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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.9 ENE	3.5 NW	0.8 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 NE	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	7	9	11	10	10	11	10	14	13	13	10	13	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	417	403	372	313	596	259	584	2844	121	598	1389	715	1490	1181	1212	415	1079	1037	1415	1281	1419	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.54	9:41AM 2.95			4:03AM 1.41	4:53PM 1.29			5:02PM 1.72			6:24PM 1.29		6:53AM 1.39			7:13AM 1.35		1:25AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 0.32	9:11PM 0.48		3:39PM 0.53	9:47PM 0.32	10:16AM 0.29		11:05PM 0.26	9:13AM 1.02		10:20PM 0.34	9:36AM 0.37		12:39AM 0.28		5:58PM 0.43	12:58AM 0.28		1:36PM 0.27	7:12PM 0.49	7:01AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	1
High °C	16	14	12	23	19	15	23	15	12	18	19	13	23	16	15	21	15	15	9	9	9	15
Low °C	15	13	11	18	17	14	20	15	11	17	18	10	19	15	13	21	15	13	9	9	7	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	10	23	19	15	23	13	10	18	19	13	23	16	15	21	15	15	8	9	6	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:36	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.4 S	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 NNW	1.9 ENE	3.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 ENE	2.3 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 NE	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	7	10	9	11	7	9	11	8	10	11	10	14	13	13	10	13	13	14	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 NNW	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	8	11	11	12	5	13	10	11	-	9	18	8	8	15	7	18	-	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.6 ENE	-	-	2.1 NNE	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	3	10	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.4 NE	1.8 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NW	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	12	12	8	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	11	10
Energy(?)	1248	726	424	690	686	1156	537	563	547	751	811	883	1390	1276	1442	1174	1270	1130	1116	1064	2378	1641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 2.86	12:53PM 1.76	3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40				3:37PM 1.76					4:41AM 1.32	10:00AM 2.76			4:35PM 1.28		10:26PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)									9:57AM 0.28				7:52PM 0.30	10:21PM 0.24				10:30AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	16	12	11	11	14	12	17	18	24	18	15	14	13	13	19	23	23	21	12	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	16	12	9	10	14	11	17	18	24	18	15	14	12	12	19	23	23	21	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	12	8	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	9	8	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	19	11	9	18	18	6	10	8	7	8	9	8	7	9	9	9	12	5	5	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	2.4 NE	1.8 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NE	1.2 N	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	8	6	6	6	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	-	-

	Sunday 16																Monday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.2 E	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NNW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	6	11
Energy(?)	1439	940	417	1139	1457	649	597	417	361	274	468	735	590	396	425	374	561	425	425	331	156	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:19PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)													7:12PM 0.29		9:41PM 0.23						3:55AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	15	12	11	13	16	16	16	10	14	12	12	13	13	13	9	11	11	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	15	12	10	11	15	15	15	7	12	9	10	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	6	7
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.2 E	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NNW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	12	10	8	10	10	11	7	7	6	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	19	11	8	19	19	7	14	8	8	6	13	11	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	3	3	3	10	10	11	4	4	4	-	6	6	-	5	-

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