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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	Thu		Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 WSW	2.2 S	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	13	7	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	9	9	16
Energy(?)	1171	1991	1563	2063	2682	529	4112	2209	1583	4316	5378	1861	2216	995	1042	817	655	485	419	275	202	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 1.13	9:23AM 1.22		9:18PM 1.37	9:42AM 1.47		10:22PM 1.34	10:32AM 1.46		10:47PM 2.23	11:06AM 1.81	5:39PM 1.84		6:13AM 1.76		12:54AM 1.72	7:27AM 1.75		7:24PM 2.71	7:49AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 0.15		3:16PM 0.21	3:29AM 0.20		4:37PM 0.43		4:20AM 0.20	4:50PM 0.18		4:59AM 0.31		11:57PM 0.56	12:29PM 0.61	6:34PM 0.14			1:09PM 0.60	1:43AM 0.83		2:27PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	7	-	15	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	20	15	14	13	17	15	16	16	12	17	18	15	13	15	13	21	17	18	23	16
Low °C	18	16	19	14	13	12	16	13	14	16	11	16	15	14	13	14	11	18	16	15	20	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	14	13	11	17	15	16	16	10	16	18	14	12	15	13	21	17	18	23	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	13	8	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	11	10	12	11	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	19	11	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 S	-	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	9	4	3	-

	Thursday 22			Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	9	9	13	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1171	2563	2248	1892	1795	1699	1197	1093	1171	1000	1163	1558	4502	4626	4337	1739	2020	4221	4469	3423	3005	1631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 1.13				9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 2.14		3:34AM 1.94								3:27AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)					2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:41AM 0.45				9:36PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	2	2	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	19	17	17	17	19	22	18	18	13	12	13	13	15	13	13	19	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	21	18	17	17	17	19	22	18	18	12	10	12	12	15	11	12	19	15	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 S	2.2 S	0.4 NNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	9	9	12	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	1.0 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	9	9	13	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 22										Friday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 E	1.3 SE	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	10	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2802	2585	2599	1241	1388	1578	1871	2452	1810	1843	698	2647	1468	1544	1476	1952	377	1198	670	800	831	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)								8:46PM 1.29						2:54AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 0.17																	8:20AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	18	20	18	19	18	17	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	17	16	15	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	17	18	17	17	18	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	14	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 E	1.3 SE	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	10	16	16	16	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	10	8	8	8	10	10	12	6	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	10	10	3	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	6	-	5	-	-

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