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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fields Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SE	1.0 SW	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	14	14	13	13	7	8	12	7	12	11	7	11	8
Energy(?)	2304	1761	1067	723	500	907	691	1022	1599	1766	644	904	140	561	699	258	343	917	691	496	229	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.71	1:04PM 1.33	11:42PM 2.16		1:57PM 1.53	7:54PM 2.72		2:41PM 1.50	8:51PM 2.78		3:31PM 1.24	11:12PM 1.74	4:12AM 1.34	2:06PM 1.68	1:14AM 2.19		2:28PM 1.97	3:10AM 1.84		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				7:59AM 0.53		2:08AM 1.43	8:44AM 0.57		3:07AM 1.40	9:27AM 0.31			10:29AM 0.33		7:07PM 0.67	8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	22	15	14	14	13	12	11	17	12	18	14	14	18	15	11	12	13	11	15
Low °C	11	15	11	18	15	11	12	12	11	11	17	11	17	14	13	18	15	9	11	12	9	14
Chill °C (?)	11	15	13	22	15	12	13	12	11	11	17	10	18	13	13	18	14	9	11	11	9	14
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.9 W	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.4 SE
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	8	12	9	12	11	13	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	10	9	10	9	16	14	-	8	5	-	4	12	-	11	-	10	10	9	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	-	0.6 NE	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	-	1.8 SE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.7 SE	1.1 ESE	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	4	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	-	7	8	8	7	4	-

	Monday 12					Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 W	1.7 NE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1784	1111	1098	1610	1177	1067	1053	1124	569	730	523	1067	629	1032	560	541	514	855	1022	1622	1625	1898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:37AM 1.59		7:22AM 2.67		1:57PM 1.26			12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)					7:26PM 0.50								8:24PM 0.28			6:19AM 0.55				6:37PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	15	14	14	11	12	14	21	23	16	15	12	12	11	13	14	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	14	13	14	9	11	14	21	23	16	14	11	10	10	12	13	12	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SW	1.1 S	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 NW	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	9	10	8	8	10	13	13	9	5	6	11	7	9	18	9	16	16	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 W	1.7 NE	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	5	6	10	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 12																Tuesday 13
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.4 S	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	11	14	14	12	14	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1792	417	2304	646	1119	2015	1119	2010	1761	1868	1202	253	904	1396	1012	1257	590	998	998	1361	749	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:12PM 1.56								9:58PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)						12:37PM 1.39							7:39PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	8	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	11	11	11	9	10	9	8	8	7
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 NW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	0.2 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	9	5	14	10	14	12	10	12	12	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	8	11	8	8	11	8	8	11	7	16	-	16	15	15	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	5	11	6	7	12	7	7	12	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	8

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