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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	6	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	6
Energy(?)	1071	866	836	657	1051	4682	1112	4522	1969	4279	3555	1580	1520	2139	1595	1216	947	322	290	291	280	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.55	7:44AM 1.51		8:42PM 1.41		3:28PM 2.01	3:45AM 1.93			7:04PM 1.71	7:25AM 1.62		7:30PM 1.85	5:11AM 1.74	5:45PM 1.67	8:53PM 1.56	11:02AM 1.49			7:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48PM 0.12	1:59AM 0.38		2:17PM 0.16	2:58AM 0.15	9:20AM 0.26		9:40PM 0.33	9:58AM 0.37		1:22AM 0.48		1:44PM 0.51	1:51AM 0.67	11:32AM 0.64		3:17AM 0.64	4:23AM 0.52	3:40PM 0.62	1:06AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	2	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	18	25	20	15	15	15	16	12	11	16	17	12	16	18	15	15	17	17	17	19
Low °C	14	18	16	21	18	13	14	13	16	12	11	16	16	12	15	15	14	12	15	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	18	25	20	14	14	14	16	11	11	16	17	11	16	18	14	15	16	17	16	19
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 E	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	14	15	10	-	9	-	11	-	8	10	17	-	10	10	14	10	13	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.2 W	0.9 NW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 NE	-	0.6 NNW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	3	-	3	6

	Thursday 05					Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	3	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1071	1007	752	607	533	528	506	925	1308	1509	1051	1381	2314	3569	3156	5084	5016	3537	965	3117	3879	3594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:15AM 1.59				7:34PM 1.41		2:35AM 2.10					5:35PM 1.89								6:18PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			1:39PM 0.44						8:43AM 0.17					11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31	1:38PM 0.31		9:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	14	19	19	21	14	13	17	18	20	17	20	18	15	13	14	13	14	17	15	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	19	19	21	13	11	16	18	20	16	20	18	14	13	13	13	14	17	14	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NW	1.1 NE	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	5	6	-	4	-	6	6	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05																Friday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	3	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	13	14	14	11	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1070	1278	1071	865	986	1007	472	413	399	374	705	705	722	764	443	518	725	705	423	678	510	745
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:15AM 1.59							2:13PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	14	19	18	19	22	23	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	17	16	16	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	14	19	18	19	22	23	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	16	15	16	17	16	14	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	14	5	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NW	-	0.4 N	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	-	4	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	2	-	3	3	-	4	3	3

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