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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	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	8	9	11	11	11	7	13	13	10	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9
Energy(?)	243	653	761	911	1189	1899	1548	680	913	5352	5615	2895	5576	3747	3660	1818	2117	2545	1645	951	749	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 2.08	8:10PM 1.40	8:25AM 1.51		8:58PM 1.43	7:33AM 1.80	6:19PM 2.05		4:26AM 1.97		10:45PM 1.35	10:22AM 1.67		11:13PM 1.38	11:25AM 1.46		11:56PM 1.49	12:42PM 1.63		12:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 0.47		1:12PM 0.32	3:00AM 0.45			12:58AM 0.28	10:35AM 0.36	4:02PM 0.19		4:13AM 0.26	2:19PM 0.37		5:14AM 0.20	5:41PM 0.16		6:34AM 0.36	6:45PM 0.14		7:15AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	27	24	-	-	1	16	10	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	16	16	21	17	19	16	13	16	16	13	14	18	14	18	15	14	14	16	14	18
Low °C	15	17	16	16	19	16	19	14	11	14	16	13	14	18	13	18	14	13	14	14	13	17
Chill °C (?)	14	18	15	15	21	17	19	15	12	16	16	11	14	18	14	18	13	13	14	16	13	18
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	13	10	12	10	9	11	11	11	7	13	13	9	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 SW	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	-	13	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	9	9	10	12	12	18	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	13	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 21							Thursday 22								Friday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	2.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	2.1 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	2.4 E	1.3 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	10	14	14	13	13	7	20	8	18	9	11	9	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	519	594	423	607	510	521	623	503	1075	571	2635	9376	1016	1975	2623	2149	1960	1807	1321	1273	1176	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51								8:10AM 1.50			5:55PM 1.79	8:46PM 1.29				9:18AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)								11:10PM 0.24					2:22PM 0.28				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	8	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
Temp. °C	16	16	15	17	15	17	16	14	14	14	17	22	16	14	17	18	17	17	19	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	16	13	16	15	13	12	14	17	22	16	14	16	18	17	17	19	22	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	2.4 E	1.9 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	13	13	12	8	20	18	9	11	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	1.2 SE
Period (s)	12	12	-	10	12	-	23	20	9	11	11	12	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	6	7	7	8	8	-	9	11	-	8	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	10

	Wednesday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	1.1 S	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	6	12	14	14	6	7	14	7	7	7	13	7	8	8
Energy(?)	551	519	295	299	453	453	416	309	658	345	504	863	322	958	920	487	539	630	434	1008	723	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)													1:38PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	15	16	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	15	14	16	13	14	17	15	15	15	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	10	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	6	-	6	12	12	24	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	8	6	8	6	6	3	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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