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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Fields Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	7	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 WSW	1.0 SE	2.4 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	12	12	14	14	10	13	10	12	13	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	298	218	153	237	577	700	803	1616	976	522	1194	6301	5279	5486	6449	6010	6087	2378	1912	1169	744	396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:22AM 1.55	4:53AM 2.26		1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44	1:35AM 1.55		2:07PM 1.50	2:33AM 1.42		3:17PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35		3:48PM 1.25		4:02AM 1.47	4:34PM 1.29		5:18AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 1.34	6:14PM 0.55		11:16AM 1.08	6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:20PM 0.71	8:07AM 0.47		8:11PM 0.32	8:04AM 0.43		9:23PM 0.29	10:00AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	10:17AM 0.25		10:41PM 0.21	11:36AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	8	-
High °C	17	18	14	19	20	15	23	22	11	15	17	14	16	16	14	16	14	13	14	15	14	12
Low °C	14	16	12	15	17	14	21	21	9	11	16	13	14	14	11	13	12	12	11	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	13	19	20	14	23	22	9	14	16	13	15	15	12	16	12	13	14	15	13	10
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SW	1.0 SE	0.5 N	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	6	12	7	14	14	11	13	9	12	10	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	12	12	12	11	24	9	15	13	11	10	9	9	13	-	9	12	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	2.4 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	6	6	7	7	8	10	6	10	12	13	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 11					Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.0 ENE	1.0 SE	2.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	7	12	8	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	257	276	273	273	207	204	222	276	279	384	852	504	1498	1197	1315	1600	1104	1166	1054	1274	1285	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:02PM 1.50		4:16PM 2.29		12:22AM 1.55				12:42PM 1.47					1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)								6:50AM 0.50				6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	13	17	18	16	12	12	11	11	15	20	22	23	15	13	13	13	17	19	23	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	17	18	16	10	10	9	9	14	20	22	23	14	12	12	12	17	19	23	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	7	12	8	7	8	8	13	13	14	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 N	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.1 ENE	0.8 SE	0.2 S	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	0.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	5	13	9	7	9	10	10	10	10	6	12	9	12	12	13	13	11	8	8	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	1.0 E	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 NNE	1.4 NE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	1.6 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	5	5	5	5	3	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11																Thursday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	11
Energy(?)	255	359	298	428	319	256	256	259	293	210	132	181	157	202	204	206	155	156	297	273	272	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:02PM 1.50												12:21AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				10:10AM 0.95							5:50PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	14	15	13	15	15	14	12	12	14	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	12	14	11	14	14	13	10	10	13	9	10	11
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	13	13	10	13	13	13	9	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5

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