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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 S	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 S	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	8	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	12	16	11	15
Energy(?)	1575	139	485	892	5387	2672	760	2003	1484	1003	2718	82	798	736	698	405	409	520	1020	592	708	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 1.37	9:42AM 1.47		7:45PM 1.63	4:19AM 1.88	4:40PM 1.91					5:38AM 2.85	6:13PM 2.39		6:52AM 2.82		12:03AM 1.77		2:15PM 1.49	8:43PM 2.96	9:18AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.19	3:29AM 0.20		3:40PM 0.48	2:10AM 0.31	10:28AM 0.50		10:29PM 0.40	9:41AM 0.51	6:01PM 0.59	11:57PM 0.56	11:54AM 1.11		12:13AM 0.62		1:10PM 1.13		8:08AM 0.15		3:02AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	8	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	13	14	16	15	15	17	14	17	14	14	13	14	14	18	17	15	17	17	16	18
Low °C	19	12	12	13	16	13	15	16	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	17	17	13	17
Chill °C (?)	19	10	13	12	16	15	14	16	14	17	12	13	12	13	13	18	17	14	17	17	16	18
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.5 NNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 S	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	12	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	16	11	10	14	19	18	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	5	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	10	7	-	8	-	4

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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	8	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	11	9	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	1315	1126	1212	1109	1254	1072	4996	4839	3870	2136	2267	4898	3013	4427	3409	1915	1862	7368	1150	1284	1516	1227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 2.14		3:34AM 1.94								3:27AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 0.21						9:11AM 0.33				9:35PM 0.86				9:53AM 0.95			4:50PM 0.18		10:24PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	18	18	13	11	14	13	15	14	14	20	15	14	14	13	14	12	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	22	18	18	12	8	13	12	15	14	13	20	15	13	14	12	14	10	14	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	11	9	12	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	1.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	14	11	11	10	7	10	14	13	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	4.0 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	13	-	-	-	3	-	12	4	-	-	-

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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	8	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 E	2.0 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	15	6	10	14	12	15	15	11	11	12	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1446	1399	1575	1458	838	153	1081	1194	669	357	53	1037	686	949	787	567	499	1072	1140	749	503	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						12:59PM 0.31								8:52PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	19	18	12	15	15	16	20	18	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	19	18	10	14	14	16	20	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SE	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 SE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	12	16	10	14	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	1.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	15	12	13	7	10	10	12	6	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	6	7	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	6	-	-

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