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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	6	8	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	1.6 NE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	5.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	12	12	14	14	24	10	10	13	14	14	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	181	343	571	665	808	1493	146	808	1470	864	14655	4502	3237	7627	1762	2278	1470	998	399	142	248	893
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:22AM 1.55	12:42PM 1.47		1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44	1:55AM 1.72		1:48PM 2.02	2:55AM 1.33		3:17PM 1.23	3:26AM 1.36		3:37PM 1.33		4:12AM 1.39	4:52PM 1.28		4:54AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 0.50	6:51PM 0.34		7:19AM 0.68		7:26PM 0.46	8:03AM 0.35		8:37PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		9:06PM 0.29	9:32AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	10:30AM 0.24		11:00PM 0.22	11:10AM 0.21	6:40PM 0.09	11:18PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	10	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	20	15	22	22	11	14	16	16	14	16	13	15	16	14	15	14	14	23	23	11
Low °C	12	15	18	14	21	20	9	11	15	13	14	15	11	14	16	12	12	14	12	18	19	7
Chill °C (?)	13	20	20	14	22	22	9	14	15	15	12	14	12	14	15	13	14	13	14	23	23	9
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 N	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	6	12	7	14	14	10	9	9	13	15	14	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.2 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.8 S	-	0.7 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	7	11	12	13	15	9	9	14	-	-	12	-	9	-	13	4	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	0.5 W	5.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	6	6	7	6	8	5	10	10	3	14	14	-	16	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 WSW	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	12	12	7	12	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	9	13
Energy(?)	205	204	267	268	280	384	274	521	873	1230	1315	1647	1096	1096	1013	1390	1285	1478	1272	1017	1759	793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:22AM 1.55				12:42PM 1.47					1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32		9:30AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				6:50AM 0.50				6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	11	15	20	22	23	17	13	13	13	20	22	20	22	21	19	19	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	14	20	22	23	17	12	12	12	20	22	20	22	21	19	19	11	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 SE
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	8	8	13	14	14	13	9	9	9	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	13	13	13	13	8	7	8	9	13	14	14	9	21	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 N	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	3	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	9	7

	Wednesday 11				Thursday 12
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	11	10	10	5	11	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	167	197	179	205	181	204	126	234	134	334	283	283	342	321	321	395	384	437	524	448	39	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:22AM 1.55												12:58PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)												6:54AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	14	14	12	11	11	12	17	18	17	18	19	19	22	20	23
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	10	12	10	11	13	12	10	9	10	10	17	18	16	18	18	18	22	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	0.3 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	10	10	10	6	11	11	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	9	11	9	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	-	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	-	6

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