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

	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	18	10	11	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	16	14	13
Energy(?)	1194	1630	1721	850	1070	682	850	446	355	2220	3725	3366	3817	3327	4523	4222	1676	1462	643	812	964	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.15	6:05AM 1.61	1:39PM 2.25	2:03AM 2.18		6:23PM 1.85	7:47PM 1.55	8:09AM 1.56		8:42PM 1.41	9:13AM 1.43		9:27PM 1.58	9:53AM 1.38		10:13PM 1.58	10:38AM 1.53		7:54PM 1.62	5:05AM 1.71	5:45PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 0.11		7:54PM 0.02	8:11AM 0.12		1:59AM 0.38		2:17PM 0.16	2:58AM 0.15		3:23PM 0.16	3:46AM 0.48		3:50PM 0.23		4:37AM 0.50	4:23PM 0.28	2:17AM 0.58	11:25AM 0.63		11:51PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	16	11	18	20	18	19	18	16	16	17	13	13	16	15	16	17	13	18	19	13
Low °C	10	13	14	10	15	20	16	18	17	14	15	16	11	11	16	13	15	16	11	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	10	18	20	18	19	18	16	16	17	13	12	15	15	16	17	12	18	19	11
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	18	10	11	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.1 NW	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	11	11	10	11	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	0.4 N	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	4

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	17	16	16	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	531	1946	1271	1269	1375	1154	1402	1265	1000	1007	1100	1373	1072	1025	716	619	510	520	755	525	711	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 2.19					6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 0.08			7:32AM 0.12	11:31AM 0.14					1:24AM 0.11				1:29PM 0.13						8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	13	12	15	14	11	11	11	10	15	19	19	17	13	19	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	11	13	10	15	14	10	10	10	9	15	19	19	17	12	19	17	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	11	17	16	16	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	15	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.7 NE	1.1 SW	0.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	5	8	6	14	6	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	5	6	4	3	4	-

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	11	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	347	1425	1037	1156	1212	702	1797	1650	1645	2177	2755	2308	1727	2144	2631	1597	1565	1420	1275	321	1220	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:38AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:25PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	16	15	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	12	12	14	16	15	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	8	18	18	18	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	19	22	10	10	10	8	16	16	14	14	14	13	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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