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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	Fri	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	5	8	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	2.3 WSW	1.1 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	0.3 WSW	1.6 S	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	4.0 W	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	8	9	10	19	12	16	12	14	8	12	14
Energy(?)	507	538	396	885	241	1080	252	347	364	31	657	778	743	285	411	4885	3785	1020	1139	1851	7101	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:23PM 1.96	3:47PM 1.73		6:38AM 1.57		7:02PM 1.46	6:59AM 1.88		7:48PM 1.25	8:12AM 1.23	6:08PM 2.18	2:01AM 2.92	6:46AM 2.15		9:09PM 1.26	9:42AM 1.51		7:07PM 1.65	9:23AM 1.63		7:54PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14PM 0.38	6:17AM 0.63		12:11AM 0.28		1:18PM 0.63	1:03AM 0.79		2:06PM 0.58	1:54AM 0.27			7:48PM 0.73		3:13PM 0.27	3:16AM 0.26		4:02PM 0.23	1:29AM 0.37		2:20PM 0.96	2:20AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	1	-	-	1	13
High °C	15	15	13	12	11	13	8	15	17	14	21	17	16	23	13	10	14	13	11	14	13	10
Low °C	11	12	11	11	11	12	6	15	16	13	17	17	15	20	12	9	12	11	10	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	10	9	12	6	15	17	13	21	17	16	23	10	8	12	11	11	13	12	9
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	1.8 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 N	1.6 S	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	8	9	13	8	8	9	9	10	6	11	8	9	10	19	12	16	12	9	8	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 W	0.3 NE	-	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	8	10	11	11	8	8	9	7	9	-	16	9	-	17	10	15	5	11	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.1 S	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	4.0 W	1.2 NNW	0.8 W	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	9	8	9	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	4	10	12	5	4	14	8	12	7

	Fri	Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	7	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	702	1447	2175	1043	810	506	317	920	319	670	718	1233	541	212	311	354	506	505	506	547	600	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:06AM 1.94	3:33AM 1.83	5:46AM 1.48				5:51PM 1.73				4:40AM 2.26				6:57PM 1.29	7:12PM 1.42			6:16AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)						12:29PM 0.66				12:25AM 0.29				10:54AM 0.82								11:03AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	8	11	10	14	15	11	11	10	10	8	14	13	11	11	12	10	6	6	9	11
Chill °C (?)	7	10	4	10	10	14	14	11	9	10	9	5	13	13	10	11	12	9	6	5	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	8	11	9	8	9	8	8	8	13	8	8	7	8	7	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	18	9	10	8	14	10	8	10	8	10	11	12	11	11	9	11	8	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	13	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	11	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19				Saturday 20
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	13	9	7	8	8	9	9	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	440	1878	1035	484	507	278	537	476	804	464	390	391	1003	141	775	737	647	681	2201	258	419	2165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)											6:00AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10PM 0.36		11:44PM 0.68													12:21PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	10	12	9	11	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	7	12	10	12	12	13	13	10	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	9	6	8	9	9	9	6	8	9	9	3	10	9	12	12	13	13	7	5	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.2 N	1.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	11	13	9	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	13	15	6	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	18	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	10	9	8	10	8	10	10	8	8	8	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	7	8	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	7	8	8	-	-	12	7	7	12

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