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 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.0 NNW	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	13	9	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	12	16	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2099	492	960	5502	1305	1298	2736	1081	1088	2979	90	782	918	937	344	306	418	221	466	803	901	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 1.37	7:42AM 1.65			4:19AM 1.88	4:05PM 3.07	11:01PM 1.44	11:43AM 1.61	5:39PM 1.84		5:39AM 2.38				1:34PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.78			1:06AM 1.86		1:28PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29AM 0.20		3:43PM 0.29	10:10PM 0.44	10:28AM 0.50			5:32AM 0.60		11:22PM 1.04	11:55AM 0.58	6:59PM 0.35	12:13AM 0.62	7:27AM 0.33		7:47PM 0.33	8:08AM 0.15	2:27PM 1.05		7:19AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	8	-	8	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	17	14	17	13	16	17	14	14	13	14	10	19	20	15	21	16	12	15	15
Low °C	14	12	13	16	13	15	13	15	15	13	13	13	14	8	16	19	12	17	16	9	13	15
Chill °C (?)	15	13	11	16	13	17	11	16	17	12	14	12	13	9	19	20	14	21	16	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	0.4 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.5 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	13	9	10	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	12	12	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.7 E	1.1 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	12	12	9	12	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	10	12	11	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 W	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	-	8	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	10	10	10

	Friday 23			Saturday 24								Sunday 25								Monday 26
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.3 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 W	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1212	1109	1288	1488	5255	5071	4343	1232	2888	4974	3310	4437	1000	3183	1298	1568	1832	1276	1435	4082	3713	3474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 1.60		3:34AM 1.94											11:03AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)							9:06AM 0.88				9:35PM 0.86							4:50PM 0.18			3:09AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	18	18	12	13	14	13	15	13	14	20	15	14	13	14	15	17	18	16	15	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	10	11	13	12	15	11	14	20	15	13	13	14	15	17	18	16	15	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 E	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.3 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	13	12	13	10	9	12	13	13	9	13	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	-	1.6 ESE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 E	0.4 NW	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	11	-	11	11	11	10	12	10	14	13	11	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10

	Friday 23										Saturday 24
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	3.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.7 SE	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 E	1.5 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	2.1 S	2.5 W	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	14	14	12	10	10	14	11	14	10	8	10	10	10	7	14	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1315	1315	1343	1961	996	1087	686	1140	34	892	500	870	538	654	473	521	658	805	2653	1017	1094	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:36PM 1.51					2:42AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)															3:53AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	19	13	15	16	15	14	15	16	14	12	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	19	11	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	14	13	12	11	10	9	13	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	3.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 E	1.5 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	14	14	12	10	10	14	11	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 E	0.4 S	1.1 N	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SE	0.9 WSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	12	12	6	11	10	12	14	14	9	14	9	9	12	10	11	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 S	1.7 NNW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 S	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	9	5	5	-	9	6	5	-	-	6	-	5	5	6	7	-	6	6	6

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