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 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 WSW	1.1 SE	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 S	1.2 SW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	7	12	12	13	13	10	13	9	12	13	14	14	14	13	16	16	14	13	8
Energy(?)	288	218	204	364	587	701	1077	1297	1012	522	2683	5400	4468	4916	4839	1388	3717	2937	1180	186	793	1460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 1.54		12:42PM 1.47		1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44	1:45AM 1.53		2:05PM 1.42	8:44PM 2.63		3:02PM 1.23	11:01PM 1.81		4:04PM 1.25		4:12AM 1.39	4:34PM 1.29		5:00AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 0.95		11:22PM 1.40	6:50AM 0.50	6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:30PM 0.52	8:07AM 0.47		3:01AM 1.23	8:45AM 0.44			10:00AM 0.29		10:11PM 0.26	10:30AM 0.24		10:41PM 0.21	11:17AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	78	14
High °C	17	18	12	19	20	15	24	23	11	14	16	13	16	16	14	16	16	13	17	14	16	14
Low °C	14	17	11	15	17	14	20	20	9	11	15	11	14	15	12	13	15	11	16	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	10	19	20	14	24	23	9	12	15	12	15	15	12	16	16	13	16	12	15	12
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	12	11	10	7	12	7	13	13	11	9	9	11	9	14	14	14	16	16	16	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 S	0.3 N	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	9	10	12	12	12	8	11	12	13	20	13	11	9	9	-	17	12	12	14	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 NW	1.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	6	7	8	8	10	6	9	12	13	-	-	-	13	4	-	7	7	-

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 N	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.6 W	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	8	7	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	516	585	260	276	218	249	207	204	222	276	335	202	274	769	624	1234	1369	1494	1077	1088	1139	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:51AM 2.41	5:05AM 1.58		12:02PM 1.50				12:22AM 1.55							8:05PM 1.56		1:21AM 1.32				1:32PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)						6:14PM 0.55				6:50AM 0.50		12:08PM 1.42		6:51PM 0.34					7:27AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	13	17	18	17	12	12	12	11	15	17	21	21	17	13	13	13	20	24	23	20
Chill °C (?)	11	15	12	17	18	17	10	10	10	9	14	17	21	21	16	12	12	12	20	24	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 N	0.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 W	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	8	12	12	11	7	8	8	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	15	5	13	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	12	9	12	8	13	13	13	8	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 N	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	-	7	-	4	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	7	7	3	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Wednesday 11
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	4	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8
Energy(?)	602	712	328	374	371	371	417	412	405	333	319	210	63	223	267	232	184	185	194	159	159	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						6:08AM 0.51												6:23PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	11	10	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	8	8	8	10	12	13	14	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	15	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	8	5	14	13	13	8	8	8	8	13	5	7	7	10	8	11	11	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

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