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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	Sat	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	12	11	10	10	9	16	13	9	6	7	12	12	12	10	11	10	11	11	12
Energy(?)	6562	442	1204	3205	110	1478	1474	758	717	791	295	509	584	1159	999	197	718	262	835	150	938	981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:44AM 3.02		3:48PM 2.86		9:20AM 2.24		12:02AM 1.68	5:38AM 2.85	6:14PM 2.89	12:53AM 1.55		1:29PM 1.41	1:50AM 1.60		2:04PM 2.28	1:16AM 2.35		3:27PM 1.63	2:04AM 1.95		2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.42		10:09PM 0.41		6:11PM 0.38		11:54AM 1.11			7:20AM 0.15		7:29PM 0.12	8:08AM 0.15			9:13AM 0.29		7:39PM 0.11	8:33AM 0.81		10:11PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	23	-	1	1	-	2	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	16	18	18	12	17	16	10	19	17	16	19	16	13	16	19	12	14	16	17
Low °C	10	16	14	15	16	17	11	16	16	9	16	17	15	19	13	9	13	18	11	12	15	12
Chill °C (?)	10	16	15	16	18	18	10	17	16	9	19	17	16	19	15	11	15	19	10	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	0.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	-	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	9	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	10	11	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	8	9	10	12	12	16	16	16	13	11	19	18	16	11	6	10	14	12	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 S	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.6 SW	-	1.1 W	-	2.0 WSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	-	4	12	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	6	-	10	-	10	-	11	3

	Sat	Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3013	4146	3409	3183	10670	1040	1102	1576	1407	3205	3769	3658	1091	1048	1292	2582	1193	1168	2193	1250	1046	1720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:27AM 2.79		8:22AM 2.27	11:03AM 1.57		4:05PM 3.07		11:01PM 1.44				11:25AM 1.46				12:12AM 1.68				12:05PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	9:35PM 0.86											5:27AM 0.17								4:13AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	13	16	18	17	15	16	14	14	17	16	18	13	15	15	11	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	11	16	18	17	15	16	13	13	17	16	18	11	15	15	9	9	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.4 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	11	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	2.5 S	1.1 SW	-	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	10	9	-	-	10	7	-	10

	Saturday 24				Sunday 25
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.4 SSE	4.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	8	9	9	8	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3456	5293	4914	4669	5913	725	562	2020	1967	1220	1404	485	538	849	103	9608	1507	1420	6391	6407	5950	2784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:44AM 3.02								11:03AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			9:19PM 0.30							4:20AM 0.20										2:43PM 0.91		4:33PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-
High °C	16	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	7	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	14	12	12	11	16	16	11	11	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.2 E	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 E	3.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	12	12	8	9	9	8	11	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	13	13	9	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	3	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	12

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