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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	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	6	11	7
Energy(?)	1071	866	901	657	1047	3156	1582	4522	4232	4117	3962	1426	1700	1720	1183	1048	464	821	429	184	268	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.55	8:18AM 1.46		8:38PM 1.56	9:01AM 1.54		3:45AM 1.93		5:37PM 2.27		7:25AM 1.62		7:54PM 1.62	8:18AM 1.53			9:19AM 1.48	5:15PM 2.51		8:48AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:29PM 0.13	1:59AM 0.38		2:30PM 0.47	2:53AM 0.43		3:23PM 0.16	9:40PM 0.33	9:58AM 0.37		10:18PM 0.48		1:44PM 0.51	2:17AM 0.58		2:40PM 0.58	11:58PM 0.78			11:22PM 1.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8	5	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
High °C	19	20	19	25	20	16	17	15	16	12	17	16	16	18	15	18	17	13	19	16	16	22
Low °C	14	18	16	21	18	13	15	14	16	12	16	15	16	17	13	15	15	10	15	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	25	20	15	17	14	16	11	17	16	16	18	14	18	16	11	19	15	16	22
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.0 E	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.7 NNW	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	11	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	13	12	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	15	10	10	12	-	12	-	11	10	4	11	8	10	14	14	13	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.5 N	0.9 NW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	4	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	3	6	-	7

	Thursday 05							Friday 06								Saturday 07
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1060	1250	1071	1007	752	664	534	528	506	525	1282	1509	1047	1459	2149	3156	4154	5016	4018	1768	1937	4151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:15AM 1.59				7:47PM 1.55		2:35AM 2.10					5:35PM 1.89							2:03PM 3.09	4:55PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44											11:47PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	14	19	19	17	13	13	17	18	19	17	20	18	16	13	14	14	14	17	18	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	14	19	19	17	12	11	16	18	19	16	20	18	15	13	14	14	14	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	10	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	0.7 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	6	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	5	5	6	4	-	3	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	16	14	13	13	13	11	13	11	14	14	13
Energy(?)	965	920	747	1060	986	986	1070	1278	163	159	747	460	656	539	483	483	801	677	720	256	248	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:15AM 1.59									4:53PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	14	16	16	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	19	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	10	13	16	16	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	19	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 W	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	9	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 E	0.9 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	9	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	13	16	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.3 W	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	3	-	3	3	3	-

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