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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	5	5	5	2	2	5	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	2.1 E	0.8 WSW	2.1 ESE	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.1 E	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	20	10	16	17	11	11	13	11	9	12	14	15	9	9	12	10	13	13	12	20
Energy(?)	717	2396	780	1909	1412	423	275	122	1320	491	1516	4863	3627	659	330	301	960	283	1338	1164	405	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:56PM 1.23		6:22AM 1.38	6:43PM 1.31		4:49AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.78		5:28AM 1.82	2:53PM 2.20		6:23AM 2.41	4:40PM 2.24	3:59AM 2.08						11:17PM 1.49	11:43AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 0.25		11:56PM 0.47	12:42PM 0.20		10:18PM 0.12	11:00AM 0.20		11:17PM 0.13	11:42AM 0.20		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		9:51PM 0.17	10:11AM 0.23		10:37PM 0.29	9:26AM 0.33	1:34PM 0.37		5:36AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
High °C	16	12	12	16	16	16	22	21	16	21	14	12	15	19	18	20	18	16	17	17	15	14
Low °C	15	12	11	13	16	14	18	20	15	20	14	9	11	14	17	17	17	13	15	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	10	11	16	16	15	22	21	16	21	12	9	15	19	18	20	17	16	17	17	15	13
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.1 E	1.1 SW	2.1 ESE	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.1 E	0.2 N	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.3 E	1.0 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	11	10	16	17	11	11	13	11	10	-	14	15	9	9	9	10	13	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	2.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	20	18	-	11	11	7	6	11	15	-	-	8	6	6	5	13	8	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.8 W	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NNE	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.2 NNE	1.1 NW	1.8 SSW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	8	9	-	9	-	4	5	-	5	9	12	-	-	6	4	12	6	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SE	1.9 SSW	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	12	8	11	11	10	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	12	12
Energy(?)	2490	3041	1069	1141	1169	1944	1739	1141	1260	1069	1693	1385	1200	2202	1134	1002	1164	653	534	507	1457	1282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:36AM 1.36								4:09AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				11:56AM 0.24			9:54PM 0.15				7:33AM 0.25	10:33AM 0.74			7:54PM 0.08					10:23AM 0.22	1:56PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	18	11	11	12	12	12	13	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	16	13	24	21
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	16	18	9	9	10	11	11	12	16	13	14	12	11	12	12	16	12	24	21
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.7 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	18	9	9	16	16	15	15	14	16	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 W	0.9 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	12	12	11	8	8	12	19	10	8	16	8	9	6	8	5	9	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	1.9 SSW	2.0 SE	1.9 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	8	8	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Tuesday 17
	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	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2423	2721	1962	2429	2336	1619	2501	2052	2211	2211	441	1733	1718	1161	498	435	1937	475	235	1445	366	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:36AM 1.42									2:03PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)									9:40AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	17	11	17	16
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	12	10	9	10	17	9	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	1.3 SE	3.0 SW	1.3 SE	1.7 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 E	1.4 SE	1.3 E	1.2 SE	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	11	13	13	13	13	15	7	7	14	22	22	11	14	16	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SE	1.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.0 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	9	-	9	9	7	11	11	7	7	4	7	8	12	4	4	8	4	-	-	3	3

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