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

	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Aramoana Spit Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	2.5 W	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	9	10	12	14	15	13	13	15	16	13	14
Energy(?)	334	288	218	169	342	577	1174	1408	939	484	403	1178	779	1235	5459	3655	3236	3480	2725	1214	1682	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:39PM 1.56	12:02PM 1.50	4:16PM 2.29	12:24AM 1.30	5:41AM 2.48		1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44	1:45AM 1.53		2:05PM 1.42	2:17AM 1.54		3:02PM 1.23	3:26AM 1.36		4:04PM 1.25		4:30AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.51			12:08PM 1.42	6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:30PM 0.52	8:03AM 0.35		7:57PM 0.69	8:04AM 0.43		9:06PM 0.29	9:44AM 0.28		10:11PM 0.26	10:48AM 0.25		10:28PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	18
High °C	14	17	18	14	20	20	15	23	20	15	14	16	14	17	17	15	18	14	13	18	14	17
Low °C	11	14	17	13	15	18	13	19	19	13	12	16	14	15	17	14	17	12	12	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	13	20	20	14	23	20	14	12	15	13	17	16	13	18	12	12	18	14	17
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 SE	0.9 N	0.9 ESE	0.5 N	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	12	12	7	8	13	9	13	9	10	12	9	15	13	13	15	16	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	13	9	11	10	12	12	13	8	11	9	15	9	9	11	10	19	17	16	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	2.5 W	-	-	4.0 SW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	3	5	6	7	8	8	6	3	9	-	-	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.8 NE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	7	12	12	7	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	549	505	516	511	260	276	221	230	207	204	319	270	236	544	581	769	642	1174	1315	1429	1408	1242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50				12:22AM 1.55				11:57AM 1.52					1:21AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)				5:56AM 0.28				6:14PM 0.55				6:50AM 0.50				6:51PM 0.34					7:40AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	11	14	17	18	17	13	12	15	11	14	16	23	20	15	14	13	13	19	21
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	10	14	17	18	17	11	10	15	9	12	15	23	20	14	14	12	12	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	14	8	10	8	5	13	9	11	9	10	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.3 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 N	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	3	5	5	6	5	3	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	7

	Tuesday 10				Wednesday 11
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	670	628	708	619	401	452	452	445	490	489	288	424	347	214	319	310	251	262	261	224	221	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:59AM 1.25	12:12PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41PM 0.82								5:43AM 0.33	6:08AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	10	12	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	10	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	14	7	10	8	5	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	3	3	3	4	4	4

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