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 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	2	7	5	2	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 W	1.1 SE	1.4 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.5 NNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	9	17	16	15	10	6	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	10	9	7	9
Energy(?)	656	561	1865	260	571	1158	621	5001	2581	1802	277	6299	4892	510	2582	1223	1211	1115	313	137	344	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:57AM 1.48		8:17PM 1.31	8:41AM 1.47	6:24PM 1.66	9:09PM 1.26	9:24AM 1.46	4:17PM 1.85			3:28PM 2.77	8:26PM 2.19	10:48AM 1.85			6:33AM 1.78	5:28PM 2.52	9:27PM 1.94	9:07AM 2.23		9:37PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.27		2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27			3:16AM 0.26			10:43PM 0.37	9:39AM 1.05		2:50AM 0.91	4:28AM 0.52	3:12PM 0.97	12:18AM 0.41	12:46PM 0.50		3:53AM 0.41		1:49PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	1	-	22	3	-	36	9	3	7	-	1	1	3	4	5	13	1	1
High °C	20	23	16	14	16	16	11	12	14	14	16	13	11	12	14	13	14	14	12	14	18	11
Low °C	18	22	15	12	13	15	9	11	14	13	14	12	10	11	14	12	13	14	10	13	17	10
Chill °C (?)	20	23	14	14	15	15	10	11	12	14	16	12	10	11	14	13	13	13	10	13	18	9
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.7 WNW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WNW	0.9 N	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 W	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	9	17	16	-	10	6	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	10	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	-	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 W	0.7 SW	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.5 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	-	6	5	10	8	-	-	16	15	13	12	5	20	20	18	18	8	8	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	-	3.0 W	-	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.6 S	-
Period (s)	6	-	11	-	11	10	-	16	15	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-

	Mon	Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	19	9	8	19	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	643	656	641	746	561	502	500	561	2134	1268	869	770	571	261	592	1841	1397	1169	1513	1050	5001	4543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08									5:35AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			1:40AM 0.27			11:46AM 0.43	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33								9:54PM 0.34					11:53AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	6	-	4	4	1	1
Temp. °C	19	18	19	20	23	17	20	19	14	12	13	14	13	23	14	13	9	14	10	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	20	23	16	20	19	14	10	12	14	11	23	12	12	6	14	8	8	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	11	10	10	9	10	19	9	18	9	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 SW	0.9 W	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	7	6	4	8	11	23	10	12	5	12	9	18	8	9	8	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	1.6 N	-	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.1 NE	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	3.0 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	-	6	4	-	11	-	-	-	11	8	8	9	8	-	4	3	16	15

	Monday 22				Tuesday 23
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSE	2.5 W	0.9 SW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	7	6	11	11	11	6	12	8	10	11	7	11
Energy(?)	498	537	643	622	617	895	654	643	10	32	352	174	584	563	572	51	99	626	622	1499	124	1907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 1.32																					4:24PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)							1:48AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	18	18	12	18	19	14	14	17	17	13	22	15	16	18	17	15	16	19	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	18	18	10	18	19	13	12	16	16	12	22	14	15	18	16	13	14	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.4 SW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	8	10	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	11	6	5	12	3	16	12	6	7	6	16	12	12	7	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	0.4 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	-	0.7 NE	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.9 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	3.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	-	7	6	-	7	4	6	6	-	6	11	7	11

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