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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	5	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	14	16	16	17	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	182	604	694	1040	1469	947	567	1105	5508	2241	4487	9076	4928	2016	3113	1435	1044	875	388	476	980	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 1.47		1:08AM 1.70		1:23PM 1.28	2:08AM 1.32		2:30PM 1.22	2:33AM 1.42		2:53PM 1.30	3:26AM 1.36		4:04PM 1.25		4:07AM 1.42	4:22PM 1.37		4:01AM 1.82	3:12PM 1.79	11:35PM 3.26	11:48AM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.54		7:17AM 0.36		7:52PM 0.33	7:20AM 0.49		8:11PM 0.32	8:47AM 0.33		9:06PM 0.29	9:44AM 0.28		10:11PM 0.26	10:24AM 0.26		9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24			5:41AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	31	3	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	24	21	15	15	16	14	15	16	15	15	16	13	16	15	16	17	12	9	14
Low °C	14	17	18	21	20	13	11	15	14	15	15	13	15	16	13	12	14	15	15	12	7	9
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	24	21	14	15	15	12	14	14	14	14	15	12	16	14	15	17	9	9	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 NE	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	14	14	14	9	9	19	13	14	16	16	17	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	12	12	8	11	9	13	15	12	9	14	9	9	12	-	8	-	19	6	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.7 NNW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	8	5	6	9	13	-	14	-	5	-	14	-	-	-	-	6	9	-

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	2.2 NE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	12	7	13	8	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	361	386	316	521	1070	1389	1118	1813	1040	1196	1167	1390	1462	1495	1442	876	760	741	667	1852	1176	1140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:42PM 1.47									1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32				1:27PM 1.58		8:44PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)				6:41PM 0.35					7:17AM 0.36				7:36PM 0.33				8:03AM 0.35			6:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	22	23	20	14	17	14	21	24	24	23	20	20	19	13	13	15	16	17	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	20	22	23	20	13	16	13	21	24	24	23	20	20	19	11	12	15	16	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	13	14	9	9	14	13	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	0.4 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	10	12	9	9	12	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	14	14	9	9	13	9	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	-	2.3 NE	1.7 N	2.1 NNE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.3 S	-	0.5 N	2.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	8	7	7	8	-	8	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	3	10	-	-

	Thursday 12																Friday 13
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	2.3 NE	1.3 SSE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 SE	2.0 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	12	6	12	7	12	6	6	7	12	7	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	271	325	182	374	508	506	728	555	537	504	483	811	692	738	721	444	489	268	268	227	212	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:58PM 1.25												12:19AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)												6:51PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	12	13	14	20	22	19	15	20	24	24	24	20	17	16	15	18	19	16	19	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	20	22	18	13	20	24	24	24	20	16	15	14	18	19	15	18	16	13	13
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	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	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	12	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	8	-	-

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