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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	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	8	7	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	8	7	14	12	11	7	18	8	18	9	10	12	11	13	14	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	175	170	353	65	258	188	371	188	485	896	1101	518	3051	3489	5496	2954	3884	4265	6547	6979	8372	3973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 1.63	1:55AM 2.01		2:02PM 2.06	12:31AM 2.93		2:34PM 2.04			2:30PM 2.07	3:45AM 2.01	7:55AM 1.78		9:35PM 1.29	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	11:03AM 1.57			8:51AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	11:22AM 0.32		7:44PM 0.24	8:00AM 0.37			7:47AM 0.45		11:29PM 0.22	8:23AM 0.43		9:35PM 0.19		1:57PM 0.31	3:47AM 0.18		4:37PM 0.43		4:48AM 0.41	5:24PM 0.40	10:59PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	5	5	16	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	14	16	15	17	18	16	16	16	17	19	17	16	10	12	12	14	15	13	20
Low °C	12	15	15	14	15	13	16	18	16	15	16	17	19	17	11	8	11	11	13	15	13	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	13	15	14	16	18	15	15	15	16	19	17	16	8	10	10	14	15	12	20
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.6 NNW	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	8	9	14	12	7	12	7	10	18	15	10	12	11	13	14	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 NNE	0.7 S	-	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	1.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	15	14	6	7	9	6	10	11	-	18	19	16	9	12	11	-	10	12	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	1.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	7	4	2	7	7	-	8	5	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 19							Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 NNE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	8	14	13	13	14	14	10	7
Energy(?)	201	203	377	161	166	126	391	327	749	528	526	216	191	260	220	494	543	296	412	496	553	837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.74			1:26PM 2.02									5:45PM 1.71	7:16PM 1.25				7:33AM 1.51		1:54PM 2.08	5:15PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24AM 0.42			5:49PM 0.35					7:12AM 0.49						1:20AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	15	15	18	16	10	10	15	18	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	18	20	15	17
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	14	13	18	16	8	8	15	18	15	13	12	14	12	12	12	18	20	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	8	14	13	13	14	14	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	14	8	6	5	7	6	6	13	8	7	14	6	6	6	8	10	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 NNE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	5	7	-	-	4	6	8	-	8	8	3	3	3	10	7

	Monday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	12
Energy(?)	216	204	294	146	171	113	236	174	453	244	244	161	127	120	157	283	301	148	147	134	391	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		6:32PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)									9:55AM 0.35													10:08PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	12	12	16	15	15	14	15	14	16	16	15	15	14	16	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	8	10	14	11	11	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	14	14	12	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	4	12	5	7	15	8	6	6	14	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	3	8	-	-	3	-	3	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	4

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