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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	7	8	9	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	6	12	12	13	14	10	13	10	12	14	14	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	14	12
Energy(?)	218	204	355	571	658	1096	1506	167	734	1194	3913	6542	7653	8428	5837	1256	2280	1803	1169	1071	221	493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:42PM 1.47		1:08AM 1.33		1:22PM 1.44	1:45AM 1.53		2:08PM 1.29	2:33AM 1.42		3:17PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35		3:48PM 1.25		4:12AM 1.39	4:34PM 1.29		5:18AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14PM 0.55	10:37PM 0.99	6:50AM 0.50	6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:30PM 0.52	8:00AM 0.48		8:11PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		9:23PM 0.29	9:44AM 0.28		9:53PM 0.25	10:30AM 0.24		11:00PM 0.22	11:36AM 0.21	6:40PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	18	12	19	20	15	24	23	11	15	17	15	15	15	13	14	16	14	15	17	13	21	13
Low °C	16	11	15	17	14	20	20	9	11	16	13	13	15	13	14	16	12	13	13	11	18	12
Chill °C (?)	18	10	19	20	14	24	23	9	14	16	13	13	14	11	12	15	14	15	17	12	21	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	10	6	12	7	13	14	10	13	9	19	9	14	16	15	11	14	14	13	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 S	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	12	12	12	8	11	24	9	15	12	11	9	9	9	16	-	9	13	6	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 ENE	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	5	10	10	12	14	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	4	6

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	7	12	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	218	273	205	204	271	268	361	384	274	538	1087	1292	1370	1078	1096	1171	1395	1448	1382	1503	1308	1186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	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-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 2.29		12:22AM 1.55				12:42PM 1.47					1:21AM 1.32				1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32
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	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	17	12	12	12	11	15	20	21	23	20	13	13	13	20	24	23	20	19	19	19	9
Chill °C (?)	18	17	10	10	10	9	14	20	21	23	20	12	12	12	20	24	23	20	19	19	19	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	13	13	14	14	14	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.6 N	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	7	9	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	12	13	13	12	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	2	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	9

	Wednesday 11										Thursday 12
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	276	302	218	210	190	199	167	197	125	176	183	283	285	287	271	227	291	288	342	407	407	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:35AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)						6:14PM 0.55												6:41AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	16	16	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	15	15	13	11	10	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	4	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-

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