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

	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	8	8	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSE	4.0 SW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 S	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	10	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	13	16	15	14	13	15	14	14	13	17	16
Energy(?)	2873	5549	1269	4370	3107	1443	1106	1111	1523	2831	2397	2287	5258	4240	3673	3371	7364	7293	3042	1083	2117	3499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:30PM	9:26AM	4:49PM	7:41PM	5:07AM		11:21PM	9:14AM		9:49PM	8:53AM		10:43PM			7:26PM	7:44AM		12:30AM		1:04PM	1:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM		2:04AM	11:35AM	2:27PM		3:04AM	3:27PM			4:21PM		6:10AM	1:09PM 8:50AM	1:30AM		1:57PM	7:05PM	6:26AM		7:35PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	20	-	-	4
High °C	11	12	15	10	11	14	14	12	13	12	12	15	14	17	19	16	14	14	14	13	14	12
Low °C	9	12	14	9	9	14	13	9	13	10	10	15	13	13	16	15	14	14	12	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	9	10	14	14	12	13	12	11	15	12	16	19	15	13	13	14	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 S	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	11	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	13	16	15	14	13	16	15	14	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 E	0.1 W	-	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.0 N	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	10	10	10	13	12	10	24	-	19	18	-	-	-	-	7	-	12	17	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	4.0 SW	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	-	-	-	4

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	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	6	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	13	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6953	2873	3621	3718	5549	4663	1269	5313	4747	4370	3463	3563	3107	1535	1443	1285	1267	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)									7:41PM 1.87				8:08AM 1.74	9:40AM 1.66		4:13PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)											12:35AM 0.70							10:22PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	10	12	12	12	15	11	10	10	11	9	9	10	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	6	8	9	10	9	14	9	9	8	11	8	8	10	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	3.0 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 E	2.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	11	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	12	-	11	-	11	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	11	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	13	13	13	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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