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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	5	5	4	1	1	4	4	3	2	4	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 S	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.9 NE	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	13	14	15	8	8	9	14	11	12	6	7	18	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	317	1016	5372	3891	2582	150	73	1231	2317	989	580	514	115	2607	4016	2345	1700	1830	1138	1565	739	321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:12PM 1.40	8:10AM 2.32	2:04PM 3.22	2:18AM 3.04				6:14AM 2.31	6:50PM 2.30		8:34AM 1.71		9:14PM 1.78	4:10AM 2.08		10:54PM 2.24			8:02PM 1.72	8:05AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	1:00PM 0.22	2:08PM 0.17	2:26AM 0.15			8:10PM 0.08	10:05AM 0.23		12:18AM 0.50	12:42PM 0.51		1:14AM 0.61		3:01PM 0.36	3:42AM 0.42	10:15AM 0.70	6:25PM 0.12		7:05AM 0.50	5:40PM 0.90	2:20AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-
High °C	19	17	12	16	18	17	19	15	14	18	17	15	16	14	12	15	17	13	14	15	16	11
Low °C	19	16	10	11	14	15	17	15	13	12	16	13	14	13	8	11	16	12	13	15	16	11
Chill °C (?)	19	16	9	16	18	17	18	14	12	18	17	15	15	13	12	15	17	13	14	14	16	9
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 NE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	15	-	14	15	8	8	14	14	11	12	11	7	10	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	-	-	0.9 S	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SE	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 SE	1.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	8	6	15	-	8	-	8	13	10	18	16	11	8	-	9	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.9 NW	2.4 W	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	1.6 SSW	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 NE	-	1.1 S
Period (s)	4	8	13	-	10	-	6	9	-	-	-	6	5	18	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	6

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	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	3	1	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 W	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	7	8	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	602	276	260	324	1563	1296	6407	3344	3891	3697	3448	4844	2006	1491	1151	686	55	734	73	564	3846	1711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90				5:01PM 2.43					9:28AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08PM 0.17		7:39PM 0.25					11:00AM 0.36				12:35AM 0.22							9:43PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	18	19	21	16	13	11	10	10	11	16	18	13	12	10	10	13	18	13	19	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	21	16	11	10	8	8	9	16	18	11	10	8	7	11	18	11	19	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.2 N	2.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	16	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	8	14	8	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	11	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	9	8	9	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.1 W	1.3 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	-	1.4 SW	0.9 NW	1.2 SW	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	14	6	5	6	7	-	8	7	7	13	-

	Friday 20																Saturday 21
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	3	1	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	7	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	10	8	6	15	13	13
Energy(?)	669	318	317	309	645	661	1094	1479	5562	5749	5844	6036	1960	1836	1817	1387	258	808	157	733	4875	2490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:15PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:20AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	21	17	16	11	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	10	13	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	19	19	21	16	15	8	10	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	15	14	7	13	8	8	12
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.3 SW	1.0 S	0.9 E	1.2 S	1.5 SW	0.3 N	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	16	13	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	15	6	11	6	8	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	0.3 N	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.3 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	14	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	15	10	14	10	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	3	8	7	13	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	-	8	-	-	13	-

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