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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	5	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	2.4 W	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	13	9	13	14	14	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	755	1158	1396	696	634	1046	6075	2948	5464	8965	1721	2189	1777	1230	998	754	711	569	871	955	739	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.40			2:08AM 1.32		2:08PM 1.29	2:40AM 1.35		3:02PM 1.23	3:26AM 1.36		3:31PM 1.80	3:18AM 1.79	4:02AM 1.47	3:36PM 1.75	2:58AM 1.82	11:12AM 3.28		3:36AM 1.86		3:37PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 0.33	6:46PM 0.47	7:52PM 0.33	8:12AM 0.33		8:20PM 0.32	8:58AM 0.31		9:06PM 0.29	10:00AM 0.29		9:07PM 0.29	10:17AM 0.25		8:40PM 0.16	5:05AM 0.70	5:24PM 0.56	9:21PM 0.10	9:45AM 0.14		9:49PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	25	26	12	16	15	13	16	16	13	17	16	15	15	16	16	18	15	12	12	16	15
Low °C	14	20	23	10	11	15	13	15	15	11	14	16	13	14	14	14	16	14	11	11	15	13
Chill °C (?)	14	25	26	11	16	14	10	15	14	11	16	14	15	15	16	16	18	15	10	11	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.4 W	0.6 SE	2.5 SSW	0.4 N	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	14	9	9	9	12	14	14	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	8	9	14	13	9	20	9	14	9	-	12	-	-	-	10	11	11	12	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 WSW	1.2 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	3	6	-	13	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	9	13	13	15	16
Energy(?)	1153	1459	1168	1879	1158	1085	1396	1460	1462	1327	1338	1004	634	781	594	1208	1302	1204	1207	4165	10990	12054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32				1:27PM 1.58		8:44PM 2.63		1:01AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33				7:13AM 0.49			6:35PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	20	14	17	15	20	24	26	23	20	19	20	13	11	14	17	17	13	13	14	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	13	16	14	20	24	26	23	20	19	20	12	9	13	17	16	13	13	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SE	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	5.0 SW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	9	13	10	10	10	9	13	14	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	8	8	9	13	14	14	14	9	13	9	9	12	8	8	9	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	0.6 NW	2.4 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 NNE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.3 S	1.2 SW	1.2 S	0.5 N	2.0 SW	-	-	0.5 W	3.0 SW	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	7	8	4	8	8	6	8	9	-	5	-	6	6	6	3	10	-	-	3	13	15	-

	Thursday 12				Friday 13
	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	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.3 SSE	2.3 NE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 N	0.5 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	12	8	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	10	12	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1009	743	946	753	978	696	763	734	823	823	1151	819	365	816	487	590	455	75	399	468	780	826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:08AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	16	15	15	14	18	14	14	14	15	15	18	14	21	13	13	16	17	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	15	14	14	13	18	13	13	13	14	14	18	12	21	11	12	16	17	14	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SE	1.2 NE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	13	7	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.6 N	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	2.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	8	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	4	3	-	-	4	4	-	-

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