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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	Tue	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	14	11	12	12	14	13	11	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	11	11	14	13	7
Energy(?)	4039	1400	1233	1556	683	755	1356	1464	952	360	618	529	2913	961	1042	1917	880	492	528	1123	367	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:48AM 1.96	5:07AM 1.60	3:06PM 1.95	3:27AM 1.94		6:28PM 1.55				7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	5:24AM 1.77	6:06PM 1.69	8:55PM 1.58	8:50AM 1.36		9:39PM 1.57	10:06AM 1.50		10:12PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		11:20AM 0.45		9:13PM 0.13	9:32AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44	7:37AM 0.17	1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54	11:34AM 0.35		3:20AM 0.56		3:28PM 0.60		4:08AM 0.56	4:12PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	15	15	10	20	18	15	20	19	15	11	13	10	15	16	13	19	13	10	14	16	16
Low °C	8	12	13	10	15	16	13	15	17	13	11	11	10	13	15	12	16	12	8	10	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	15	14	8	20	18	15	20	19	15	9	12	10	15	16	12	19	11	7	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	12	12	14	11	12	12	14	13	11	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	11	11	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 N	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	16	15	12	13	10	16	10	10	11	7	-	7	-	5	5	6	-	16	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	6	7

	Tue	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	16	12	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	5039	3483	3620	3421	3122	1247	1233	3040	1780	1323	1087	1057	1136	1345	1249	1008	1129	1356	1400	1108	1041	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:48AM 1.96									5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31PM 0.12	10:55PM 0.34			8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39								12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	9	10	15	15	16	10	10	10	10	14	20	21	16	18	14	13	13	15	20
Chill °C (?)	8	10	5	7	8	15	14	16	8	8	8	9	14	20	21	16	18	13	12	12	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	-	14	11	10	10	10	12	12	16	16	16	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	4	-	4	4	4	-

	Tuesday 31				Wednesday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5411	5992	5039	4439	4572	2791	2529	1382	2055	1844	1646	1454	1915	3101	1139	1360	777	1247	1303	1273	1233	1296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:07AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)														8:53AM 0.16	9:08AM 0.15		11:10AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	13	15	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	9	11	8	8	8	10	10	5	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	14	12	15	15	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	16	14	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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