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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.1 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 W	1.1 SE	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 W	4.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	8	14	13	9	13	8	10	13	12	14	13	13	16	13
Energy(?)	600	492	871	288	218	102	311	494	1061	1317	996	802	913	1812	605	1248	1520	5833	808	942	1569	1840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:42PM 2.45		12:02PM 1.50		12:22AM 1.55	4:53AM 2.26		7:04PM 1.51		1:22PM 1.44	7:29PM 2.06		2:05PM 1.42	2:33AM 1.42		2:15PM 1.61	3:26AM 1.36			11:40PM 1.93	4:30AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			10:19PM 1.27	6:08AM 0.51	6:14PM 0.55		11:16AM 1.08	6:52PM 0.31	1:17AM 0.83	7:29AM 0.48		1:42AM 0.99	8:07AM 0.47		8:11PM 0.32	8:47AM 0.33		9:06PM 0.29	9:44AM 0.28	5:29PM 0.34		10:48AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	17	18	14	20	21	15	18	24	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	19	20	15	13
Low °C	13	13	14	14	17	13	15	18	14	18	21	13	12	14	14	16	15	14	16	18	15	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	17	18	12	20	21	14	18	24	13	12	12	12	16	15	13	19	20	14	13
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 N	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 N	4.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	7	13	12	11	10	12	12	8	14	13	9	13	12	10	13	13	14	13	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 N	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	13	15	13	9	9	10	12	12	8	8	12	8	9	12	9	-	9	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 E	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	-	2.0 W	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 W	-	2.3 W	0.8 NW	-	-	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	-	8	-	4	6	5	6	8	8	-	9	7	8	4	-	12	5	-	-	8	-

	Tuesday 10					Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.8 NE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	6	11	7	12	12	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1119	1039	594	681	549	505	516	509	517	261	221	210	207	204	318	350	667	507	502	2050	1151	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50		4:50PM 2.12		12:22AM 1.55				12:46PM 1.23			8:05PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55				5:56AM 0.28								6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
Temp. °C	14	18	16	13	10	10	12	11	16	17	18	16	13	12	15	16	15	20	23	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	18	16	12	8	8	10	10	16	17	18	16	11	10	15	16	14	20	23	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	1.1 NNE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	7	11	11	12	11	10	6	6	7	12	12	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	14	8	10	8	12	13	9	14	9	10	11	11	12	6	10	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 E	-	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 W	-	2.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	11	-	8

	Tuesday 10																Wednesday 11
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1241	1064	600	557	533	522	1065	916	1095	571	638	720	740	628	361	361	362	609	447	414	356	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:21AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			9:52AM 1.19								5:33PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	14	14	15	17	14	16	14	14	16	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	13	14	16	13	15	13	13	15	11	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	13	11	7	16	14	14	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	0.5 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	7	7	-	7	-	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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