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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	2.4 W	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	9	13	15	16	16	16	17	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	601	720	827	1554	985	625	1083	5729	9840	12365	3217	6757	2223	2414	670	998	1366	1058	1164	713	820	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:02AM 1.40		1:44PM 1.23	2:08AM 1.32		2:17PM 1.22	2:33AM 1.42		2:53PM 1.30	3:26AM 1.36		4:04PM 1.25	2:40AM 1.73	4:02AM 1.47	3:36PM 1.75				11:35PM 3.26	11:48AM 3.41	3:53PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.48		7:17AM 0.36		7:52PM 0.33	8:26AM 0.33		8:11PM 0.32	8:47AM 0.33		9:06PM 0.29	10:00AM 0.29		8:17PM 0.24	10:17AM 0.25		9:53PM 0.23	9:04AM 0.19	5:24PM 0.56		5:41AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	19	15	21	22	16	15	16	14	15	16	13	15	16	13	18	14	13	14	13	13	13	17
Low °C	17	14	20	21	13	11	15	13	13	14	12	14	16	12	15	13	13	14	12	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	14	21	22	15	15	16	12	13	15	12	14	14	12	18	13	13	14	12	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 NE	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	7	14	14	14	9	9	19	9	16	16	16	17	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.3 NE	0.1 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	11	9	13	15	12	11	9	-	-	12	8	12	-	13	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	2.2 NNE	2.1 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	2.4 W	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	6	8	5	6	9	13	15	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	8

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.0 SE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	2.4 NE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	7	13	8	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	9	13
Energy(?)	306	521	1087	1389	1653	1813	1158	1021	1015	1042	1452	1495	1347	534	927	678	581	1686	1467	1388	1185	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32				1:27PM 1.58		8:44PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33			6:41AM 0.48	8:03AM 0.35			6:34PM 0.43			3:01AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	20	14	15	15	19	21	23	20	20	19	18	12	13	15	15	17	14	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	22	23	20	13	14	14	19	21	23	20	20	19	18	12	12	15	14	16	14	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	7	8	8	13	14	14	13	9	9	9	13	13	10	9	10	10	10	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 W	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	12	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.4 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	-	0.4 N	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	-	-	-	4	6	-	3	10	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12										Friday 13
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	2.3 NE	0.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	13	13	8	13	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	269	514	608	622	643	707	702	494	494	511	943	1389	1516	362	788	365	365	313	251	204	309	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)													1:21AM 1.32						7:03AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	20	24	24	19	18	17	17	20	20	19	14	14	14	16	20	19	17	14	15	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	20	24	24	18	17	16	16	20	20	19	13	13	13	15	20	18	16	13	14	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.0 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	11	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	2.0 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.9 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	-	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	2	2	2	7	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	3

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