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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	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	13	11	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	14	13	10	10	10	12	10
Energy(?)	862	850	1160	920	920	319	163	945	3355	698	2299	1418	662	430	588	800	963	657	546	607	466	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:19AM 1.33	3:03PM 2.01		4:33AM 2.28	6:32PM 1.72	9:14PM 1.45		2:42PM 2.42	3:01AM 2.75	4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69	8:16PM 1.58	8:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.51		11:29PM 0.22		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54			10:41PM 0.71	10:58AM 0.69		3:35AM 0.29	8:58AM 0.48		8:56PM 1.11	10:58AM 0.62		2:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3
High °C	19	18	15	18	20	15	11	11	10	18	12	17	13	18	15	15	17	16	17	20	13	16
Low °C	17	16	13	14	18	14	11	11	9	15	11	15	9	16	14	11	15	15	16	18	10	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	15	18	20	14	9	10	10	18	11	16	12	17	14	15	17	16	17	20	12	15
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	13	11	6	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	8	10	10	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	10	16	10	11	14	13	15	-	5	-	6	6	13	16	14	13	11	10	12	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	10	11	8	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Thursday 02					Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1041	1091	1521	1114	1093	1160	1388	1259	1042	1155	1232	1491	1688	701	301	624	761	714	1034	1251	3772	3550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54			1:50PM 2.14							12:57PM 3.15	2:26PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 0.51				12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19			9:25PM 0.49	10:34PM 0.25	1:10AM 0.20							11:17PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	21	16	15	14	13	13	15	20	18	17	15	17	17	14	16	17	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	21	16	15	13	12	12	14	20	18	16	14	16	17	13	16	16	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	12	17	17	16	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	16	15	15	15	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02																Friday 03
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	14	16	14	12	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1057	1130	862	1111	903	886	886	863	850	863	902	878	890	2075	1164	96	233	113	140	161	886	814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		12:08AM 3.21	1:32AM 2.12			4:06AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						12:16PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	17	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	17	18	13	13	12	15	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	17	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	17	18	13	13	12	14	13	16	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	14	12	8	12	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	12	16	14	15	14	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	8	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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