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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.1 SW	1.9 E	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	1.7 S	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	7	7	12	9	11	10	13	12	9	9	11	8	10	10	9	18	16	15	14
Energy(?)	775	309	26	311	893	8	547	2405	733	1960	2037	933	1610	1625	266	691	1134	296	5183	3132	4750	2826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:23PM 1.51		5:02AM 2.13	5:44PM 2.09		6:30AM 2.57		12:52AM 1.52					1:53PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 0.78	11:25AM 0.93		11:24PM 0.99			6:29PM 0.47	7:08AM 0.43	5:57PM 0.92							8:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	27	5	-	-	7	-	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	7	8	-
High °C	15	15	20	18	19	18	17	18	13	13	13	18	13	10	13	14	12	15	13	11	13	13
Low °C	15	14	16	15	18	18	17	17	12	13	12	15	12	10	12	13	11	11	12	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	20	17	19	18	17	18	12	13	12	18	12	10	12	12	10	14	10	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	0.3 S	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.1 SW	1.9 E	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	0.5 E	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	4	13	8	12	9	11	10	13	12	14	9	11	8	9	10	9	9	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	-	1.9 W	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	13	4	8	8	12	9	8	16	17	16	13	15	13	13	12	12	8	11	-	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	-	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 S	-	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	7	7	7	-	5	3	-	-	9	-	-	4	10	-	2	18	-	-	-

	Friday 10			Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Energy(?)	1439	1230	558	513	519	233	867	387	378	574	1028	1827	1145	1640	1001	1189	1085	1990	10040	2405	3426	3499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	high	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 1.51				5:18AM 2.49		11:45AM 1.43									12:27PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 0.99						4:09PM 1.10					6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	7	3	2	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	13	14	10	16	20	21	14	14	15	17	15	20	17	18	17	19	17	18	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	14	9	15	20	21	13	13	14	17	14	20	17	18	17	19	16	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.1 S	2.1 E	5.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	11	9	10	7	5	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	13	13	4	13	6	15	8	-	12	-	9	9	13	-	-	16	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	-	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	-	5	6	4

	Friday 10											Saturday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	15	11	11	12	10	10	10	14	13	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	1679	1558	775	690	780	549	297	298	33	265	110	192	218	212	230	230	336	227	414	208	213	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										9:23PM 2.03	10:01PM 1.48	11:20PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:40AM 0.34	6:10AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	15	15	17	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	14	11	14	13	13	14	14	14	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	14	17	14	15	13	13	10	10	10	13	9	13	12	12	13	14	13	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	4	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	4	4	13	4	4	8	7	4	7	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	6

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