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

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	8	5	5	4	3	3	3	1	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 WSW	1.0 SE	2.4 W	0.9 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	14	14	10	13	10	12	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	453	598	720	816	1424	949	537	1149	257	7512	10494	3237	5477	3321	3370	671	1117	336	133	1773	903	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 1.23		1:03AM 1.54		1:29PM 1.60	1:48AM 1.40		2:30PM 1.22	2:47AM 1.34		3:02PM 1.23	3:18AM 1.44		3:48PM 1.25		4:30AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.28		12:24PM 2.10	3:12PM 1.79	3:52AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:26PM 0.34	8:03AM 0.35		8:28PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		8:55PM 0.28	9:32AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	10:48AM 0.25		10:31PM 0.16	6:19AM 0.26		9:45PM 0.66	9:44AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	15	23	21	11	15	16	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	13	16	12	22	12	11	14
Low °C	14	17	14	20	20	9	12	15	14	13	15	12	13	14	12	12	15	12	18	12	8	9
Chill °C (?)	20	18	14	23	21	9	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	11	22	9	8	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 SW	1.0 SE	0.5 N	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	7	14	14	10	13	9	12	9	15	16	15	16	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	1.3 SE	1.2 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 S	0.3 S	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	11	12	9	15	9	11	9	-	9	-	-	9	-	13	14	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 NE	2.1 NNE	1.8 ENE	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 W	-	4.5 SW	-	-	0.8 NW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NW	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	8	10	7	10	-	14	-	-	5	14	14	-	-	4	4	12	-	9

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SE	2.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	7	12	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	267	268	361	386	310	538	1187	1389	1261	1796	1158	1094	1060	1381	1459	1462	1347	1056	1498	1487	2034	1623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:42PM 1.47					1:14AM 1.33				1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32		9:30AM 1.61	12:35PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 0.50				6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33							6:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	15	20	22	24	20	14	14	14	18	23	22	23	20	19	19	15	12	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	20	22	24	20	13	13	13	18	23	22	23	20	19	19	13	10	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	13	14	14	13	14	9	14	13	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	9	9	12	13	13	13	8	7	8	9	9	14	9	9	21	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	-	1.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	9	10

	Thursday 12
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	11	6	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	12
Energy(?)	155	212	191	235	141	364	297	396	468	409	384	460	469	391	614	622	643	739	37	124	270	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:37PM 1.29							7:59PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						6:31AM 0.35												6:58PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	11	15	15	14	16	17	18	23	23	21	22	19	18	17	18	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	13	15	16	18	23	23	21	22	18	17	15	18	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	8:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	10	11	6	6	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	1.9 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7

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