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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 W	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	12	16	11	13	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1541	909	755	1687	903	939	310	648	795	3209	987	1110	1720	449	404	989	743	741	665	599	1230	499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59AM 1.57	6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54			7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		8:26PM 1.47	9:06AM 1.31	5:01PM 2.26	3:53AM 1.85			3:01AM 2.75	10:39AM 1.26	4:00PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	11:50PM 0.39	12:16PM 0.51		12:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.55	12:10AM 0.27		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	2:47AM 0.26			9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51	4:25PM 0.26	8:56PM 1.11	4:35AM 0.27		9:53PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-
High °C	10	18	18	18	18	20	14	12	12	12	16	18	16	18	19	13	16	19	16	21	19	13
Low °C	10	17	16	16	14	18	13	10	12	10	15	17	13	15	17	12	12	17	14	16	17	11
Chill °C (?)	8	18	18	18	18	20	13	11	11	12	16	18	15	18	19	11	16	18	16	21	19	13
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 W	1.6 S	0.9 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	12	16	11	13	9	13	14	14	13	13	13	7	8	12	13	12	11	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 E	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	10	5	10	10	11	7	8	-	-	16	10	13	13	10	8	15	11	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	3	11	-	-	10	4

	Wed	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.6 W	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1780	1308	1089	1057	1128	1091	1521	1114	1118	1175	1416	1127	1111	1178	1272	1587	1731	502	244	243	656	714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54			3:05PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		11:50PM 0.39				12:16PM 0.51				12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19			8:01PM 0.21				7:14AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	13
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	14	18	20	16	15	14	13	13	19	20	19	17	15	15	14	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	14	18	20	16	15	13	12	12	19	20	19	16	14	15	13	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.6 W	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	0.1 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	11	10	10	10	10	12	17	17	16	9	10	16	21	10	-	-	5	13	6	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NNE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.6 N	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	10	-	-	-	5	4	2	-	-

	Wednesday 01	Thursday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.7 S	0.5 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1310	1515	1780	1780	1414	1541	1100	1369	1089	1089	1057	1057	838	1053	547	405	433	884	112	868	115	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:59AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					11:50PM 0.39													12:40PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	15	12	15	16	18	15	15	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	8	8	16	9	9	9	9	9	15	11	14	15	18	14	15	18	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.7 S	0.5 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	9	13	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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