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 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	9	7	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	12	13	9	13	13	14	14	14	11	10	20	19	14	16	12	13	14	12
Energy(?)	284	293	363	256	486	451	469	212	858	193	277	653	266	230	111	221	11859	5088	1151	1995	1077	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:22PM 1.83		12:42AM 1.86		3:26PM 1.45	3:55AM 1.45	11:24AM 2.14	2:30PM 2.49			5:25PM 1.71		5:49AM 1.80	6:26PM 1.74	1:27AM 2.34			3:49AM 2.64		4:09PM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 0.34	6:07AM 0.24	6:33PM 0.24		9:04AM 0.15		9:41PM 0.11	5:14AM 0.10		10:33PM 0.43	8:36AM 0.01		11:38PM 0.43	12:11PM 0.36		7:12PM -0.08	7:45AM 0.07	1:23PM -0.02	9:39PM 0.22	10:09AM 0.38		10:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	11	16	18	15	19	15	12	18	18	19	24	17	11	18	16	11	20	14	14
Low °C	11	14	15	9	13	17	11	16	14	9	16	16	18	23	15	10	15	16	10	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	13	17	15	10	16	18	14	19	14	11	18	18	19	24	16	9	18	15	10	20	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	12	13	9	13	13	14	14	14	11	10	10	19	15	16	12	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	5	4	9	9	4	9	14	7	6	9	11	8	6	5	20	10	11	11	16	-	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 NW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NW	-	1.0 N	0.6 W	1.7 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	6	5	4	4	9	-	2	7	5	4	5	-	7	6	6	14	-	-	3	-	2

	Sat	Sunday 02								Monday 03								Tuesday 04
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.0 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	9	11	9	12	12	12	8	8	12	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	1689	2324	1010	791	618	288	237	606	754	256	510	259	416	537	528	938	914	304	679	875	1029	827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 1.82	11:53PM 1.73					2:33PM 1.41								3:25PM 1.64							12:46PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)				6:07AM 0.24	8:10AM 0.20			4:01PM 0.38	7:08PM 0.86				8:56AM 0.40			4:48PM 0.21				6:45AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	8	13	17	17	14	15	9	10	9	14	16	16	18	14	12	12	12	13	18
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	6	13	17	17	13	15	7	9	7	14	16	16	18	13	10	10	10	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.9 W	1.0 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	9	12	12	12	9	8	12	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	5	8	9	12	6	9	16	9	8	4	9	15	15	4	14	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	-	0.3 NNW	1.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	2.5 W	1.6 W	0.5 NW	-	-	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	-	2	10	5	4	8	10	4	-	4	4	-	5	8	8	3	-	-	-	13

	Saturday 01				Sunday 02
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	8	8
Energy(?)	428	1162	2532	2490	258	449	449	191	381	486	904	472	461	410	339	140	260	291	375	884	624	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														8:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	8	8	13	10	10	5	8	9	7	9	12	12	13	11	11	18	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	11	7	6	6	13	8	8	2	6	6	5	7	10	10	11	9	9	18	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 S	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	10	8	18	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	5	9	9	13	13	4	8	4	4	4	4	13	11	9	11	11	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	0.3 N	0.4 WNW	-	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	6	-	11	11	-	4	4	-	-	5	2	5	5	6	6	-	2	3	-	8	8	8

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