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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	Wed	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 S	4.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	0.3 SW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	11	11	14	13	8	13	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	13	8
Energy(?)	395	2247	1357	1898	1548	140	1553	822	5280	1610	737	2139	1989	1989	3712	3067	1213	786	948	342	43	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:23AM 2.12	2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99	9:18AM 1.52		9:15PM 1.40	9:32AM 1.69		10:08PM 1.40	10:32AM 1.46		11:22PM 1.62	11:37AM 1.40		11:46PM 1.96	10:35AM 1.58			7:27AM 1.75		1:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34AM 0.35		8:45PM 0.40		3:57PM 0.18	3:26AM 0.21		4:42PM 0.13		4:20AM 0.20	5:24PM 0.40		5:27AM 0.17	5:41PM 0.16		4:30AM 0.34	4:38PM 0.32	1:06AM 0.61		1:45PM 0.62	7:37PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	13	24	-	-	1	6	2	5	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1
High °C	17	16	19	17	20	12	14	13	15	14	17	17	15	17	14	12	15	13	11	12	13	14
Low °C	16	16	18	16	19	11	11	11	15	13	16	16	14	16	14	11	13	13	10	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	17	20	10	13	11	14	12	17	17	13	16	12	10	15	12	9	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 WSW	0.9 E	4.0 W	0.6 E	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 E	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	9	9	11	11	12	13	10	13	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	9	8	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SE	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	10	14	7	9	12	13	9	9	10	12	11	11	16	11	13	11	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	-	2.1 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	8	9	-	4	-	5	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	8

	Wed	Thursday 22								Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	20	20	20	9	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1131	505	1007	1035	1603	3469	1352	1315	2124	1892	1795	1477	1332	1127	1212	1095	1301	1146	4193	5582	5248	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:17AM 2.01		8:25AM 1.51				9:03PM 1.13				9:18AM 1.52				7:14PM 1.60		3:34AM 1.94			10:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55PM 0.21	11:10PM 0.24					2:28PM 0.24				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	17	16	17	21	18	16	19	17	16	16	19	22	17	18	12	10	12	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	17	16	17	21	18	16	18	17	16	16	19	22	17	18	10	7	12	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 S	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	11	20	20	20	21	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	8

	Wednesday 21				Thursday 22
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	21	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	9	9	9	8	18	18	18	18	10
Energy(?)	1158	360	844	841	402	1546	1032	927	1401	873	1085	233	225	2005	2485	2291	789	172	1430	1214	1199	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:23AM 1.43						2:30PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)							1:50AM 0.22											12:15PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	2	2	4	3	6	7	-	1	1	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	14	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	0.6 S	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 S	2.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	13	13	12	11	13	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	21	12	12	-	-	22	22	-	22	11	22	22	22	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	11	5	5	3

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