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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	Fri		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	0	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 NW	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	6	11	9	10	10	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	51	302	362	369	905	442	466	276	463	290	995	161	371	1057	873	483	3394	2376	4894	3809	1521	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 1.46		4:12AM 1.84		7:06PM 1.20	7:45AM 1.41		7:33PM 1.32	7:03AM 1.78					8:53PM 1.42	9:31AM 1.42		10:03PM 1.19	10:31AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 0.29	9:39AM 0.42		12:11AM 0.28	10:21AM 0.42	1:18PM 0.63	1:11AM 0.27		1:18PM 0.41	1:40AM 0.27		2:34PM 0.26	12:27AM 0.88	8:08AM 0.73	2:56PM 0.32	3:01AM 0.29		4:02PM 0.23		4:12AM 0.46	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7	1	7	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	20	14	16	11	12	12	13	8	13	17	12	21	16	14	15	12	11	14	14	12	14	13
Low °C	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	5	12	16	11	18	15	11	14	12	8	12	14	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	12	16	9	10	10	12	6	12	17	9	21	15	12	13	9	8	14	12	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	1.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	2.1 W	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	6	9	8	13	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	10	11	9	19	17	16	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.1 SW	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	8	8	13	10	8	11	7	8	10	11	5	-	23	10	15	-	10	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.9 SSW	-	1.6 S	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 E	-	2.1 W	-	-	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	-	2.0 W	1.9 W	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	-	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	10	10	-	15	14	-	13

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	8	8	13	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	64	55	1045	729	1050	2389	713	577	374	874	263	789	634	1205	550	539	564	280	547	507	324	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)										5:51PM 1.73				4:40AM 2.26				6:57PM 1.29	7:06PM 1.20			4:51AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10PM 0.36	11:21PM 0.32				12:21PM 0.28				11:19PM 0.35				12:43PM 0.34					1:13AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	9	10	10	7	10	13	17	11	10	9	10	7	14	12	14	12	11	10	9	6
Chill °C (?)	20	18	6	7	8	3	10	13	16	10	10	7	9	4	13	10	13	12	11	9	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.7 S	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SE
Period (s)	6	10	13	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	6	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	11	12	8	8	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.9 N	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	6	8	8	13	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	11	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19										Saturday 20
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	14	12	10	8	8	6	8	5	13	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	12
Energy(?)	69	62	796	50	46	990	55	28	57	646	458	523	117	336	1041	524	521	924	891	887	607	2433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:40AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)											11:27PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	19	11	20	20	10	17	17	17	10	11	10	11	7	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	20	19	8	20	20	7	15	16	16	7	8	7	8	4	8	6	7	10	10	10	10	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	14	8	10	14	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	15	9	9	10	8	8	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	11	4	6	5	7	7	4	8	6	8	5	6	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	12

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