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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	Wed		Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	16	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2265	850	1190	402	901	734	968	3198	1138	4267	2607	1464	3857	3323	2040	1173	1380	732	823	731	333	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:15AM 1.59		7:53PM 1.41	7:59AM 1.44		8:42PM 1.41	9:01AM 1.54		9:27PM 1.58				5:50AM 2.19	4:49PM 1.76		8:18AM 1.53		8:53PM 1.56	9:19AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 0.33		1:48PM 0.12	2:07AM 0.13		2:30PM 0.47	2:58AM 0.15		3:18PM 0.50	3:46AM 0.48	9:58AM 0.37	2:38PM 0.36	10:18PM 0.48	12:18PM 0.77		12:43AM 0.88		2:40PM 0.58	3:17AM 0.64		3:40PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	21	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	19	22	18	19	20	16	16	15	12	11	17	15	17	17	17	15	16	16	18	18
Low °C	14	10	14	21	16	16	19	14	15	14	11	11	15	14	17	17	16	14	15	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	10	19	22	18	19	20	16	16	15	12	10	17	15	17	17	17	14	15	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	7:52	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	13	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	9	9	16	9	15	10	10	-	-	9	4	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.1 ESE	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	2	2	4	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	3	-

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	10	12	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	15
Energy(?)	1174	1312	1031	1038	1060	1250	1190	1007	706	665	532	569	542	922	1362	1638	1009	1695	2549	3198	4027	3849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:47PM 1.55							5:35PM 1.89				5:56AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44											11:47PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	11	11	10	10	14	18	19	17	13	16	15	19	18	18	17	19	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	10	9	9	14	18	19	17	12	15	15	19	18	18	16	19	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	7	15	10	15	14	15	14	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	1.1 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	10	12	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 N	1.4 NE	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	2	7	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04										Thursday 05
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 SW	1.4 ESE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1171	1512	1454	2166	2001	1278	1202	1195	1031	942	959	178	647	171	858	169	465	759	777	759	750	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:19AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:43AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	15	15	13	12	13	11	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	10	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	10	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 SW	1.4 ESE	0.6 SW	1.3 W	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	14	9	14	9	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	12	8	14	8	14	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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