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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	Sun		Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mana Island Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNE	0.7 SSW	1.7 NW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 WSW	1.1 SE	0.3 N
Period(s) (?)	8	14	8	12	10	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	7	15
Energy(?)	133	363	337	1655	1230	736	988	639	676	1629	1747	1917	445	918	376	185	202	277	148	88	196	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 1.51	6:20AM 2.68		12:20AM 1.97		1:41PM 1.68	12:36AM 2.16	7:14AM 1.10	2:41PM 1.50	3:07AM 1.59	9:20AM 2.82	3:27PM 1.47	3:48AM 1.58				12:05PM 1.86		12:36AM 1.89	12:44PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	5:35PM 0.36		12:37PM 1.39			7:28AM 0.49					8:47PM 0.59			9:28PM 0.61	10:14AM 0.31	5:41PM 0.48	10:21PM 0.30	6:01AM 0.56	6:28PM 0.39		6:41AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	-	-	-	-	2	10	-	5	1	35	2	-
High °C	28	19	16	16	14	22	17	14	13	13	12	11	17	12	18	17	20	19	23	18	17	19
Low °C	25	12	15	15	12	18	16	12	12	13	10	10	17	10	16	16	19	19	21	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	28	19	15	15	13	22	17	13	12	11	11	11	17	10	18	17	20	19	23	18	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	9	8	10	10	11	8	19	10	14	14	14	11	13	13	7	12	12	7	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	11	8	9	10	10	16	-	9	8	15	-	5	13	6	11	12	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	2.2 W	1.8 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.5 N
Period (s)	5	6	-	12	7	4	10	10	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6

	Sunday 11			Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Mana Island Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	0	2	2	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNE	0.5 S	4.0 WNW	1.5 NNE	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 NW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 W	1.4 S	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	8	7	10	10	10	8	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	215	80	3632	284	491	1760	1954	1948	170	1665	1432	1067	1192	1061	1024	1137	553	1045	700	611	619	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:26AM 1.88				11:10AM 2.14					1:37AM 1.59				1:57PM 1.26		9:29PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 0.39				6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50				7:52AM 0.29						3:35AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	20	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	24	20	15	18	11	13	12	13	17	15	13	14	12	12	18	15	24	16	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	24	20	14	17	10	12	11	11	17	14	12	14	10	11	18	15	24	16	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.5 S	4.0 WNW	1.5 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.2 SSW	1.1 NW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 S	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	12	11	8	6	9	7	10	8	11	11	11	10	12	11	8	10	8	20	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	6	12	17	15	15	-	10	12	8	8	10	13	13	13	10	6	11	-	19	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.7 W	-	0.6 SW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.7 NE	2.4 W	2.0 NE	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	5	4	-	3	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	10	6	10	9	10	10	9

	Sunday 11										Monday 12
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Mana Island Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	0	2	2	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	4.0 WNW	1.1 NNE	0.1 E	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 SSW	3.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	4.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	11	8	10	6	6	14	7	11	13	12	13	10	18	11	17	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	87	53	3737	165	4	134	134	1052	949	22	25	3644	38	18	28	4461	89	3652	2032	2152	2121	2082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			7:52AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)					5:01PM 0.75	6:11PM 0.35						12:06AM 1.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	22	18	27	20	21	21	12	19	19	19	15	19	18	17	10	13	9	10	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	27	22	17	27	20	21	21	9	18	18	18	13	18	16	16	7	11	6	7	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	1.1 NNE	0.1 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	-	8	4	6	6	14	-	11	13	12	13	10	9	10	17	11	-	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	8	-	11	10	8	8	12	-	13	15	-	15	13	13	12	4	-	-	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.6 SW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	4	11	5	4	5	5	9	7	8	8	12	8	7	8	11	4	11	11	10	10	10

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