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 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	2	6	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	1.4 W	0.2 SSE	4.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	11	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1179	2001	1862	967	1692	868	1026	738	577	947	248	1875	1386	4384	926	50	5927	1623	1463	1791	1644	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.98			4:11PM 2.00				7:19PM 1.49	6:46AM 1.84		8:38PM 1.56	9:01AM 1.54		9:30PM 1.40	9:53AM 1.38		10:17PM 1.39	10:38AM 1.53		11:03PM 1.37	11:00AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			11:07PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.12		12:43AM 0.10	8:11AM 0.12	1:38PM 0.13	1:34AM 0.13		1:03PM 0.22	2:53AM 0.43		3:23PM 0.16	3:47AM 0.18		4:05PM 0.53		4:37AM 0.50	4:50PM 0.54		4:55AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	11	12	16	12	18	20	19	20	19	18	17	15	18	11	15	13	11	15	10	16
Low °C	8	13	10	11	14	10	15	20	15	18	17	14	16	14	17	11	15	10	8	15	9	14
Chill °C (?)	8	11	9	10	15	12	18	20	19	20	19	18	17	14	17	9	13	13	10	15	9	16
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	-	1.7 S	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	1.4 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 N	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	10	12	11	14	10	14	14	15	15	15	5	12	9	10	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	1.3 SE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	-	0.9 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.3 E	0.1 N	1.6 W	1.4 SW	0.3 NNW	1.6 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	-	8	10	10	9	9	8	9	15	-	10	12	9	13	9	18	14	15	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NE	0.3 N	0.6 N	1.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.3 W	0.4 SE	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	-	-	4	5	2	4	10	5	-	-	5	5	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef 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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	20	18	11	17	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1093	1664	849	1413	1426	1862	1271	3005	1208	1071	1171	1283	1047	1051	1126	1330	1026	1064	731	545	510	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							1:26AM 2.19	6:28AM 1.52				6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:53PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			9:38PM 0.03	11:51PM 0.08				11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	10	11	9	11	10	11	13	12	12	15	12	11	10	10	15	19	19	17	15	19
Chill °C (?)	7	11	8	9	6	10	10	9	13	10	10	15	12	10	9	9	15	19	19	17	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	17	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 ESE	1.5 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.8 NE
Period (s)	11	-	11	20	18	8	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	12	10	9	9	9	8	5	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.0 S	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NNE	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	12	-	3	3	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	3	6

	Tuesday 03																Wednesday 04
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef 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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	0.6 WSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	12	20	11	12	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1189	1998	1179	1191	1231	2338	474	2867	2001	1194	1178	3114	2827	2219	2224	2108	1821	2103	1821	2932	2106	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:49PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:23AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	11	8	10	10	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	4	9	7	9	8	10	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	0.1 NE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	0.9 SW	0.1 NE	-	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.6 SE	0.4 NE	1.6 SE	2.1 S	2.1 SE	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	9	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	1.8 SE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	-	20	16	-	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	12	3	11	12	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	-

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