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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	8	10	10	11	11	14	11	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	629	661	794	2757	1312	1911	1696	1057	641	7994	5911	2071	2089	6616	5941	2816	1802	1564	1092	1297	723	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.40	6:51AM 1.82	2:30PM 2.07		6:03AM 2.09	3:57PM 2.04	9:18PM 1.37	10:20AM 1.44		7:26PM 1.75	10:45AM 1.41		11:01PM 1.44	11:53AM 1.60		12:07AM 1.43	12:26PM 1.43			7:27AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 0.50	2:08AM 0.47			11:52PM 0.26	12:17PM 0.37		3:29AM 0.20	4:09AM 0.18	4:42PM 0.13	1:51AM 0.32	4:34AM 0.18	4:50PM 0.18		5:42AM 0.39	6:11PM 0.38		6:18AM 0.18	6:40PM 0.14	1:06AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	25	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	17	19	21	17	19	16	13	18	17	15	16	14	13	17	15	13	14	15	13	12
Low °C	15	17	16	18	21	16	18	15	12	16	17	12	15	13	12	15	14	13	14	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	19	21	17	19	15	11	18	16	15	16	13	12	17	14	12	13	14	13	11
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 S	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	12	12	10	11	11	14	11	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	0.7 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	22	10	10	10	13	14	11	12	11	11	10	-	12	12	-	16	16	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.9 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	7	8	10	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	11	10	10	-	4

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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.0 ENE	1.4 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	3.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	7	10	20	20	18	9	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14
Energy(?)	638	587	561	595	844	505	729	571	2945	8819	3162	2227	2611	1757	1823	1642	1325	1246	1314	1073	1119	1333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:25PM 1.71					8:10AM 1.50			5:55PM 1.79	8:46PM 1.29				9:18AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45		2:16PM 0.50		8:06PM 0.42	11:10PM 0.24					3:08PM 0.17				2:40AM 0.20				3:25PM 0.20		9:25PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	18	16	15	14	13	13	17	22	23	15	17	18	17	16	20	23	18	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	15	14	13	12	13	17	22	23	15	17	18	17	16	20	23	18	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NNE	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	12	10	8	8	18	9	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	-	-	12	20	20	11	11	12	11	16	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	3.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	2.3 ENE	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	7	-	8	8	-	9	11	-	9	4	4	4	5	-	5	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 21																Thursday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.5 NNE	1.4 E	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.1 S	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	13	10	6	11	11	14	14	7	7	7	7	8	13	13	8	8	8	20	20
Energy(?)	601	400	629	292	708	415	298	321	417	964	958	1139	1014	656	723	414	402	1287	875	955	894	889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:39PM 2.07					8:00PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45																			2:02AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	15	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	14	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.5 NNE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	10	11	11	11	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	11	10	12	12	12	22	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 E	1.6 E	-	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	5	3	6	7	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	-	-

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