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

	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	6	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	9	10	13	14	14	16	16	14	14	8
Energy(?)	492	334	288	218	268	214	478	922	1243	949	774	348	1455	1733	8101	5628	6044	5753	1268	3485	2111	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:10PM 2.63	11:39PM 1.56	12:02PM 1.50			12:48PM 1.19	6:29PM 2.47	1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44	1:45AM 1.53			2:27AM 1.52		2:50PM 1.40	3:16AM 1.66		3:48PM 1.25		4:30AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			6:08AM 0.51	6:14PM 0.55	10:37PM 0.99	6:42AM 0.30			7:29AM 0.48		7:30PM 0.52	8:07AM 0.47	6:20PM 0.47	8:07PM 0.50	8:47AM 0.33		8:53PM 0.33	9:44AM 0.28		10:19PM 0.27	10:48AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	13	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	18	15	20	20	15	23	20	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	20	13	12	14
Low °C	13	11	14	17	14	15	18	13	17	20	12	12	15	14	15	15	14	14	18	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	18	15	20	20	14	23	20	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	17	20	13	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	12	11	5	6	11	7	8	13	13	13	9	8	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 NNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 S	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	5	13	9	10	10	12	12	13	8	9	9	22	15	11	9	9	17	8	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	7	8	8	4	6	9	10	13	6	5	-	4	15	-	-

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	7	8	13
Energy(?)	594	681	549	505	516	509	260	276	221	230	207	204	568	268	302	378	564	647	584	1168	1079	1143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50				12:22AM 1.55				12:42PM 1.47					1:21AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.55				5:56AM 0.28				6:14PM 0.55				6:50AM 0.50				6:51PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	10	10	12	11	13	17	18	17	13	12	13	11	18	20	21	20	17	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	8	8	11	10	12	17	18	17	11	10	13	9	18	20	21	20	17	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	7	12	12	12	7	12	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	0.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	9	14	14	8	10	8	5	13	9	11	9	10	12	10	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.3 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	5	5	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8

	Tuesday 10										Wednesday 11
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	569	505	501	492	883	775	481	565	549	540	591	505	579	495	292	489	96	442	371	433	371	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:39PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:35AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	17	13	15	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	16	12	15	10	8	8	8	8	7	8	10	8	8	10	10	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	7	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	11	8	5	14	14	14	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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