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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baches Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	9	9	5	9	9	4	5	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 E	1.6 E	2.5 W	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	10
Energy(?)	551	721	594	1091	1060	1415	2243	1463	704	1027	397	1330	11306	13503	3457	11559	3053	2434	1894	1630	903	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 2.02		1:54PM 2.08	2:17AM 2.01			8:58PM 1.43	9:18AM 1.52	6:38PM 1.77		6:47AM 2.04	4:42PM 1.99	7:26PM 1.75	11:08AM 1.44		8:22PM 1.73	8:51AM 1.71		11:56PM 1.49	12:20PM 1.46		1:02AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 0.45		8:06PM 0.42	8:23AM 0.43	3:03PM 0.47	3:00AM 0.45			12:38AM 0.31			1:51AM 0.32	4:58AM 0.17	4:59PM 0.17	2:49AM 0.37		5:41PM 0.16		6:11AM 0.19	6:45PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	26	12	-	-	5	4	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	14	16	17	17	20	15	15	13	16	13	14	15	14	15	15	13	17	17	15
Low °C	15	16	17	13	16	16	16	18	15	12	12	14	12	14	15	14	15	14	12	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	13	15	16	16	20	14	12	12	15	10	13	14	13	14	14	13	17	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 E	1.6 E	0.9 NNW	1.6 S	1.7 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	0.5 E	1.6 SSE	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	14	10	20	11	10	11	11	11	11	8	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	9	21	10	10	10	15	10	5	10	10	9	10	12	-	-	12	17	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.5 E	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 SSE	2.5 W	0.8 WNW	2.2 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	8	9	-	6	-	10	8	4	8	12	13	-	13	12	11	-	10	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	5.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	10	10	14	14	13	7	20	20	18	18	11	10	16	16	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	575	551	564	594	630	587	561	521	1058	504	696	571	1180	10726	1415	1381	2183	1772	1600	1456	1354	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:40AM 2.02													5:55PM 1.79					9:09AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 0.46				7:47AM 0.45		2:16PM 0.50			11:10PM 0.24					2:40PM 0.22				2:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	15	16	17	18	17	14	13	13	14	15	20	17	15	15	16	16	16	19	21
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	15	16	16	17	16	12	13	13	14	15	20	16	15	15	15	16	16	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	2.2 E
Period (s)	13	12	10	10	10	14	14	13	10	8	8	18	18	11	10	16	8	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	10	-	-	11	20	20	11	9	12	10	9	16	10	10	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	5.5 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	7	-	8	-	8	11	-	8	9	5	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 20				Wednesday 21
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	460	547	575	509	540	268	306	373	471	252	336	278	672	650	537	665	663	383	403	430	894	905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:45AM 2.14				8:06AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 0.46						1:20AM 0.50										11:14AM 0.31		1:46PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	14	14	14	12	12	12	9	13	17	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	13	13	13	9	9	9	6	11	16	14	13	14	14	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	11	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 S	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	13	8	12	24	12	7	7	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	5	6	6	3	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

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