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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	16	17	8	10	14	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	671	268	1018	1575	702	1777	81	6496	4602	1362	1413	1385	1239	995	1070	983	137	534	586	1072	4335	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:55PM 1.56	3:19AM 1.68	12:14PM 2.19		11:37PM 2.00			10:57PM 3.15			3:42AM 1.83		6:39PM 1.39		6:51AM 1.54		12:35AM 3.03			7:47PM 1.44	8:02AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 0.27	5:59AM 0.32	5:28PM 0.19		7:53AM 0.21	4:47PM 0.70		8:53AM 0.16	5:25PM 0.64	9:28PM 0.13	10:14AM 0.13		10:11PM 0.18		1:09PM 0.55		7:24AM 0.33	5:57PM 0.04	2:08AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	2	-
High °C	17	18	16	14	18	12	11	11	10	14	18	11	20	19	15	21	20	17	12	10	10	13
Low °C	13	17	15	12	15	10	10	10	6	12	16	10	16	16	13	19	17	12	11	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	13	18	9	8	8	8	14	18	10	20	19	15	21	20	16	12	8	8	12
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	16	11	9	10	14	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.2 S	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	6	12	11	17	12	8	10	10	16	14	11	12	9	15	5	12	11	5	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	5	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29							Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	4	6	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.1 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	16	16	18	11	16	16	9	14	9	14	13
Energy(?)	586	599	600	1294	1033	1048	4366	1018	1178	5324	1228	1176	1299	504	3386	678	610	1511	5191	1076	4219	3030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 1.53			11:23AM 2.10							9:52AM 3.11		1:32PM 1.90	4:06PM 1.37								4:28PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			8:40AM 0.27			4:34PM 0.28			3:41AM 0.94						8:02PM 0.12			4:21AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	5	7	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	14	18	16	15	15	15	11	16	17	14	18	10	15	15	13	11	16	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	14	18	16	15	14	14	9	16	16	12	18	8	15	15	11	9	16	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.1 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.2 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	16	16	11	12	16	16	15	8	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	14	14	9	18	12	8	12	12	8	12	11	11	18	11	11	6	9	11	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	7	-	11	-	-	9	14	-	-	-

	Sunday 29
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	4	6	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.7 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	6	12	12	13	9	13	12	12
Energy(?)	588	525	449	223	768	168	550	280	339	1028	275	362	466	687	341	532	522	448	1032	427	546	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 1.72							9:01AM 2.98											8:20PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	10	13	13	13	16	16	13	16	16	14	22	20	19	19	17	16	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	8	12	12	11	16	16	12	16	16	12	22	20	19	19	16	15	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.7 NNW	0.9 NW	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	10	9	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	9	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	10	9	13	13	7	7	9	7	12	13	15	8	7	6	10	12	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	1.5 NE	0.6 NW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	3	3	3	-	-	9	-	6	6	-	6	5	5	-	6	6	6	6

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