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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	Sun		Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	9	19	11	16	12	12	12	13	13	10	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1212	1135	1091	1478	1542	685	818	783	307	363	172	474	256	3206	249	1977	1742	150	1242	370	640	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			4:35AM 2.93		11:56PM 1.49	12:20PM 1.46		1:04AM 1.74		1:34PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.78		2:10PM 1.63	1:06AM 1.86		3:17PM 1.46	3:45AM 1.70		4:09PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		10:24PM 0.94	10:48AM 1.04	6:01PM 0.59		6:11AM 0.19	6:34PM 0.14		7:17AM 0.55		7:47PM 0.33	8:19AM 0.31			7:34AM 0.91		9:22PM 0.06	7:59AM 0.20		10:30PM 0.27	8:32AM 0.18	6:00PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	18	18	11	14	15	11	19	17	18	16	17	13	17	18	14	14	17	14	18	19
Low °C	16	15	17	16	11	14	14	9	17	17	15	16	17	10	15	18	13	11	17	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	18	9	13	14	10	19	17	18	16	16	10	17	18	13	14	16	12	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	8	9	9	8	16	12	14	12	13	13	10	-	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 W
Period (s)	8	10	12	12	16	16	11	13	11	12	7	12	11	-	11	10	10	9	-	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.3 S	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	0.6 NE	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	4	8	6	12	6	-	-	-	11	4	3	-

	Sunday 25			Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	13
Energy(?)	1277	1398	1125	1339	1211	1118	1091	1555	1039	1319	1303	1147	1132	2099	1972	1334	643	1070	523	574	541	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 3.07		11:12PM 1.62				11:53AM 1.60				12:12AM 1.68				12:26PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)						5:14AM 0.20				6:11PM 0.38				4:12AM 0.36				4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	16	15	15	14	11	13	14	14	14	14	12	10	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	16	15	15	13	9	11	13	14	13	14	12	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	14	11	10	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 25										Monday 26
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	1128	1770	1770	1346	1279	1279	1281	2377	1515	2299	2273	2089	656	3800	3333	1200	1150	2365	1101	1705	1889	867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:22PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)															3:14AM 0.93		5:14AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	17	12	16	16	12	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	10	16	17	10	16	16	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.9 SW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	14	11	11	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	8	9	9	10	10	7	11	11	11	9	9	9	12	12	9	12	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.5 W	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	10	-	-	10	-	3	10	-

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