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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	Sat	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fields Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Oreti Beach Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	7	4	1	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.8 NNE	1.4 N	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.9 E	2.0 W	0.4 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	11	11	7	11	13	13	13	14	11	9	8	9	12	9	13	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	727	154	365	292	442	261	209	161	472	157	456	977	424	915	1452	3583	2717	1883	1385	50	4163	3240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:41AM 1.92		3:06PM 2.02	3:48AM 1.87		6:16PM 1.34	1:55AM 2.01	5:31AM 1.85	7:00PM 1.34		6:27AM 1.73	6:45PM 1.64	3:07AM 2.03	5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79		9:18AM 1.52			7:05AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35		7:44PM 0.24	11:46AM 0.34	1:02PM 0.26	1:08AM 0.22	12:40PM 0.30		8:57PM 0.18	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24		3:50PM 0.45	12:58AM 0.28		2:47PM 0.30	11:01PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	53	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	12	14	16	12	13	17	14	19	18	18	18	17	21	15	13	16	12	12	11
Low °C	8	11	13	9	12	15	11	12	16	14	17	14	17	17	16	18	15	12	12	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	13	13	10	13	15	11	11	17	13	19	18	17	18	16	21	15	10	16	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.4 N	0.4 SSE	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.9 E	2.0 W	0.4 ESE	1.3 E	3.0 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	8	12	11	13	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 NNW	-	0.7 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	-	9	-	8	9	7	7	14	8	14	12	12	13	9	12	15	11	13	-	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	-	1.4 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 NW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	3.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	-	7	-	-	-	3	5	-	5	8	9	4	9	9	-	12	12	-

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	7	7	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	418	727	505	660	536	444	146	231	276	217	201	203	377	450	460	472	228	218	734	726	310	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:53AM 2.07					4:27PM 1.70				5:03AM 1.74			4:00PM 1.79					4:25AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					9:16AM 0.39	11:33AM 0.31				11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42					12:33AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	8	12	13	15	14	12	11	11	10	13	14	14	13	13	14	10	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	12	12	14	14	12	11	9	8	12	13	13	12	12	13	8	7	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	4

	Saturday 17				Sunday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	411	757	609	748	737	482	265	411	480	491	447	435	399	590	536	535	697	638	507	499	311	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 0.34													9:16AM 0.39		11:44AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	8	10	11	12	14	14	13	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	9	9	10	7	11	10	10	7	8	6	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	9	12	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	12	-	13	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	3

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