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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	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	14	13	11	14	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1400	1233	1556	1128	755	1169	920	786	443	414	2711	3042	846	1159	1794	772	462	827	908	437	665	933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:37PM 1.53			6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.56	6:19AM 1.69		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		8:55PM 1.58	9:21AM 1.51		9:26PM 1.40		4:24PM 1.80		7:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			11:50PM 0.39	7:00AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50	12:27PM 0.29	1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	3:20AM 0.56		3:28PM 0.60	3:49AM 0.25	10:12AM 0.51		12:03AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	-	21	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	15	10	17	18	15	17	21	16	11	12	12	14	18	14	20	20	13	15	18	16	22
Low °C	12	12	10	14	16	12	14	18	16	10	12	10	14	17	12	17	17	12	12	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	8	17	18	15	17	21	15	10	9	11	13	18	12	20	20	10	14	18	15	22
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	14	7	11	14	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 N	1.0 W	0.5 NE	0.5 N	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	15	12	10	10	16	10	11	5	7	-	16	5	16	5	5	13	15	-	11	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	1.6 E	0.2 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	3	-	13	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	6	7	8	8

	Wednesday 01					Thursday 02								Friday 03								Sat
	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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13
Energy(?)	3122	1247	1233	3051	1780	1306	1087	1069	1128	1035	1013	1046	1118	1169	1401	1126	1039	1037	1230	1613	1967	871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)								5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54			1:50PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39				11:07AM 0.21				12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19			9:25PM 0.49	10:34PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	15	17	10	10	10	10	14	18	18	16	15	13	13	12	15	20	19	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	8	15	14	17	8	8	9	9	14	18	18	16	15	12	12	11	14	20	19	18	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.1 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	16	15	11	14	11	10	10	10	15	10	17	17	16	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 01	Thursday 02
	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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3387	1446	1400	932	1355	1247	1303	1273	1605	1667	1546	1510	1310	1515	1780	1780	1309	1221	1367	1066	1010	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:28PM 1.82	5:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 0.45												11:50PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	12	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	7	11	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	10	13	11	9	8	8	8	8	10	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.5 S
Period (s)	10	16	16	9	16	16	16	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	10	13	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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