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

7 day 48 hour

	Tue		Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue
	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	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	7	6	5	4	9	5	7	7	7	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	0.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	19	18	16	17	16	21	18	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	458	7186	4527	599	582	1068	754	1338	1938	3577	962	3882	573	3442	485	1262	7295	6472	6869	4241	4701	2736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:37AM 2.03	6:38AM 2.31	2:25PM 2.65	6:39PM 1.81		3:55PM 1.87		4:19AM 1.92		10:57PM 1.49	11:29AM 1.53		11:53PM 1.49	11:42AM 1.98		12:10AM 1.87			9:01PM 1.96	9:45AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27PM 0.45			1:01AM 0.31	8:16AM 0.31		10:58PM 0.39	10:39AM 0.50	5:14PM 0.14		5:13AM 0.12	5:43PM 0.15		6:04AM 0.23	4:50PM 0.29	6:39PM 0.28	6:11AM 0.18	5:33PM 0.30		3:27AM 0.29	3:11PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	10	11	7	8	9	6	9	9	7	9	11	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11
Low °C	11	9	8	9	6	5	7	6	7	9	6	7	11	8	8	9	8	7	9	7	7	10
Chill °C (?)	11	6	8	9	3	5	7	4	9	8	4	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	6	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 W	4.5 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	6	-	11	11	12	22	14	18	16	17	20	14	18	15	22	14	-	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	15	12	8	15	19	12	20	8	-	17	-	18	-	18	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.4 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	-	-	1.7 W	-	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	6	7	3	12	-	-	-	9	16	8	-	-	15	-	14	14	-	-	-

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 E	3.5 W	1.6 SW	5.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	11	13	14	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	19	17	16	17
Energy(?)	1339	3906	682	4197	1077	6066	4527	2805	3045	846	647	583	1121	1024	1068	933	824	1075	1328	2225	3982	4892
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			6:18PM 2.31									9:09PM 1.52			8:41AM 1.94				7:32PM 1.78			4:19AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)					12:10AM 0.30		8:56AM 0.42	9:42AM 0.22		3:26PM 0.15				3:30AM 0.15						11:04PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	7	11	9	12	8	8	10	11	9	9	9	8	5	8	9	9	6	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	10	8	5	10	6	9	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	7	1	5	6	7	3	2	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 E	3.5 W	1.7 E	3.5 W	-	0.9 SW	0.1 W	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	11	13	11	12	-	8	23	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	17	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.9 N	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	6	16	-	14	-	-	13	-	8	11	12	8	8	8	9	9	12	19	13	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	5.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	1.8 SW	0.2 WNW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	12	13	13	13	8	-	-	-	-	3	9	3	9	8	6	6	-

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