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 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.0 SW	1.3 S	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	9	6	7	12	11	11	15	10	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	804	1896	1135	1091	1357	1556	744	645	783	307	371	655	1170	859	1464	295	1207	570	578	997	595	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 2.86		9:11AM 1.61			5:38AM 2.85	6:14PM 2.89			1:17PM 1.47	1:48AM 1.76			1:16AM 2.35		3:27PM 1.63	2:04AM 1.95		3:59PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 0.94		5:41PM 0.16	11:22PM 1.04	11:54AM 1.11		12:31AM 1.12	7:09AM 0.17		7:37PM 0.55	8:09AM 0.53	6:58PM 0.85		9:13AM 0.29		7:39PM 0.11	8:33AM 0.81		10:19PM 0.03	8:51AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	19	11	14	14	10	19	18	17	19	15	12	19	14	12	15	18	15	21
Low °C	15	16	15	16	17	11	13	14	9	16	16	15	15	13	11	18	14	9	13	16	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	19	9	13	14	10	19	18	17	19	14	10	19	12	10	15	18	14	21
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	8	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	12	16	11	11	13	11	-	12	16	11	-	15	-	-	11	-	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	2.3 W	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	6	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	3409	3173	1760	7199	1163	1576	1268	1110	1044	1118	1183	1109	1021	2708	2844	1050	1024	1973	1977	1787	645	1078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 2.79					4:05PM 3.07						11:43AM 1.61			9:56PM 2.25	12:12AM 1.68				12:05PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53AM 0.95					10:24PM 0.94		5:14AM 0.20								4:13AM 0.36				4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	14	13	17	17	18	18	13	11	15	15	11	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	11	15	16	15	14	12	17	17	18	18	11	9	15	15	9	11	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	11	11	15	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	-

	Sunday 25
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	5.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	10
Energy(?)	3896	3675	1967	15207	1140	1864	1840	1790	1760	843	961	933	1001	6545	6324	1967	2028	2051	5052	2637	1180	2737
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:44AM 3.02							10:32AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)									9:53AM 0.95					2:43PM 0.91			5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	10	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	13	13	17	17	13	13	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	6	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	11	11	17	17	11	11	12	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	4.5 S	1.7 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	3.0 S	0.7 E	1.9 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	9	11	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	20	10	9	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	2	2	8	8	12	12	-	-	11	11	12	-	10

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