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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	Mon		Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	9	13	12	16	11	11	13	7	10	12	12	12	15	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1503	82	678	741	799	300	227	185	360	1626	1364	1163	311	1667	1668	666	1981	671	750	357	323	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 1.68	12:42PM 1.63		12:58AM 1.51		1:06PM 2.25	1:50AM 1.60	7:32AM 2.62		2:53AM 1.81		3:27PM 1.63	1:48AM 2.04		4:26PM 1.61		4:46AM 1.82	5:34PM 1.46	1:03AM 2.21		1:16PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	5:41PM 0.16		6:34AM 0.36	6:59PM 0.35		6:56AM 0.55		7:29PM 0.12			8:38PM 0.31	9:13AM 0.29		7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		10:30PM 0.27	11:08AM 0.30			7:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	18	15	17	14	10	20	19	19	16	15	14	15	19	13	17	19	14	19	17	18	17	23
Low °C	16	13	17	14	9	17	17	16	16	15	10	12	19	10	14	18	10	17	15	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	15	17	13	9	20	19	19	16	13	12	15	19	13	16	18	12	19	17	18	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 W	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	6	7	16	11	10	13	7	10	12	-	-	15	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	16	11	13	11	13	12	12	6	10	10	13	11	11	-	-	10	-	9	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	0.6 NW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	11	-	-	10	5	12	12	3	-	-	3	3

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	0.9 WSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	10	10	10	13	13	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1031	1012	1303	1147	1514	1091	1006	1503	710	1001	576	500	516	625	512	261	254	216	222	623	655	992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:12AM 1.68				12:20PM 1.46					1:04AM 1.74				1:34PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		6:01PM 0.59				5:53AM 0.56				4:56PM 0.29				4:58AM 0.38					7:57PM 0.11		3:20AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	15	14	13	14	14	16	12	13	13	12	10	15	20	20	21	18	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	15	13	12	14	13	16	10	12	13	12	10	15	20	20	21	18	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.8 S	1.5 WSW	0.7 E	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	14	11	11	10	13	13	11	14	11	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Monday 26										Tuesday 27
	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	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1054	1058	1503	1476	1005	238	236	857	875	1687	950	932	1039	2265	2152	811	734	899	593	811	801	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												12:12AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)					5:48PM 0.16										3:53AM 0.39			6:34AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	16	13	15	15	15	11	11	15	14	14	17	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	15	10	15	15	15	9	9	15	13	13	17	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.9 S	2.0 W	0.8 E	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	18	16	11	11	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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