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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	Tue		Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smithfield Canterbury	Pukerua Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Scarborough Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	8	2	9	4	1	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 NNE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 W	2.1 SSW	4.0 W	4.5 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	13	13	13	13	15	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	473	551	630	594	715	2938	1415	2243	1542	2069	2608	1056	6304	7869	429	3457	997	45	2434	1836	1660	1128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:54PM 2.08	2:17AM 2.01		2:30PM 2.07	8:58PM 1.43		5:03PM 2.10		6:47AM 2.04		7:07PM 2.02	10:32AM 1.46		11:27PM 1.32	9:20AM 2.24		11:56PM 1.49	12:20PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	6:54PM 0.89	12:15AM 0.26	7:47AM 0.45		8:06PM 0.42	8:23AM 0.43		3:00AM 0.45	9:00AM 0.43		12:58AM 0.28		1:04PM 0.40	1:29AM 0.36	4:20AM 0.20	5:07PM 0.15			5:41PM 0.16		6:11AM 0.19	6:34PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	23	10	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	18	17	18	22	18	21	12	12	13	17	10	13	16	12	15	16	14	16	19
Low °C	17	15	16	17	16	18	21	17	20	12	10	11	16	8	13	16	11	14	15	13	16	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	17	16	17	22	18	21	10	9	11	15	6	11	15	10	13	14	12	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:23	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 NNE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	0.8 NNW	1.4 SSW	0.5 NNW	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	10	10	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	8	12	13	13	13	10	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.1 N	1.3 E	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.9 NW	0.8 E	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	11	12	12	-	22	10	10	6	9	19	10	10	10	9	10	19	-	-	12	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.2 S	3.5 W	2.1 SSW	4.0 W	4.5 S	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	10	-	6	-	6	10	8	13	13	-	-	15	12	11	11	10	-

	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	10	10	10	14	10	8	7	20	20	19	9	9	11	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	142	256	575	551	564	594	630	587	619	834	1058	504	696	653	1060	3209	3321	1349	1720	1772	1600	1456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					1:40AM 2.02				1:54PM 2.08					5:23AM 2.12	8:10AM 1.50			6:24PM 2.31	8:30PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 0.46				7:47AM 0.45					11:10PM 0.24					3:08PM 0.17				2:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	14	18	17	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	19	22	15	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	13	18	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	12	14	14	14	17	19	22	15	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	1.4 E	0.7 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 S	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	1.6 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	11	8	13	12	10	10	10	14	10	8	10	8	8	8	11	9	11	8	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	20	20	19	21	11	11	16	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	7	-	8	8	9	9	-	8	5	5	-	-

	Tuesday 20	Wednesday 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	142	182	473	472	465	466	460	214	575	568	542	298	293	286	272	284	550	345	409	497	537	541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:26AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)							7:29PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	14	17	17	17	17	18	15	18	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	13	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	13	17	17	17	17	18	14	18	7	9	9	9	9	12	14	15	10	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	7	14	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	6	6	6	6	6	14	11	7	10	8	8	8	8	14	6	12	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	5	5	5	6	8	6	7	5	8	8	7	7

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