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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	Sat		Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	5.0 S	1.6 S	2.5 W	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.7 W	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	9	9	7	11	12	16	12	11	9	11	11
Energy(?)	3993	6562	761	1649	3883	1176	1385	2554	756	897	791	300	286	501	230	917	139	96	237	301	526	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:05PM 3.07		4:18AM 2.69		12:12AM 1.68	12:20PM 1.46	6:14PM 2.89		6:52AM 2.82	1:17PM 1.47	12:03AM 1.77	12:29PM 1.69	2:15PM 1.49	2:57AM 1.57		3:27PM 1.63	3:49AM 1.83		4:26PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	4:27PM 0.63	10:10PM 0.44	9:53AM 0.95		10:09PM 0.41	10:31AM 0.54	3:41PM 0.94		6:11AM 0.19		12:31AM 1.12				6:19AM 0.30		8:36PM 0.11	9:13AM 0.29		9:32PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	23	-	-	2	-	2	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	16	17	13	18	18	12	13	13	10	19	20	16	17	13	16	20	19	11	15	14
Low °C	16	10	15	17	12	17	17	11	13	13	8	16	20	14	15	13	15	18	18	8	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	10	16	17	11	18	18	10	12	11	10	19	20	15	17	11	16	20	19	9	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.1 E	1.6 S	2.5 W	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	0.7 E	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.7 W	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-
Period (s)	13	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	7	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 S	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	13	9	11	9	12	12	16	11	14	13	11	11	12	11	11	16	7	14	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	5.0 S	0.4 NNE	-	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	2.5 S	-	2.0 S	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	3	-	10	-	4	10	-	9	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	11

	Saturday 24			Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.8 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2196	4122	3013	2312	3204	3183	10288	1023	1063	1447	1170	1022	1023	3106	3126	1048	1023	1293	1193	1186	1060	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					3:27AM 2.79		8:22AM 2.27	11:03AM 1.57		4:05PM 3.07					9:11AM 1.61	11:25AM 1.46				12:12AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			9:35PM 0.86									10:24PM 0.94						6:11PM 0.38				6:34AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	15	14	13	14	13	16	15	17	15	15	16	12	12	16	16	17	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	19	15	14	12	14	11	16	14	17	15	15	16	10	10	16	16	17	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	14	13	11	12	12	10	11	9	10	10	10	12	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	13	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 24	Sunday 25
	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	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 SSW	4.5 S	5.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	13	11	9	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1312	5190	3993	3833	5723	5366	3729	815	1496	2762	2544	2312	1197	6265	15143	463	540	779	739	974	965	965
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 3.18				7:57PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)														2:10AM 0.31		4:20AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	17	17	15	15	11	13	14	15	14	14	13	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	19	17	17	14	14	7	12	13	15	14	14	12	6	6	12	12	13	13	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.3 E	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	13	13	11	9	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	12	12	11	13	9	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	5.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	13	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	8	8	8

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