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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	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	1.2 E	4.0 W	1.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	11	14	11	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	9	7	18	18
Energy(?)	2497	1171	1882	1447	140	504	271	5054	444	2205	1511	1661	1386	1459	557	711	585	797	620	363	504	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.43	9:34AM 1.44			9:56AM 1.42		10:08PM 1.40	11:03AM 1.57		11:13PM 1.38	11:25AM 1.46		11:50PM 1.83	10:16AM 1.60	6:49PM 1.79		6:52AM 2.82	1:17PM 1.47	2:14AM 1.51	8:06AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.21	3:00AM 0.45		3:55PM 0.15	12:58AM 0.28		4:02PM 0.19		4:48AM 0.41	5:24PM 0.40		5:14AM 0.20	5:48PM 0.16		4:12AM 0.36		1:06AM 0.61			7:57PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	2	3	11	2	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	14	3
High °C	18	18	17	19	12	13	13	16	13	15	15	15	20	15	13	13	17	13	19	16	14	15
Low °C	17	18	16	19	12	11	13	16	12	13	14	14	17	15	12	13	15	12	16	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	19	10	13	10	16	11	15	13	14	20	14	12	13	16	13	19	15	13	14
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNW	1.2 E	4.0 W	1.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	0.5 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	9	11	11	12	11	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	9	6	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	22	10	10	10	14	14	9	12	10	9	9	10	12	12	11	11	15	11	11	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	-	0.5 W	-	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.9 W	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	-	3	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	-	4

	Thursday 22							Friday 23								Saturday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 E	1.3 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	20	9	9	10	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	9	9	13
Energy(?)	1007	2307	1206	3204	3223	1301	2507	1950	1823	1441	1311	1121	1191	1245	1248	1073	4773	5071	4007	1865	1319	5503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:17AM 2.01		8:25AM 1.51			5:55PM 1.79	8:46PM 1.29				9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 1.73		3:34AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)					3:08PM 0.17				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:06AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	9	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	19	20	14	17	17	16	16	19	22	17	17	13	11	12	12	13	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	19	20	14	17	17	16	16	19	22	17	17	12	8	11	11	13	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	2.5 E	0.8 S	3.5 ENE	3.5 E	1.7 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 S	1.2 SSW	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	9	11	10	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	1.4 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	20	11	7	12	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	15	14	11	11	10	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.7 SE	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	9	10	6	-	-	-	9	9	-

	Thursday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	2.3 E	0.9 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 E	0.8 S	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	12	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	18	18	18	18	11	11	18
Energy(?)	800	865	260	2147	1718	1042	1819	2335	1040	166	1522	5707	2785	2782	630	202	1022	1022	282	1971	2124	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:10AM 1.50												8:30PM 1.35	9:04PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 0.20												2:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	4	1	2	2	-	2	5	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	17	14	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	19	18	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	15	14	19	17	17	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	0.8 S	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	0.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	12	19	12	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	11	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	7	24	22	9	22	11	11	21	11	11	10	10	10	18	9	9	8	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 E	0.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	8	3	9	9	8	9	9	-	9	-	10	9	9	-	8	5	6	-	-	3	-

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