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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	9	9	9	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	5	11	9
Energy(?)	1158	1424	659	866	392	6419	20212	11476	8172	5706	1872	3284	923	764	702	637	298	832	572	104	626	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:23PM 1.28	1:54AM 1.34		2:17PM 1.22	2:55AM 1.33			1:42AM 1.69		3:37PM 1.33	3:58AM 1.52		2:32PM 1.72	2:57AM 1.82	11:47AM 2.05	2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98	1:27AM 2.17	4:02AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 0.33	8:12AM 0.33		8:37PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32	3:26PM 1.11	7:18PM 0.34	8:52AM 0.37		9:34PM 0.47	8:25AM 0.27		8:39PM 0.16	5:40AM 0.33		9:06PM 0.09	6:56AM 0.15		7:18PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	11	15	19	14	14	14	13	15	16	14	18	17	14	17	16	16	13	18	14	16
Low °C	20	21	8	14	17	13	13	14	11	14	16	11	16	16	12	14	16	13	13	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	24	22	11	14	19	12	13	12	11	13	15	12	18	17	13	17	16	15	12	17	13	16
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 N	1.3 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	10	12	17	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	15	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	9	9	13	9	-	9	9	9	12	-	12	12	9	11	17	6	6	18	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	-	1.3 S	0.5 W	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	6	4	13	15	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-

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	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 W	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	13	10	13	13	11	13	13	12	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1158	1061	1388	1376	1405	1451	1328	504	743	667	643	514	1572	1084	1259	3349	11135	11943	14482	10974	11607	8172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32				2:08PM 1.29				1:01AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	24	25	23	21	19	20	12	13	16	15	15	14	13	15	12	13	13	14	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	20	24	25	23	21	19	20	10	12	16	14	15	13	12	14	10	11	11	13	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.2 SE	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	14	9	9	10	13	10	13	6	12	13	13	19	15	16	17	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 N	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	14	14	9	9	9	6	13	9	9	9	15	9	9	-	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.6 N	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.5 SW	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.0 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	3	-	-	11	3	3	12	-	-	16	-	16	-

	Friday 13																Saturday 14
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 N	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	10	14	14	11	10	6	10
Energy(?)	993	812	1158	1158	1166	1371	1381	491	763	522	977	964	710	496	494	1049	908	885	180	1654	505	1662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:44PM 1.23										12:00AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	7:27AM 0.33																				3:26AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	20	21	23	23	24	18	13	12	22	21	12	12	11	13	11	11	9	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	16	21	20	21	23	23	24	18	12	11	22	21	11	12	11	11	9	8	6	7	5	7
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 N	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 WNW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	10	10	9	14	13	9	14	14	8	14	14	11	14	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 N	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	11	11	13	14	14	8	9	14	9	9	10	11	11	24	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	0.4 NW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	2.2 NNE	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	3	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	10	5	5	6	10	6	10

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