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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	11	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	968	2265	850	1042	757	381	1000	739	3239	4584	4170	2535	1381	3734	3477	1668	1188	1488	802	827	417	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:36PM 1.89		7:15AM 1.59		7:53PM 1.41	8:18AM 1.46		8:38PM 1.56	9:06AM 1.42		8:58PM 1.46	9:37AM 1.35				4:49PM 1.76		4:11AM 1.67		8:53PM 1.56	8:52AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 0.11		11:50PM 0.12		1:39PM 0.44	2:07AM 0.13		2:17PM 0.16	2:53AM 0.43		3:18PM 0.50	3:15AM 0.22		3:36PM 0.24	10:18PM 0.48	9:42AM 0.55		11:00PM 0.63	10:27AM 0.66	2:40PM 0.58	3:17AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	8	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	11	18	21	18	14	17	16	17	18	14	13	17	15	17	17	15	14	14	15	18
Low °C	11	14	10	15	20	16	14	17	14	15	17	11	13	15	14	17	16	15	13	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	15	10	18	21	17	13	16	16	17	18	14	12	17	14	17	17	15	13	13	15	18
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	11	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	1.2 WNW	0.5 E	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.5 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	5	15	10	10	-	8	9	-	11	12	12	11	10	15	10	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 NNW	1.0 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	10	-	4	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	3

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	17
Energy(?)	1345	1154	1174	1312	1031	1038	1060	1250	1042	1007	753	593	542	514	506	1123	1371	1658	1943	1477	2693	3104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:34PM 1.41		2:35AM 2.10				2:03PM 2.01	5:35PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44						8:43AM 0.17					11:27PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	14	11	11	10	10	15	19	19	20	14	19	17	14	18	17	14	18	16	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	14	10	10	9	9	15	19	19	20	13	19	16	13	18	16	13	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	12	13	15	14	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NW	0.9 NE	-	1.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	-	6	6	3	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 04																Thursday 05
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	827	968	968	1666	1627	2081	2081	1646	1454	2166	1330	1113	1168	981	189	1130	187	178	903	781	774	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:28PM 1.50							1:13AM 2.04			4:18AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)						12:58PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	12	14	14	13	12	11	12	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	12	13	14	15	13	15	14	15	14	12	13	14	13	11	10	12	12	11	9
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	8	8	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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