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

	Fri		Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Owahanga Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	7	10	6	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	237	2080	569	3595	1914	1027	801	502	426	230	1779	76	4007	2001	1228	778	711	990	1240	641	388	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- on	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:49AM 1.83		4:44PM 1.45	12:09AM 2.10				4:03AM 2.50	5:09PM 1.84	1:44AM 2.19		2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15				8:56AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.29			8:51AM 0.14	6:42PM 0.02	9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18	2:49PM 0.08	11:12PM 0.35		2:26PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	35	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
High °C	18	12	15	19	15	15	17	17	17	27	15	21	19	16	17	18	12	16	17	16	22	13
Low °C	17	8	12	17	10	14	15	16	16	23	14	19	15	12	16	17	11	14	16	14	18	13
Chill °C (?)	18	10	15	19	14	15	17	16	17	27	13	21	19	16	17	18	12	16	17	16	22	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	-	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	2.5 WSW	1.3 N	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	9	13	14	-	11	11	11	12	7	10	6	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 NE	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	-	-	-	8	7	11	7	10	-	-	19	18	20	10	-	17	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.3 N	-	3.0 NNE	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	12	11	-	-	3	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	13	11	12	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	7	7
Energy(?)	1596	705	1086	1000	2120	4439	3178	3001	3806	848	3404	2279	1459	1220	1027	954	801	686	548	502	678	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33								2:39PM 2.40			12:09AM 2.10				12:27PM 2.21						4:49AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 0.29											6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	16	15	8	9	14	15	17	14	13	12	11	10	14	15	15	17	15	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	15	6	7	14	15	17	13	12	11	10	8	13	15	15	16	14	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	10	12	13	13	9	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 NE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	11	4	4	4	11	12	11	12	12	4	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	7	7

	Friday 30										Saturday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	431	236	305	265	334	964	352	242	235	358	2197	2080	1415	1415	1390	1412	1607	1658	674	1800	59	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33		3:27PM 1.63								11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:28AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	20	18	16	15	15	13	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	15	11	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	20	20	18	15	14	14	13	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	15	9	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	13	6	6	12	10	12	8	8	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	11	-	-

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