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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	Tue		Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	4	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	18	11	11	10	12	16	14	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	2151	1211	1023	2269	826	1089	399	600	917	207	1842	1370	4870	5043	1878	6422	1560	2058	1661	816	794	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:50PM 1.84	3:54AM 2.04		6:28PM 1.50	2:03AM 2.18		2:18PM 2.22		7:59AM 1.58		8:38PM 1.56	9:06AM 1.42		9:12PM 1.39	9:51AM 1.53		10:13PM 1.58	10:38AM 1.53			5:05AM 1.71	4:45PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38PM 0.03	7:27AM 0.13		7:54PM 0.02	8:11AM 0.12		12:38AM 0.18		2:30PM 0.47	2:53AM 0.43		3:23PM 0.16	3:30AM 0.19		4:09PM 0.20		4:37AM 0.50	4:36PM 0.26	11:00PM 0.63	11:25AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	16	11	19	23	17	15	19	17	18	17	15	19	12	13	18	16	13	14	21
Low °C	13	10	13	15	10	15	21	15	14	18	14	16	17	12	18	12	11	16	16	12	13	20
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	15	10	19	23	17	14	19	16	18	17	14	19	10	13	18	16	13	13	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	18	11	11	10	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	1.6 SE	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	9	9	16	9	15	6	10	12	12	12	12	-	8	10	11	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 NE	0.3 NW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	10	-	4	-	4	3	3	6	-	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	20	18	11	17	16	16	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	15	14
Energy(?)	849	1434	531	1014	1271	1269	1375	1154	872	1143	1031	1042	1065	1273	1089	1023	718	619	523	600	563	1125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:26AM 2.19					6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:34PM 1.41		2:35AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)				11:51PM 0.08			7:32AM 0.12	11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	14	14	11	11	10	10	15	19	19	17	15	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	9	10	10	12	10	14	14	10	10	9	9	15	19	19	17	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 SE	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	18	8	17	16	16	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	20	10	21	10	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	8

	Tuesday 03										Wednesday 04
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	0.6 SW	2.5 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	20	12	19	19	19	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	16
Energy(?)	918	1218	575	1967	823	823	926	964	2324	2736	1856	2202	2202	1692	1656	2177	2871	1727	1893	462	459	1521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																		6:21AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)												12:23AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	16	13	13	13	12	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	16	10	12	12	11	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 S	-	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	-	19	19	19	11	-	9	9	14	14	9	9	10	11	11	10	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	20	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	16	10	10	15	15	14	9	9	14	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	2.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	1.8 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	12	3	4	4	-	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	11	-	-	-

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