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 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	5	4	6	4	4	2	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 NE	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	11	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	11	6	10	13	16	15	11	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	951	1542	228	285	289	194	411	666	561	10	342	370	1991	2470	2486	2134	2715	290	2223	412	3237	4240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:51PM 1.73		6:38AM 1.57		12:57AM 2.10	5:19AM 2.25	2:22PM 1.96	7:16PM 1.70	8:05AM 1.45		8:44PM 1.41	8:54AM 1.52		9:29PM 1.42	8:33AM 1.63		10:16PM 1.26	10:08AM 1.45		10:33PM 1.32	10:55AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		10:27PM 0.95				11:25AM 0.98		1:25AM 0.36		2:29PM 0.28	2:40AM 0.53		3:36PM 0.48	3:25AM 0.49		2:51PM 0.39			4:30PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25	1:03PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	1	1	23	1	2	-	5	4
High °C	12	10	12	14	9	20	19	20	26	16	18	15	14	12	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	14
Low °C	12	9	12	12	8	17	18	19	24	15	17	11	13	9	12	13	12	11	12	7	11	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	10	13	8	20	19	20	26	14	16	14	12	10	13	13	11	11	10	9	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	2.1 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	10	11	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	11	6	19	13	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 SSE	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	17	-	11	13	8	9	10	5	8	-	6	9	-	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	-	-	2.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NE	2.5 W	-	0.5 N	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	8	-	-	3	3	-	-	8	4	6	10	-	4	15	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 20			Sunday 21								Monday 22								Tuesday 23
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	12	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	784	695	285	1018	538	1153	610	490	674	296	335	311	262	204	558	558	282	593	591	666	666	1565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 2.22		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26				6:57PM 1.29	7:12PM 1.42								7:33PM 1.32			4:01AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)							7:44AM 0.48	12:34PM 0.42					1:13AM 0.62			12:40PM 0.40	2:08PM 0.27				1:40AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	10	9	11	8	10	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	9	14	21	19	19	19	20	14
Chill °C (?)	13	7	8	7	11	5	10	11	11	12	11	9	8	10	8	13	21	19	19	19	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.2 ESE	1.4 S	0.1 N	2.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 E
Period (s)	8	10	8	10	8	6	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	13	9	13	12	12	11	-	8	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	5	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	1.0 N	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	-	8	-	11	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	6	8

	Saturday 20										Sunday 21
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	0.9 SW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	8	8	9	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	398	385	389	951	1047	695	1386	408	213	218	285	285	291	259	376	337	761	274	252	228	228	908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	off	on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																		6:30AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							7:24PM 0.35					12:29AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	14	12	13	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	7	13	9	10	7	7	7	11	11	9	10	10	9	5	6	8	8	9	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.6 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.1 SW
Period (s)	8	12	8	10	16	10	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.2 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	9	14	17	-	9	-	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	9	8	11	12	12	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	8	9	12	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	-

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