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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	8	7
Energy(?)	850	1190	866	732	647	1135	3032	4194	4392	3911	3683	3727	1436	1649	1341	1539	862	3020	1179	860	755	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:28AM 1.49		7:34PM 1.41	8:09AM 1.56		8:38PM 1.56	8:33AM 1.46		9:30PM 1.40	6:39AM 1.72	4:07PM 1.89		4:23AM 1.82		7:54PM 1.62	8:18AM 1.53		8:53PM 1.56	6:03AM 1.64		9:59PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 0.33		1:48PM 0.12	1:49AM 0.13		2:36PM 0.14	2:53AM 0.43		3:18PM 0.50	3:47AM 0.18	12:54PM 0.41		11:59PM 0.75	10:38AM 0.50	1:44PM 0.51	2:17AM 0.58		2:40PM 0.58	3:17AM 0.64	12:31PM 0.74	3:40PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	12	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	19	20	18	24	20	16	17	17	13	11	16	16	16	17	9	16	17	13	19	18	17
Low °C	10	14	18	15	21	18	14	17	17	11	11	15	15	16	15	8	14	15	11	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	19	20	18	24	20	15	17	17	12	10	16	16	16	17	6	15	16	11	19	17	16
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.0 E	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 ESE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	12	11	14	11	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	10	10	8	8	-	9	11	12	11	11	14	15	14	13	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NE	0.4 N	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	2.5 NE
Period (s)	-	4	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	14	6	6	-	7

	Wed	Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1031	1038	1060	1250	1190	1007	741	604	534	518	1024	525	1282	1509	1135	1477	2037	3032	4206	5016	3820	3375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					7:15AM 1.59				7:47PM 1.55							5:35PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44											11:47PM 0.25				12:08PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	14	19	19	21	13	13	16	18	19	17	20	18	16	14	14	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	9	14	19	19	21	12	11	16	18	19	16	20	18	15	14	14	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	15	10	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 E	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	6	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NW	1.1 NE	0.8 NW	0.8 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04				Thursday 05
	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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16
Energy(?)	1202	1195	1128	994	959	1038	792	722	777	1060	765	168	773	166	750	736	703	696	617	543	639	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:18PM 2.22		4:53PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)							1:04AM 0.33							8:05AM 0.13		10:43AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	11	10	11	10	15	10	10	13	11	11	12	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	10	9	10	9	15	9	9	13	10	10	11	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 W	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	11	8	14	5	10	10	12	12	12	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

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