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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 N	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 S	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	7	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	10	13	12	12	12	8	7
Energy(?)	456	379	238	331	139	3200	2981	1877	3676	2510	1793	1383	458	538	712	417	1297	967	565	482	151	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:47AM 1.61	6:16PM 1.52		6:30AM 1.76		7:30PM 1.56		1:22PM 3.42	1:55AM 3.34		2:52PM 2.07		7:04AM 2.02	4:30PM 2.02		6:48AM 2.32		7:15PM 2.25	9:14AM 1.86		8:22PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38PM 0.43	12:07PM 0.00		12:12AM -0.01	12:53PM -0.01	1:07PM -0.02	1:43AM -0.02	7:10AM 0.55		7:35PM 0.54	7:52AM 0.17		9:59PM 0.12			11:02PM 0.24		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.67	2:41AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	2	2	-	-	-	2	5
High °C	19	22	14	12	17	17	14	20	18	14	17	18	14	8	18	9	9	11	9	17	18	14
Low °C	18	19	13	9	15	16	13	18	17	11	14	16	13	8	16	8	8	10	8	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	19	22	14	10	16	16	13	20	17	14	17	18	14	6	17	7	7	10	8	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	13	12	14	14	-	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	13	12	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	9	11	18	7	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	9	-	-	-	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	0.6 NW	-	1.3 W	-	2.1 W	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	2.0 N	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	6	3	-	7	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	7	7

	Wed	Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	20	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	691	617	501	229	212	326	294	215	207	251	232	599	1084	585	930	2012	2844	2981	1515	2084	2283	3289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:33AM 1.70						12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		11:30PM 0.04				12:07PM 0.00		5:53PM 0.37				6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					10:09AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	18	22	22	23	14	13	12	12	10	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	18	22	22	23	14	13	12	11	9	12	17	16	14	13	12	12	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	14	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	13	4	15	7	7	9	8	11	13	11	5	12	13	16	16	-	-	-	16	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Wednesday 05				Thursday 06
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	12	11	11	12	8	11	9	9	11	11	21	11	9	9	9
Energy(?)	706	733	712	502	462	617	583	103	79	78	102	378	111	307	56	111	154	43	296	214	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:15PM 0.02						5:25AM -0.11	6:07AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	19	19	14	13	10	10	10	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	19	19	13	12	9	8	8	12	10	11	15	15	14	14	13	12	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	12	11	11	12	8	10	9	9	9	21	21	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	6	6	4	4	7	7	7	7	10	11	6	10	11	11	-	7	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 NE	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	6	6	5	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	5	6	6

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