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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	3	1	1	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	2.3 W	1.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	0.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	8	9	9	7	10	12	11	7	18	9	17	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	12
Energy(?)	3891	952	138	107	1094	248	1096	567	271	288	2242	468	600	1972	1755	619	2618	198	640	505	604	2562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 2.43		5:24AM 2.39		7:35PM 2.37	7:58AM 2.32		10:43PM 1.54	11:01AM 1.69		9:42PM 2.26	5:55AM 1.74	6:05PM 2.80		6:28AM 2.37	1:19PM 1.64	1:34AM 1.76			8:21PM 2.57	9:14AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00AM 0.36		11:27PM 0.40	11:49AM 0.43		1:57AM 0.85		4:43PM 0.12		4:54AM 0.22	5:58PM 0.03	3:56AM 1.00	12:17PM 0.64		12:19AM 1.23	12:50PM 0.68		7:22PM 0.50	8:05AM 0.25	2:20PM 0.59	2:31AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	23	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	20	16	14	17	16	14	18	14	15	17	16	13	17	15	10	16	12	11	13
Low °C	12	14	16	17	16	12	15	16	12	15	13	14	16	16	12	15	15	8	16	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	18	20	15	14	17	16	14	18	12	15	16	16	12	17	14	8	15	11	9	11
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	16	8	9	14	14	10	12	11	7	10	9	17	16	14	14	13	6	13	16	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NNE	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	5	8	-	10	8	8	8	11	18	8	8	8	-	7	5	14	7	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	0.7 NW	2.3 W	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	2	-	4	9	7	-	-	-	3	18	-	5	-	-	-	13	6	-	13	-	5

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	9	5	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	12	12	11
Energy(?)	3891	3697	3448	4844	1997	626	457	229	92	70	84	811	3116	1406	1240	1302	1096	505	527	791	502	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:01PM 2.43					9:20AM 1.50						3:17AM 3.09			10:36AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00AM 0.36					1:06AM 0.77						9:43PM 0.39								9:44PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	18	14	12	11	11	16	20	18	22	14	13	12	10	12	15	16	19	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	15	18	12	10	9	8	15	20	18	22	12	12	12	9	11	15	16	19	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	9	8	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 N	0.3 SW	0.6 W	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	4	2	2	6	5	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	10	9	9	10	16	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6483	6371	3891	4005	3430	905	901	898	326	244	500	855	3127	1713	1787	2069	361	170	278	2468	1695	2379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:45PM 2.41								2:35AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 0.36		12:39PM 0.74								8:24PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3
High °C	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	18	15	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	12	13	15	16	16	15	13	17	14	11	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	10	9	9	10	16	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NW	0.2 NNW	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	9	4	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	12	-	14

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