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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	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.4 W	0.8 SW	1.4 E	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	15	12	11	11	6	8	6	8	8	9	11	12	16	13	11	8	11	12
Energy(?)	1684	1474	1454	1293	282	2314	2047	787	301	671	293	451	928	1319	1981	2104	2003	248	1116	955	1073	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 1.31		9:49PM 1.42	10:14AM 1.29		9:54PM 1.62	10:17AM 1.50		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55						8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40PM 0.66		4:10AM 0.33	3:31PM 0.50		4:08AM 0.52	3:10PM 0.36		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53		4:24AM 0.54							3:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	18	-	4	9	1	6	8	-
High °C	21	20	16	17	14	12	12	15	11	16	20	16	19	18	18	20	15	11	10	13	11	16
Low °C	17	19	12	14	12	9	11	14	10	12	19	15	18	17	17	19	13	8	9	12	8	13
Chill °C (?)	21	20	16	17	12	9	12	14	9	15	20	15	18	18	18	20	14	10	8	12	10	15
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	-	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 W	0.8 SW	1.4 E	1.2 W	2.1 W	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	15	-	11	11	6	8	13	8	8	9	11	12	11	13	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.5 N	1.4 W	0.1 SW	1.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	14	13	-	-	16	13	9	12	6	12	14	14	-	6	16	21	12	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	-	-	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.0 W	-	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	5	6	12	-	-	6	8	6	8	8	9	4	-	-	-	5	8	-	6

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	12	11	13	11	13	15	14	11	11
Energy(?)	1684	1084	1062	1008	1337	1157	1067	1094	1293	1234	1206	1100	1030	3294	2970	1021	1153	1426	1508	1239	605	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						9:01PM 1.63			7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55			5:24AM 1.56				5:23PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				3:33PM 0.34							2:02PM 0.61			11:20PM 0.83								10:42PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	22	22	17	17	17	14	14	17	15	13	12	10	8	8	9	13	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	22	22	16	16	17	14	13	17	14	11	10	8	6	6	7	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	11	13	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	15	9	9	13	15	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	7	14	13	13	9	15	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	-	1.2 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	0.9 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	5	6	5	5	5	-	5	5	4	5	6	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08																	Thursday 09
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	10	8	15	8	8
Energy(?)	693	720	1684	1899	3406	3507	3492	1348	1343	1359	1366	1383	1375	212	212	212	702	1454	695	895	372	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:26AM 1.31																	2:47AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)								1:32PM 0.34									10:25PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	12	17	19	15	16	16	14	18	19	18	17	16	14	14	13	12	15	15	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	17	19	14	15	15	12	18	19	18	17	16	13	14	12	11	15	15	15	17	16
Sunrise	6:48	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 NNE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	9	-	-	7	14	9	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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