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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	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.8 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	12	16	11	12	6	12	11	12	12	13	14	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1091	1503	1535	1492	866	799	295	317	211	247	2054	4272	224	539	2492	1970	4357	2075	789	257	469	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 1.46		11:56PM 1.49	12:42PM 1.63		1:04AM 1.74	11:33AM 2.24		12:12AM 2.30		2:15PM 1.49	8:07PM 2.64		1:41PM 2.33	3:49AM 1.83		2:08PM 1.96		4:46AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		6:01PM 0.59		6:34AM 0.36	6:59PM 0.35		5:18AM 1.00	5:40PM 0.27		8:08AM 0.15		2:22AM 0.55	9:13AM 0.29		9:32PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.29		10:30PM 0.27	11:08AM 0.30	6:48PM 0.01	11:15PM 0.02	7:04AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
High °C	17	18	11	14	14	10	19	21	19	19	15	12	19	20	12	17	20	13	20	18	14	25
Low °C	17	16	11	13	13	9	16	19	15	15	15	8	16	19	8	14	19	11	17	17	13	25
Chill °C (?)	17	18	9	13	12	9	19	21	19	19	13	9	19	20	10	16	20	12	20	18	14	25
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:24	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	9	12	11	10	6	12	10	12	15	13	14	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	16	11	14	13	11	6	7	11	11	14	11	10	12	11	12	11	10	12	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	2.0 S	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.4 NW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	3.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	6	-	3	11	12	7	7	11	6	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 26					Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.6 W	0.9 S	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	9	10	9	13	9	9	7	8	7
Energy(?)	1091	1129	1031	1319	1303	1062	1452	2186	1259	659	657	655	576	525	515	358	512	249	218	523	204	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:43AM 1.61				12:12AM 1.68				12:20PM 1.46		5:31PM 2.63		11:04PM 2.26	1:04AM 1.74				1:34PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				6:11PM 0.38				4:12AM 0.36													7:29PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	16	16	15	15	11	11	12	13	14	16	13	10	12	12	14	19	20	20	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	15	15	9	9	10	12	13	16	13	9	12	12	14	19	20	20	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.6 W	0.9 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	11	15	11	11	15	11	11	10	11	13	11	14	12	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 S	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.0 NE	2.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	7

	Monday 26																Tuesday 27
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 W	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15
Energy(?)	1101	1104	1091	1618	1584	1558	1489	2416	2520	1005	1005	981	1072	2777	1303	944	2307	850	834	883	676	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:53AM 1.60													12:12AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)									3:41PM 0.94		5:41PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	16	17	18	18	19	13	13	12	16	16	17	16	12	15	15	11	15	15	11	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	18	19	11	11	10	16	16	16	16	10	15	15	9	15	15	9	13	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 W	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	1.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	18	11	16	11	11	16	11	11	10	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	7

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