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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	Wed		Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 W	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 N	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	13	8	7	7	9	8	13
Energy(?)	1233	1556	1128	755	1182	833	796	701	729	1299	2273	876	1499	1259	692	359	307	424	516	1253	486	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 1.53	12:53AM 2.08	5:59AM 1.57	6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54			7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		8:55PM 1.58	9:21AM 1.51				5:45PM 2.15	7:21PM 1.64	7:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			12:16PM 0.51		12:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.55	12:10AM 0.27		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	3:20AM 0.56		3:15PM 0.27	11:20PM 0.81	10:12AM 0.51		1:45AM 0.60		4:45PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	18	18	15	18	20	17	12	13	14	16	18	17	14	19	16	16	18	13	21	14
Low °C	12	9	14	16	13	14	18	10	11	12	13	14	17	16	9	18	14	15	16	12	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	8	18	18	15	18	20	16	10	12	14	16	18	17	13	19	16	15	17	13	21	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 W	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 N	0.8 S	0.6 S	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	13	8	11	12	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.8 N	-	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	12	10	10	16	10	11	10	7	8	6	5	5	6	-	7	12	-	-	14	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	7	3	-	4

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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	1.6 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	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1233	3051	1780	1306	1087	1057	1128	1035	1013	1021	1108	1182	1401	1144	1039	1060	1232	1520	1825	701	527	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54			3:05PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	16	10	9	10	10	14	18	18	16	15	14	13	13	15	21	19	17	15	17	11	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	8	7	9	9	14	18	18	16	15	13	12	12	14	21	19	17	14	17	9	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.6 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	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	15	11	14	11	10	10	10	15	10	17	17	16	9	10	10	21	10	-	-	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	10	-	-	-	4	4	5

	Wednesday 01	Thursday 02
	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	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1303	892	1233	1229	1244	1244	1462	1359	1376	1595	1309	1306	1287	1263	1087	1057	1114	959	939	1264	1232	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)											11:50PM 0.39										9:32AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	14	14	12	11	13	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	14	13	13	11	10	11	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	14	13	13	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	10	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-

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