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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	Wed		Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	11	10	7	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	9	13	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	638	451	379	267	377	749	3436	1736	1950	3932	2423	1891	2140	1010	224	228	639	1039	850	555	234	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:25PM 1.71		5:49AM 1.80	6:16PM 1.52		7:10AM 1.66	6:58PM 1.60	7:14PM 1.53	7:59AM 1.70	1:22PM 3.42	1:55AM 3.34		2:04PM 2.94	3:30AM 1.99	4:19AM 2.10			6:48AM 2.32		7:15PM 2.25	7:53AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		11:38PM 0.43	12:11PM 0.36		12:27AM 0.01			1:24AM 0.00			7:35PM 0.54	8:04AM 0.72		9:09PM 0.34	10:29AM 0.39	1:28PM 0.27	12:33AM 0.44		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50		3:13PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	2	-	-	-	12	1	1	-	1	-
High °C	16	19	22	13	12	17	17	14	21	16	10	17	14	14	20	18	15	10	13	11	18	16
Low °C	16	18	19	13	9	13	16	12	19	13	9	12	13	11	18	16	14	9	12	11	18	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	22	12	10	16	16	13	21	15	8	17	13	14	20	18	14	8	12	11	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:02	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 NE	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	18	13	12	14	13	-	13	13	13	12	6	7	9	13	12	11	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	14	6	9	11	10	17	16	16	10	-	-	-	8	-	12	12	12	9	-	5	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.5 NNE	0.6 NW	-	1.4 W	-	2.0 W	-	0.6 NNW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 NNW	1.3 N	1.0 N	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	3	6	3	-	7	-	12	-	3	13	-	-	4	6	5	5	6	-	4	4	4	-

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	20	9	11	13	12	12	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	591	738	686	617	501	516	212	326	332	219	207	251	223	597	1141	534	1302	2269	3259	3183	3045	1369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.71				6:14AM 1.59						12:07AM 3.52					3:15PM 2.61				3:49AM 2.64	4:46AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)				11:30PM 0.04				12:07PM 0.00		5:53PM 0.37				6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	14	14	15	14	22	23	23	13	13	13	12	10	13	17	17	16	14	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	13	13	14	13	22	23	23	13	13	13	11	9	12	17	16	15	13	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	13	4	15	9	7	9	3	11	13	11	5	12	13	16	16	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NNW	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	3	-	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 05										Thursday 06
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	7	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	378	518	591	725	712	509	476	733	660	95	92	92	118	389	121	469	38	252	234	149	148	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:18PM 3.50
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	16	16	15	18	15	14	12	11	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	15	15	14	18	14	13	12	10	10	12	10	11	13	10	10	12	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	7	11	10	11	11	11	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	7	7	7	8	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	9	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

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