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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.3 NE	1.0 SW	4.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	14	13	12	10	13	12	14	8	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2510	60	63	82	5117	1573	2237	647	965	1462	1065	756	357	9415	2066	2972	1942	1352	1819	1426	503	1277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 1.81	8:42AM 1.77		1:34AM 1.81	7:57AM 3.42	1:02PM 1.85		3:04AM 1.44	3:30PM 1.54	9:05PM 3.17	3:41AM 1.89		10:31PM 2.80	10:53AM 3.17		1:46AM 2.44	11:24AM 3.18		11:39PM 3.20	11:55AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	5:16PM 0.33			2:12PM 0.58	7:25PM 0.23			9:00PM 0.17	9:14AM 0.16			9:53AM 0.22	5:02PM 0.36		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70	7:46PM 0.41	5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70		5:50AM 0.70	12:57PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	14	10	17	15	9	8	11	5	16	13	10	11	11	11	15	14	10	13	15	10	19	21
Low °C	14	8	16	9	6	5	10	2	12	12	9	10	10	11	11	12	8	13	12	8	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	17	14	6	7	10	5	16	11	7	8	9	10	15	13	10	12	14	10	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:24	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.6 NW	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	4.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	14	8	9	9	11	13	12	10	13	12	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	1.0 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	2.3 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.7 N	0.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	9	6	7	-	10	-	10	5	16	-	9	-	11	9	10	9	8	24	17	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NE
Period (s)	10	2	-	4	14	-	-	-	5	3	4	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	1.4 NNE	1.4 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	7	8	14	9	9	14	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	521	710	3723	4814	285	264	227	42	75	179	212	1100	5380	5044	3013	2464	1009	1887	1532	1248	1018	1373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.78		12:43AM 1.80				1:50PM 1.60		7:29PM 2.83				9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.33																3:10PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	14	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	13	12	13	9	17	16	15	10	5	6	8	6	10	9	10	8	7	6	2
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	10	13	6	17	16	14	9	2	3	6	3	9	7	10	7	5	4	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	1.4 NNE	1.4 N	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	7	8	12	9	9	14	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NW	0.2 NNE	1.4 NW	-	0.4 N	1.0 NW	0.2 S	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 NW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	13	15	9	-	14	6	5	6	11	6	10	-	8	10	10	-	10	-	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 WNW	2.3 NNW	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	4	8	4	5	5	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	1.5 NNE	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	10	7	9	10	10	10	-	7	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	545	525	4009	2890	132	152	74	86	86	86	0	320	3302	3946	3141	3141	2364	3217	3316	3217	3158	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					8:07AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)								7:16PM 0.15						1:48AM 0.55			4:28AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	11	12	12	14	17	15	13	16	16	15	14	13	11	13	12	12	9	12	11	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	12	16	14	11	15	16	14	12	12	8	13	10	9	5	9	8	8	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 NW	1.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.7 S	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	10	14	10	12	8	6	6	6	-	9	10	11	11	11	11	-	-	18	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.8 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.1 SE	2.0 WSW	1.2 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	13	-	8	-	9	10	10	10	-	10	12	8	20	20	15	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	-	3.5 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.3 W	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 NW	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	5	5	-	10	5	7	2	7	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	7

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