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 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	3	5	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	3.0 W	1.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	3.0 W	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.0 SW	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	10	17	16	15	15	8	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	346	310	651	503	1429	475	149	2505	621	2004	2379	3506	473	2212	3135	267	1369	1496	1476	1015	465	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:42AM 1.79		8:17PM 1.31	8:41AM 1.47		9:01PM 1.30	7:19AM 2.20		9:46PM 1.30	4:51AM 1.81	5:09PM 1.86		8:25AM 1.70		11:14PM 1.81	9:51AM 2.22	5:50PM 1.94	7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 0.58	12:27AM 0.35		2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27		3:04PM 0.28	3:08AM 0.26		3:56PM 0.25	3:53AM 0.26	10:58AM 0.51		9:59PM 0.46		5:15PM 0.22				1:24AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	16	2	2	1	2	2	-	-	6	7	1	5	-	1
High °C	14	17	20	23	15	17	17	14	10	13	13	12	21	12	11	13	13	12	15	15	9	10
Low °C	13	17	18	22	15	16	13	12	9	12	13	9	19	12	9	11	13	10	14	13	8	9
Chill °C (?)	13	16	20	23	13	17	16	12	8	12	11	11	21	9	9	13	11	11	14	15	8	7
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	19	17	10	15	15	8	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 SW	0.3 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	6	7	-	4	5	-	8	16	-	-	15	-	21	19	11	11	18	18	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	1.6 N	3.0 W	-	0.3 W	3.0 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	7	10	-	2	10	-	16	-	-	4	-	13	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Monday 22					Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thu
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	19	10	18	17
Energy(?)	216	211	583	597	649	651	631	772	503	469	560	561	2310	1266	863	534	322	256	588	1017	2175	1522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48						1:54AM 2.58	6:10AM 1.77	8:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							1:40AM 0.27			12:05PM 0.96	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33								10:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	6
Temp. °C	15	17	14	13	19	18	19	20	23	18	20	19	14	13	13	12	20	22	15	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	15	17	12	11	19	18	19	20	23	18	20	19	13	13	13	10	20	22	13	14	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	11	10	11	10	10	19	10	8	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.3 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	8	11	23	15	9	12	8	9	9	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	-	-	1.1 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	-	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	6	6	5	6	7	6	4	5	11	-	-	4	6	3	8	-	9	-

	Monday 22																Tuesday 23
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	4	9	10	10	11	11	10	7	11	11
Energy(?)	219	213	346	395	250	250	286	315	310	618	390	433	74	75	82	900	612	582	719	290	32	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:22AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)							1:36PM 0.29							8:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	16	16	17	17	17	12	17	17	14	14	11	12	18	17	12	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	16	16	17	16	16	9	16	17	13	12	8	9	18	17	10	14	13	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	4	9	10	10	11	11	10	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	7	11	7	9	6	6	11	11	3	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 NNE	-	1.5 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	6	6	-	6	6	11	11

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