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

	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.0 W	1.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	12	12	14	12	12	16	11	12	9	12	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	11	14
Energy(?)	1139	6691	4039	1424	1231	1554	1168	912	1494	903	712	258	361	132	4346	3205	860	2041	893	623	341	961
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:57PM 3.15	10:04AM 2.76				3:46PM 1.94		4:06AM 1.90	4:26PM 1.91	7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52	2:21PM 2.05	8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		8:55PM 1.58	9:21AM 1.51		9:39PM 1.57	10:06AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		4:47PM 0.70			4:15PM -0.06	11:31PM 0.15	9:32AM 0.17		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21		1:36AM 0.50			2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	3:20AM 0.56		1:46PM 0.39		4:08AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	2	-	8	-	4	1	-	-
High °C	16	11	9	14	15	11	18	18	18	17	20	15	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	11	15
Low °C	15	11	6	12	13	10	14	16	16	14	19	13	10	12	11	11	13	11	11	13	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	8	7	14	14	10	18	18	18	16	20	15	10	10	8	12	13	12	10	11	9	14
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.0 W	1.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	12	12	14	12	12	16	11	12	9	12	7	13	14	13	14	14	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 W	0.2 SSE	0.5 SW	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	15	10	11	16	15	12	10	18	5	10	11	11	10	14	-	8	-	6	-	-	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.1 SW	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	13	-	3	-	3	4	5	4

	Tuesday 31							Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	8	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1233	1092	1011	846	851	3382	5040	4039	3628	3353	3061	1229	1231	3212	1761	1335	1103	1074	1168	1143	1017	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:02AM 2.43					4:28PM 1.47			2:48AM 1.96									5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26AM 0.80			3:37PM 0.00		8:31PM 0.12				8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39				11:07AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	16	14	10	9	8	7	6	9	14	15	16	10	10	11	11	14	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	16	13	8	7	5	4	3	7	14	14	16	8	8	10	10	14	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	14	14	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	9	8	14	14	10	10	11	10	10	10	16	15	-	14	11	10	10	10	15	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	8	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 31
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	9	9	10	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	224	1103	1102	1551	1834	126	11398	10965	10150	9150	8628	558	1128	2151	3156	4167	5090	5865	6388	5828	5100	3538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																4:44PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)								8:11AM 0.17														10:55PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	12	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	11	9	5	6	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	15	10	11	11	11	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	15	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	8	8	9	9	5	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	-	8	8	8	-	-	13	-	-

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