11	10	9
Energy(?)	85	217	19	157	704	872	701	14	14	14	279	141	2395	2933	332	2437	426	2128	370	1075	2014	1828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:58PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	17	20	19	11	13	18	17	16	14	14	14	10	14	12	13	13	13	19	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	23	17	20	18	8	11	16	16	15	12	13	13	7	13	10	11	11	11	19	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SW	1.0 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	6	7	13	9	9	12	9	15	15	15	7	6	11	10	6	10	10	11	9	14	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	9	10	6	15	9	15	18	18	18	15	16	12	18	15	18	18	10	17	7	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	0.3 NW	1.1 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.6 W	2.4 WSW	0.6 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	5	4	3	5	14	11	14	8	8	8	6	6	-	10	-	10	4	10	4	11	10	9

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