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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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 - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	7	8	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.6 S	2.1 ENE	2.5 E	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	8	13	14	11	20	18	8	8	10	9	12	10	13	13	11
Energy(?)	410	365	292	175	170	199	162	221	194	538	414	721	1350	891	1384	103	740	1733	6698	10569	13003	8421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87		5:06PM 1.71		6:42AM 1.50	7:00PM 1.34		6:27AM 1.73	2:39PM 2.07	3:07AM 2.03		1:25PM 3.10			6:38PM 1.77		8:48AM 1.68	4:42PM 1.99	9:14PM 1.66	9:33AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 0.29	7:24AM 0.42		11:14PM 0.27		1:02PM 0.26	12:13AM 0.26	12:40PM 0.30		8:57PM 0.18	9:13AM 0.32		12:12AM 0.24	9:46AM 0.33		12:58AM 0.28			3:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	17	-	-	5	6	3	1	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	15	17	12	13	16	14	19	18	14	15	19	20	20	13	13	12	14	13	16
Low °C	13	13	9	12	15	11	12	15	14	17	18	13	14	18	19	17	12	10	8	12	9	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	14	16	10	11	15	13	19	18	12	15	19	20	20	11	11	10	12	12	15
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:47	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	2.5 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	9	13	14	11	7	7	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	15	14	7	8	8	7	11	22	20	18	20	12	16	16	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	-	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	-	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	3	-	8	3	8	-	7	7	8	8	9	9	4	10	13	13	11

	Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	505	660	536	306	282	226	276	217	201	203	377	161	166	126	486	295	730	780	330	240	213	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 2.07			12:48PM 1.96		4:27PM 1.70				5:03AM 1.74			1:26PM 2.02					4:25AM 1.89				6:05PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16AM 0.39					11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42			5:49PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	12	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	12	15	16	18	11	11	10	10	12	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	13	14	14	12	11	9	9	11	14	15	18	9	10	8	8	11	14	11	13
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	14	14	8	7	5	7	9	9	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	3	5	7	7	-	4	2	-

	Sunday 18
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	587	749	738	406	440	422	535	552	425	352	341	151	149	154	493	145	491	474	241	158	131	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:10AM 1.84									12:48PM 1.96			3:23PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)										10:43AM 0.34												10:50PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	8	11	12	12	12	10	10	13	14	15	18	13	16	12	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	6	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	14	18	12	15	10	10	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	8	8	9	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	14	9	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	12	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	2	4	3	-

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