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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	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	0.3 SW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	9	9	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	19	7	12	16	7	10	10	11	12
Energy(?)	1912	5939	1031	648	2690	1163	1313	1352	1182	843	742	926	344	116	602	1102	307	289	28	661	853	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.98					4:35AM 2.93	5:04PM 2.47		5:20AM 2.60		1:04AM 1.74			7:29PM 2.89	12:29PM 1.69	2:15PM 1.49	2:57AM 1.57		3:12PM 1.51	3:55AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.44	8:53AM 0.36	5:14PM 0.61	10:59PM 0.49	10:48AM 1.04		11:06PM 0.53	11:35AM 0.64	6:59PM 0.35		7:20AM 0.15	1:10PM 1.13	1:48AM 1.13	6:19AM 0.30		8:36PM 0.11	9:07AM 0.13		9:33PM 0.08	9:53AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	2	-	5	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	14	16	13	16	19	13	14	13	14	10	18	20	16	19	19	13	14	16	12	23
Low °C	13	16	13	13	13	15	17	13	13	13	14	8	16	19	13	19	18	12	13	16	10	17
Chill °C (?)	10	17	13	16	11	16	19	11	14	12	13	9	18	20	15	19	19	10	12	15	10	23
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	10	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	16	10	11	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	9	10	-	11	12	14	11	11	11	13	11	19	18	16	9	15	10	13	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	2.4 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.9 W	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 24							Sunday 25								Monday 26
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	12	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	5255	5309	5300	2611	960	4218	3013	4147	3409	3183	1030	1036	1010	1447	1303	3645	3191	3795	1091	1048	1026	2606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 1.94								3:27AM 2.79			11:03AM 1.57		4:05PM 3.07						11:25AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41AM 0.45				9:35PM 0.86											5:27AM 0.17				5:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	16	13	13	19	15	14	13	14	13	17	17	17	15	12	16	14	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	13	13	19	15	13	12	14	12	17	17	17	15	10	16	13	17	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	11	9	12	13	13	13	13	9	11	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	10	14	13	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	12	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 24
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	6	12	14	13	14	13	9	9	8	13	13	12	8	9	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	3313	4179	5255	1132	295	5309	2357	6729	5121	5528	2771	2117	1395	3954	3772	2398	904	1977	841	746	1873	1226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:34AM 1.94												3:16PM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	15	12	13	13	17	17	11	16	15	15	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	8	10	10	17	17	8	15	14	14	13	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	1.1 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 E	1.0 E	2.0 SSW	1.0 E	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	7	12	14	13	14	13	9	12	9	13	13	11	10	9	9	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.2 S	0.7 SE	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	10	-	-	9	9	9	10	10	9	12	9	12	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SW	2.1 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	-	12	8	9	8	-	9	8

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