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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 S	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	8	8	9	14	8	12	12	10	18	19	16	16	8	13	14	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1612	1772	501	449	232	623	420	86	433	562	344	834	476	1258	502	205	312	397	454	99	830	1102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:32AM 1.47		2:41PM 1.38	3:02AM 2.04		3:23PM 2.01	3:16AM 2.07		5:01PM 1.49		11:01AM 3.17			4:19AM 2.53	6:50PM 1.51		4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05	2:06AM 2.11		2:24PM 2.16	8:42PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 0.14		8:40PM 0.12	9:20AM 0.11		8:51PM 0.06	9:35AM 0.15		11:13PM 0.03	4:46AM 0.16	5:34PM 0.59	11:32PM -0.01	10:30AM 0.70		10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		7:51PM 0.24	8:13AM 0.31		2:54AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	24	17	22	16	14	15	13	11	16	11	15	15	17	12	16	17	13	15	16	14
Low °C	13	13	22	16	21	14	13	15	13	11	15	11	14	13	15	11	14	17	11	15	15	12
Chill °C (?)	11	17	24	17	22	15	14	14	11	9	16	9	15	14	17	10	16	16	13	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.5 E	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.1 W	0.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	9	7	8	12	12	10	18	9	11	11	8	13	14	12	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 SE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	10	11	10	8	14	8	24	21	22	11	12	16	16	12	8	16	-	15	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	-	1.7 ENE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 SW	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	10	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	-	4	-	3	4	-	-	-	13	-

	Tue	Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Friday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NNW	1.8 N	1.4 NE	1.5 E	1.6 NE	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	10	8	9	8	9	14	8	14	13	13	8
Energy(?)	1059	1032	1805	1137	1780	1081	1195	1027	1067	1074	1036	723	663	551	514	647	588	619	502	512	547	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:15AM 1.43				1:43PM 1.81								3:55PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				9:18PM 0.09		2:52AM 0.37		9:20AM 0.11				7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40		10:47AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	11	14	16	17	13	19	17	16	15	19	15	24	14	12	12	13	14	15	22
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	9	13	16	17	12	19	17	16	14	19	14	24	13	11	11	13	14	15	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 NNW	1.8 N	1.4 NE	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	10	8	9	8	9	9	8	14	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	8	9	8	7	10	8	13	13	8	8	10	8	8	14	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	2.1 S	-	0.4 WSW	-	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	-	-	1.9 NNE	-	1.6 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	8	-	3	-	8	8	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 30				Wednesday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.6 W	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	6	9	8	11	16	10	7	8	7	7	7	14	14	14	7
Energy(?)	1486	1424	2028	1078	1485	1443	1106	347	725	728	348	312	1377	492	555	938	938	924	794	694	727	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							1:21AM 1.87											12:22PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 0.12																			3:12PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	16	16	16	12	13	13	12	11	16	16	13	12	14	12	19	12	12	12	15	14	14	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	10	11	12	10	8	16	16	11	9	13	9	19	9	9	9	15	14	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	2.0 E	0.5 SE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	11	12	10	9	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	2.0 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	12	8	15	10	15	10	14	10	10	10	16	16	9	8	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.0 SSE	1.7 E	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 E	1.7 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 WSW	2.0 E	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	-	-	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	6	-	-	3	3	4	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	7

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