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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	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	13	9	19	8	16	11	10	12	13	9	11	12	13	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1091	1404	754	1746	1202	791	312	394	216	247	1834	1492	1110	276	355	2066	680	2810	253	255	403	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 1.46		11:56PM 1.49	12:32PM 1.63		1:04AM 1.74		1:34PM 1.64	1:55AM 1.56		2:15PM 1.49	2:48AM 1.66		1:13PM 1.87	3:45AM 1.70	4:18AM 1.57	1:51PM 2.23	10:48PM 3.21		4:16PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		5:41PM 0.16		6:24AM 0.58	6:34PM 0.14		7:27AM 0.33		7:34PM 0.12	7:56AM 0.50		8:25PM 0.09	7:03AM 0.28		9:22PM 0.06	10:38AM 0.11			8:51AM 0.14		11:29PM 0.26	7:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	30	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
High °C	17	18	15	13	17	10	19	20	19	19	15	14	16	20	13	16	13	13	16	16	14	12
Low °C	17	17	14	12	15	9	16	18	15	14	15	10	12	20	9	12	13	9	13	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	11	16	9	19	20	19	19	13	12	16	20	13	16	12	11	16	16	14	11
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:36	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	8	12	11	10	12	6	9	12	12	13	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.3 SW	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.7 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	15	11	13	11	12	7	11	6	13	10	13	12	9	10	14	12	12	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 26							Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	11	13	8	9	7
Energy(?)	1180	1118	1091	1033	1031	1319	1213	1062	1505	1005	1491	1503	1353	1078	568	573	541	233	512	244	249	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:43AM 1.61				12:12AM 1.68				12:20PM 1.46						6:52AM 2.82		12:35PM 1.69	1:34PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14AM 0.20				6:11PM 0.38				5:53AM 0.56				4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	18	16	17	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	10	14	15	15	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	16	17	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	14	10	14	15	14	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	0.4 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	11	8	8	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	10	13	14	13	11	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-

	Monday 26
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 W	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	16
Energy(?)	1238	1239	1180	1251	1150	1953	1880	1816	1091	1598	1071	1071	2157	2146	1031	792	1932	515	2269	1224	964	875
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)											11:25AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)					5:14AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	12	12	16	20	12	17	12	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	10	10	16	20	10	17	10	10	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	0.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 W	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	16	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	16	15	16	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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