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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	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	11	11	10	12	12	7	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	10
Energy(?)	625	777	603	94	810	517	513	2962	2553	936	1017	600	490	1009	917	838	1390	1402	980	1177	954	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 1.60			1:16PM 2.28	1:49AM 2.23		5:59PM 1.93	3:50AM 2.53	5:03AM 2.07		7:34PM 1.98	5:47AM 1.98	6:06PM 1.91	2:59AM 1.95		6:53PM 1.81			2:24PM 2.37	3:34AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08AM 0.30		11:29PM 0.26	7:09AM 0.18		7:35PM -0.04	9:19AM 0.25		9:43PM 0.13	11:14AM 0.12	1:58PM 0.07	1:45AM 0.31	12:01PM 0.18		8:51PM 0.32	10:01AM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30	9:10AM 0.92		9:27PM 0.45	9:45AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	4	-	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	2	19	-
High °C	20	17	17	24	11	11	18	17	15	15	16	14	20	23	20	16	15	14	19	16	14	26
Low °C	17	14	15	21	11	11	14	15	14	14	15	11	14	22	11	13	15	10	12	15	13	21
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	24	8	8	17	16	13	15	16	14	20	23	20	15	13	13	19	15	14	26
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	8	12	7	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	10	12	12	12	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	1.0 W	1.9 W	0.1 N	0.7 NNW	1.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	8	9	10	8	11	13	20	8	8	20	19	10	6	6	-	-	7	-	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	3	5	12	6	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	11	-	-	-	-	2

	Sunday 01					Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 NE	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 S	2.0 NNE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 W	4.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	7	11	12	11	8	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	14	12	12
Energy(?)	625	577	537	698	624	556	505	942	531	544	47	681	567	517	669	666	1335	1207	1427	6157	1969	1680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							2:19AM 2.54	4:49AM 2.10				5:46PM 2.03										12:57AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		11:08AM 0.30		6:48PM 0.01					8:34AM 0.26				10:00PM -0.02					10:28AM 0.10		6:17PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	20	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	24	24	11	11	15	11	11	12	15	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	24	24	8	8	15	9	9	11	14	17	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 NE	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 S	1.4 NE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 NNW	4.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	7	11	12	11	8	12	12	9	12	12	12	9	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 W	0.2 S	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	5	11	8	8	6	10	8	8	12	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.2 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	2.0 NNE	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	3	3	7	-	4	3	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 01																Monday 02
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	645	652	625	954	954	846	846	501	777	776	367	169	717	884	714	171	689	637	242	68	290	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:27PM 2.21	1:47PM 2.49				5:18PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	12	14	14	13	16	14	15	18	19	15	14	15	16	14	14	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	10	13	13	12	15	13	14	17	19	14	13	15	15	13	13	12	11	13	12
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	5	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 S	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.7 NNE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	10	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	3	3	3	10	-	3	3	10	4	11	-	-	6	6	-	3	-	-

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