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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	Thu		Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.6 N	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	8	12	8	8	9	9	11	11	9	13	8	8	13	12	11	21	13	20
Energy(?)	370	568	658	426	359	336	517	325	493	520	318	146	114	511	108	61	233	253	473	657	1581	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 1.78	10:01AM 2.39			4:31AM 1.46		3:10AM 1.84	12:06PM 1.97		12:27AM 1.97	12:01PM 2.75	6:03PM 2.09		6:49AM 1.46		12:31AM 2.93	7:18AM 1.89		7:45PM 1.34	8:02AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 0.77			4:13PM 0.67	10:09PM 0.30	10:48AM 0.33	4:31PM 0.61	8:48PM 0.34	6:00AM 0.61	6:16PM 0.58		5:51AM 0.40		12:18AM 0.27		6:54PM 0.89			1:46PM 0.24	1:53AM 0.21		2:31PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	10
High °C	19	17	16	17	14	18	13	11	15	14	12	15	18	12	16	18	15	19	18	18	21	20
Low °C	19	16	16	17	13	16	13	8	14	14	9	13	16	9	14	17	14	17	16	17	21	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	17	12	18	11	11	15	13	10	14	18	10	15	17	14	19	18	18	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:29	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.9 NNE	1.6 N	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	7	12	8	8	9	12	11	11	9	13	8	8	13	12	11	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	7	7	6	13	11	12	12	12	9	16	15	11	10	7	8	7	15	11	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	2.0 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	5	8	-	-	9	3	-	2	4	-	4	3	3	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	12	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1116	1086	678	577	1026	520	570	717	572	538	506	323	529	732	503	205	387	547	612	513	873	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 2.29		3:47AM 1.44		9:35AM 2.56					10:23PM 2.42		4:28AM 1.68		10:52AM 3.05		4:49PM 1.71				5:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.77								4:56PM 0.71										10:54PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	15	15	17	11	16	16	15	15	12	12	13	19	18	15	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	14	14	17	9	16	16	14	15	11	10	11	19	18	14	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	12	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	11	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	14	14	7	9	7	7	7	11	7	7	12	11	10	8	12	12	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	2.2 ESE	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	9	9

	Thursday 15	Friday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.0 SE	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 E	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	6	6	14	13	14	14	13	14	7	7	8	14	14	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1147	1131	754	370	193	260	604	1350	959	945	932	577	118	343	516	252	620	149	520	433	383	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										10:18PM 1.78					3:51AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:56AM 0.39	10:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	19	19	15	15	18	12	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	13	16	14	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	19	14	14	18	9	16	16	15	16	13	13	14	12	16	13	14	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.0 SE	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 E	2.0 SE	0.4 SSW	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	7	8	10	14	8	8	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 NNW	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	9	10	7	10	7	8	8	7	11	14	14	7	7	-	14	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	1.8 SE	-	1.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	14	-	8	-	8

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