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

7 day 48 hour

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SE	2.3 N	2.1 NE	1.2 SE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	12	12	11	14	13	13	12	16	16	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3829	2770	2182	1565	1022	753	1201	727	253	2219	2043	1351	1303	1584	1001	625	635	1040	1220	545	528	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:45AM	4:11PM		3:53AM	4:18PM		4:38AM	5:02PM	3:07AM	5:23AM	5:47PM	6:17PM	6:15AM		12:49AM 9:57AM		1:04PM		3:32AM	3:57PM	1:05PM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38PM	9:55AM		9:49PM 9:02PM	9:59AM		10:36PM	10:43AM		11:23PM	11:28AM		12:39AM		12:22PM	6:42PM	6:50AM		11:03PM	8:18AM		11:32PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	3	-	-	2	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	8	8	11	11	10	12	8	14	10	13	10	11	13	11	7	9	9	9	11	12
Low °C	5	7	8	6	8	9	8	11	8	13	10	13	10	11	11	11	6	8	9	7	9	12
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	6	11	10	8	11	5	13	8	12	10	11	13	11	4	7	7	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SE	2.3 N	1.2 NNW	0.5 E	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	6	12	12	11	14	13	13	12	16	16	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.2 E	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SE	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	11	11	10	13	12	20	17	16	6	-	6	7	12	-	9	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 NE	1.2 SE	-	0.5 E	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	3	-	6	6	-	-	4	4	5	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 NNE	2.2 N	2.3 N
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	4169	3829	3440	3003	2770	2155	2182	2023	1868	1565	1359	1111	1022	899	753	1106	1066	1201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				3:07AM 1.32				3:34PM 1.42				3:53AM 1.32						10:45PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38PM 0.32				9:14AM 0.30				9:49PM 0.33				10:03AM 0.27		4:48PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7
Temp. °C	7	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	11	11	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	10	10	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 NNE	2.2 N	2.3 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	6	-	6	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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