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

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.0 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.3 WSW	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	16	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	19	16	6	14	8
Energy(?)	1128	609	328	289	482	525	210	266	376	395	218	704	1018	767	547	522	210	210	1031	239	586	1047
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:09AM	6:59PM		12:46PM		7:42PM	8:09AM		7:50PM	8:11AM	6:46PM	2:22AM		4:42PM	9:21PM	9:45AM		12:54AM	5:46AM	7:03PM		5:38AM
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01PM	1:11AM	6:35AM	2:22PM	1:53AM 12:54PM		2:32PM	2:41AM			8:19PM 6:20PM	8:31AM	8:18PM	3:07AM	4:07AM	4:30PM	10:04PM	12:20PM		12:38AM	12:23PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	8	-	2
High °C	16	14	12	15	15	14	16	19	15	17	18	14	17	15	20	18	17	17	19	17	17	19
Low °C	14	14	12	13	14	13	14	19	13	16	17	12	14	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	13	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	13	13	14	15	19	15	17	18	12	16	14	20	18	17	17	19	17	16	19
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 N	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	17	16	10	16	15	14	9	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	12	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	18	11	10	15	12	6	22	14	20	18	10	18	19	19	19	9	7	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.6 E	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.8 E	0.7 ESE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	3	2	-	-	6	4	8

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	18	18	16	10	10	10	16
Energy(?)	1128	784	609	249	516	328	255	227	289	221	482	232	249	525	227	206	210	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:09AM 1.55				7:32PM 1.40												7:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 0.15	6:20PM 0.20			1:03AM 0.12						7:01PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	15	14	12	12	12	13	14	15	17	16	14	12	11	14	17
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	15	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	17	16	14	10	10	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	9	9	9	8	10	10	17	12	18	16	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	11	14	11	14	11	11	11	11	18	18	11	18	12	10	16	16	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	4	4	10	-	-	-	4	4	4	-

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