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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	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	2.0 S	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	11	14	11	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	10	9
Energy(?)	1460	1177	1862	1575	1083	813	838	5173	2590	1877	3849	3083	2236	1626	2043	1262	1814	691	606	294	180	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:45AM 1.71		9:18PM 1.37	9:42AM 1.47		10:34PM 1.55	10:45AM 1.41		11:01PM 1.44	9:31AM 1.58	5:39PM 1.84		6:13AM 1.76	6:04PM 2.46				7:29PM 2.89	8:06AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 0.21	12:46AM 0.77		3:07PM 0.26	3:29AM 0.20		4:37PM 0.43		4:34AM 0.18	4:50PM 0.18				11:57PM 0.56	12:29PM 0.61		11:39PM 0.62	7:15AM 0.16	1:45PM 0.62	1:48AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	1	-	1	-	17	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	4	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	19	15	13	14	16	14	16	16	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	20	16	16	24
Low °C	14	18	16	19	14	12	12	16	12	16	16	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	17	15	15	20
Chill °C (?)	14	18	17	19	14	12	13	16	14	16	16	15	17	13	13	14	12	13	20	16	16	24
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.0 E	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	14	11	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	10	10	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 SE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	13	14	9	10	11	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WSW	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	-	4	-	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 22					Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sun
	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-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	10	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1422	5338	1389	1249	1437	1764	1795	1595	1323	1138	1213	1028	1323	3185	4929	4804	5073	1403	2127	4505	3163	4355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:25AM 1.51				8:20PM 1.58				9:18AM 1.52				7:14PM 1.60		3:34AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)							2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:01AM 0.33				9:35PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	5	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	15	16	16	17	16	16	19	23	17	18	12	13	12	12	14	14	15	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	16	16	17	16	16	19	23	17	18	10	12	11	11	14	14	14	20	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	3.5 ENE	1.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	10	9	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SE	-	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	21	11	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	11	11	11	13	7	10	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	-	-

	Thursday 22																Friday 23
	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-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	17	16	16	18	6	11	16	16	16
Energy(?)	225	1898	1460	1100	1913	2893	2826	1704	1799	1747	1388	1470	1121	1404	1496	1600	466	158	1764	1499	370	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:23AM 1.43																12:59AM 2.28		2:54AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)									3:03PM 0.47					8:45PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	18	18	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	15	15	18	18	18	18	20	17	17	14	16	15	15	16	17	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	17	16	16	18	18	11	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	22	22	18	13	10	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	18	9	9	9	11	15	10	8	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	-	-	10	10	9	6	7	7	4	6	-	7	6	5

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