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 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 N	2.2 N	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNW	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	4.0 S	4.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	11	11	10	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	12	14	8	13	10	11
Energy(?)	727	154	380	297	454	212	200	161	470	608	594	1196	2444	1894	1174	3926	1964	1199	910	764	6164	4119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:41AM 1.92		3:06PM 2.02	3:48AM 1.87		6:16PM 1.34	1:55AM 2.01	5:31AM 1.85	7:00PM 1.34		6:27AM 1.73	6:45PM 1.64	3:07AM 2.03	5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79		9:18AM 1.52			7:05AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35		7:44PM 0.24	11:46AM 0.34	1:02PM 0.26	1:08AM 0.22	12:40PM 0.30		8:57PM 0.18	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24		2:02PM 0.29	12:58AM 0.28		2:47PM 0.30	11:01PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	54	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	12	14	13	12	13	17	17	20	18	17	18	19	21	15	12	16	18	12	11
Low °C	8	11	13	9	12	13	11	12	16	16	18	16	15	18	18	19	15	11	12	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	13	13	10	13	11	11	11	17	17	20	18	17	18	19	21	15	9	16	18	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	2.2 N	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.8 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.7 W	1.5 W	3.5 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	8	13	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 N	1.3 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	9	16	8	7	7	7	14	12	12	12	21	20	19	11	15	14	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	2.1 S	-	-	4.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	4	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	6	6	-	-	10	-

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	418	727	505	660	536	463	146	226	276	217	201	203	377	450	450	460	209	200	729	779	326	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:53AM 2.07					4:27PM 1.70				5:03AM 1.74			4:00PM 1.79					4:25AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					9:16AM 0.39	11:33AM 0.31				11:38PM 0.26			7:24AM 0.42					11:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	8	12	13	15	14	12	11	11	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	12	12	14	14	12	11	9	8	12	13	13	12	12	11	8	7	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	9	6	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	8	3	3	9	3	7	7	-	4

	Saturday 17				Sunday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	411	757	609	748	737	530	265	411	530	491	447	435	399	590	536	535	490	350	507	499	311	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 0.34													9:16AM 0.39		11:44AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	8	10	11	12	14	11	13	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	9	9	10	7	11	10	10	7	8	6	10	11	12	12	10	12	12	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	9	12	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	12	-	13	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	-	8	3	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3

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