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

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	8	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SSE	2.0 NE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	7	14	13	13	8	8	13	13	14	15	16	17	14	11
Energy(?)	600	492	333	288	235	377	509	382	856	839	1140	652	1819	1206	1638	1735	13564	8873	7745	2291	2153	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 2.28		4:08AM 2.38	5:15PM 2.51	12:22AM 1.55	12:42PM 1.47					1:45AM 1.53		2:05PM 1.42	8:07PM 2.30		2:53PM 1.30	3:18AM 1.44	11:10AM 1.88		12:48AM 2.26	11:50AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.83	10:28AM 0.96			6:50AM 0.50	6:53PM 0.54	11:50PM 1.07	7:28AM 0.31	1:27PM 1.41	7:30PM 0.52	8:07AM 0.47		2:17AM 0.88	9:13AM 0.32		8:55PM 0.28	5:09AM 0.54	5:29PM 0.34		5:47AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	5	-
High °C	14	15	15	17	17	14	20	20	17	21	22	19	15	17	14	20	16	15	15	17	13	15
Low °C	13	14	13	14	15	14	17	18	15	18	20	11	13	15	13	16	15	13	12	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	17	16	14	20	20	16	21	22	19	14	16	12	20	15	13	14	17	12	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	2.5 SSW	0.6 SE	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	7	13	12	11	12	11	10	7	14	13	13	13	8	11	13	15	15	16	17	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	13	5	13	8	7	8	12	12	8	8	8	9	12	9	9	22	9	9	12	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 N	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	-	1.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.1 SW	-	5.0 WSW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	4	-	3	6	7	-	8	4	8	-	13	-	14	6	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10							Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	6	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1228	1399	1119	1041	597	678	549	505	516	511	259	276	218	219	236	241	286	355	510	659	1588	1351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:32AM 2.39							11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50				12:35AM 1.34			7:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55				5:56AM 0.28				6:14PM 0.55				6:31AM 0.35			3:12PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	15	14	14	18	16	14	11	10	12	11	15	17	18	17	13	12	16	16	17	20	18	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	18	16	13	10	8	11	9	15	17	18	17	12	11	16	16	17	20	18	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	6	6	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 N	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	8	7	8	5	13	13	11	7	11	11	11	8	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 E	1.2 E	-	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 N	0.3 N	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	5	-	4	6	6	3	3	11	-

	Tuesday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1328	1228	1228	1102	733	553	548	632	1215	565	580	501	499	505	878	399	290	271	672	667	534	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:32AM 2.39												3:23PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)									9:19AM 0.76								5:09PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	18	15	12	12	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	9	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	17	14	11	11	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	13	13	13	14	7	7	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	15	15	14	10	14	10	14	14	14	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	7	8	-	3	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

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