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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fox River West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.1 NNW	2.4 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 S	0.3 SW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.5 SW	0.7 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	8	13	9	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	20	9	8	12	8	10	10
Energy(?)	1575	140	541	1027	5101	1560	922	1742	2498	1291	1308	945	1651	1566	671	125	375	128	871	85	1805	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:46PM 1.49	9:56AM 1.42		10:08PM 1.40	10:20AM 2.22			5:10AM 1.82	5:04PM 2.97	12:02AM 1.68	12:20PM 1.46	6:49PM 1.79		6:51AM 2.36		7:29PM 2.89	12:39PM 2.23		2:48AM 1.66	9:18AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 0.21	3:53AM 0.43		4:02PM 0.19			2:40PM 0.34	10:59PM 0.49	11:23AM 0.56			6:11AM 0.19		12:31AM 1.12			1:48AM 1.13	6:45AM 0.82	6:55PM 0.65	8:25PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	5	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	18	13	14	12	17	14	15	17	15	18	13	14	13	14	13	18	16	15	15	20	11	13
Low °C	18	12	12	11	16	13	15	17	15	16	12	14	13	13	11	13	16	14	13	18	10	12
Chill °C (?)	18	11	14	10	17	12	14	17	15	18	12	13	12	13	12	18	16	13	14	19	8	12
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.1 E	4.0 W	1.0 SSE	1.8 S	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 S	0.4 SW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.5 SW	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	10	11	11	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	13	9	8	12	8	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.4 NW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	14	14	9	12	10	9	11	12	12	17	11	11	14	10	5	12	9	16	10	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	-	2.5 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	2.1 S	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 NW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	-	5	-	8	-	9	3	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	4	4	4	6	6	10	10

	Friday 23							Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	8	9	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1795	1699	1315	1068	1212	1109	1244	1072	4717	4613	3597	2112	1290	5009	3059	4428	3426	1623	3587	3435	1279	1520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 2.14		3:34AM 1.94			10:01AM 1.56					3:27AM 2.79		8:44AM 2.03			4:05PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:06AM 0.88				9:35PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	19	22	18	18	13	11	13	13	15	13	14	20	15	14	13	14	14	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	22	18	18	12	8	12	12	15	12	13	20	15	13	12	13	13	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.9 E	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 S	1.0 E	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	8	10	12	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	14	13	11	10	10	12	14	13	11	12	12	10	10	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	8	9	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-

	Friday 23
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.1 SE	2.3 E	1.4 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 SE	1.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	13	10	11	15	12	15	15	12	12	11	10	11
Energy(?)	1892	1926	1701	1668	1669	1699	797	203	1126	1110	843	311	1315	1194	767	1095	785	686	508	546	908	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			7:36PM 2.03		9:18PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	3	-
High °C	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	13	14	15	16	18	19	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	12	13	14	15	17	19	14	14	14	15	15	11	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.1 SE	2.3 E	1.4 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 SE	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	15	15	13	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 N	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 E	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	12	12	16	10	10	13	7	7	15	15	15	7	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	4	6	6	7	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	-

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