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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	Fri	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	1	1	6	4	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	4.0 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSE	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	8	9	13	14	11	10	12	12	18	16	16	16	14	10	13	13	11	11	13
Energy(?)	5053	3891	2611	148	92	6046	355	1197	523	270	287	2096	2977	2528	1693	1084	234	1454	3578	1771	1837	2285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 2.41	3:30PM 2.13	3:07AM 2.00	5:24AM 2.39	5:51PM 2.37		7:33AM 1.77		8:06PM 1.81	8:56AM 1.62		11:41PM 1.57	12:01PM 1.69		12:49AM 1.78	10:57AM 1.71		1:44AM 1.78	8:05AM 2.83	2:13PM 1.61	2:39AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	2:17AM 0.14	12:39PM 0.74		8:59PM 0.30	11:49AM 0.43		12:18AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		5:23PM 0.14		5:53AM 0.22	6:48PM -0.00		4:51AM 0.41	5:15PM 0.31	7:32PM 0.27			8:23PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	3	-	-
High °C	12	16	18	18	20	13	14	18	19	15	19	14	12	14	16	13	23	16	15	16	16	13
Low °C	10	12	14	17	17	12	12	16	18	13	17	13	9	12	16	11	17	16	13	14	16	10
Chill °C (?)	9	16	18	18	20	11	14	18	19	15	18	12	10	13	16	13	23	15	15	16	16	11
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 S	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	15	8	9	9	14	11	10	12	12	7	16	16	16	14	10	13	7	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	9	6	8	9	8	8	8	13	21	10	-	10	8	5	8	8	13	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 NW	4.0 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 N	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 NE	0.2 NNE	1.6 NE	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	10	-	4	13	9	-	-	3	6	18	-	-	-	5	3	6	13	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	6	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 W	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	8	5	8	8	9	13	12	13	13	11	10
Energy(?)	275	1435	6380	4312	3891	3697	3448	2286	1990	1484	213	72	132	69	84	272	3181	5226	1009	1048	1197	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:03PM 1.45		3:13AM 2.09					6:15PM 1.89					9:20AM 1.50				7:06PM 1.85					10:46AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 0.70				11:00AM 0.36				12:35AM 0.22						4:14PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	10	10	10	12	16	17	13	12	11	12	17	19	18	21	17	12	10	13	10	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	7	8	9	10	16	16	12	10	8	10	17	19	18	21	17	10	8	13	9	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 W	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	8	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	13	13	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	11	13	9	-	-	-	8	6	7	9	9	8	7	8	6	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.6 WNW	1.7 W	0.5 W	-	1.2 N	0.3 SW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	4	3	6	3	-	5	3	4	9	13	12	-	-	-	-

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	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	6	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.7 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	11	10	10	7	11	15	15	10	13	10	10
Energy(?)	336	890	7397	5446	5227	5053	4805	3691	3668	3668	433	491	482	327	192	721	3430	3177	614	1977	719	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)														8:18AM 1.74	9:03AM 1.26					2:09PM 3.35
Low Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 0.09															12:09PM 0.23			3:24PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	13	13	12	15	16	14	16	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	8	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	11	15	16	13	16	17	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.4 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	8	10	-	-	-	11	11	11	8	11	10	10	7	11	15	15	10	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	13	13	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.7 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-

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