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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	Tue		Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.2 S	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	14	11	12	16	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	12	16	15	13
Energy(?)	6389	4039	1400	1233	1556	683	754	1504	985	663	463	294	3642	3456	1325	828	2052	1074	524	725	732	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:22PM 1.62			5:37PM 1.53	3:27AM 1.94		3:46PM 1.94		6:51AM 1.54	1:45PM 2.10	7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51	5:48PM 1.79		9:21AM 1.51		9:39PM 1.57	10:06AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		10:40PM 0.14	8:53AM 0.16		9:13PM 0.13	9:32AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44			1:36AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54			12:23AM 0.41		3:28PM 0.60		4:08AM 0.56	4:12PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	13	10	15	15	10	20	18	18	17	19	16	11	13	11	11	16	13	18	12	11	15	15
Low °C	12	8	12	13	10	16	16	16	14	18	15	10	12	10	10	14	12	16	12	11	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	8	15	14	8	20	18	18	17	19	16	10	11	9	11	16	12	18	10	9	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.2 S	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	14	11	12	16	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	12	11	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 N	0.5 NE	0.8 N	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	10	11	16	15	12	13	10	5	10	10	5	10	-	17	-	5	5	6	19	16	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	3	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.3 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	14
Energy(?)	2536	3333	5039	3483	3450	3419	3122	1247	1233	3040	1780	1323	1087	1057	1136	1291	1266	1107	1081	1160	1284	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 1.47			2:48AM 1.96									5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 0.12	10:55PM 0.34			8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39								12:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	15	15	16	10	10	10	10	14	20	21	16	15	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	10	5	7	8	15	14	16	8	8	9	9	14	20	21	16	15	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	12	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	-	14	11	10	10	10	12	12	17	16	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NW	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	4	4	3	4

	Tuesday 31										Wednesday 01
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	9768	3609	6691	6682	12307	5651	5411	4652	4205	1516	3275	2791	2529	2282	2622	3517	1235	1915	1430	1446	1400	1360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:44PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	12	11	8	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	12	8	9	9	11	10	6	11	10	10	10	10	5	6	10	9	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.4 ESE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 S	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	9	10	14	9	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	1.8 S	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	7	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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