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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 NNW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	5.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	8	13	14	11	20	21	8	8	10	14	10	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	410	365	292	129	170	199	56	221	194	427	414	721	343	350	757	103	514	1161	2077	7783	4423	1157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:52AM 1.85	6:16PM 1.34		5:45AM 1.74	6:02PM 1.64	2:31AM 2.03			1:08AM 2.95	5:41AM 1.86	3:12PM 2.03		6:21AM 1.83			8:42AM 1.75	2:44PM 2.99	10:34PM 1.55	11:03AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			10:31PM 0.30	11:04AM 0.36		12:23AM 0.23	12:01PM 0.30		8:21PM 0.19	8:36AM 0.34		7:03PM 0.21	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24	12:39PM 0.33	2:02PM 0.29	10:16PM 0.23				4:48AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	19	17	12	15	16	13	18	17	14	20	18	17	16	18	17	18	13	11	10
Low °C	13	13	9	17	15	11	14	15	12	17	16	12	19	17	16	16	18	16	15	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	19	16	10	14	15	12	18	16	13	20	17	17	16	18	16	18	10	9	8
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.6 N	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NNW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	9	13	14	11	7	8	12	10	10	14	10	12	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	5	14	7	7	8	7	6	22	20	11	18	18	16	15	12	11	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	-	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	1.7 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 SE	5.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	8	3	3	-	7	6	8	8	9	-	-	3	11	11	10

	Sunday 18					Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	14	13
Energy(?)	536	306	282	226	276	217	201	203	377	161	126	126	486	295	730	780	330	240	182	212	329	412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:48PM 1.96		4:27PM 1.70				5:03AM 1.74								4:25AM 1.89					7:20PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16AM 0.39					11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42			5:49PM 0.35								6:26PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	12	15	20	18	11	11	10	10	12	15	14	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	11	11	9	9	11	14	20	18	9	10	8	8	11	14	13	18	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	14	8	8	7	5	7	9	9	13	8	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	7	-	4	-	-	8	8

	Sunday 18																Monday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	7	7
Energy(?)	660	392	410	401	465	465	336	336	303	143	138	140	466	164	466	420	227	134	171	113	369	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:22AM 0.39	11:33AM 0.31						5:11PM 0.47				9:28PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	14	13	13	14	11	11	15	15	18	17	12	13	10	10	12	11	11	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	13	12	11	13	9	9	14	14	17	16	10	12	8	8	10	9	10	9	11	10
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	13	13	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	4	10	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	7	7

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