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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	12	16	14	12	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1706	2265	850	1042	399	923	386	1943	2954	3900	4267	2800	3915	4283	3745	1700	1386	580	1206	1063	789	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 2.25		6:01AM 1.92		7:47PM 1.55	8:09AM 1.56		8:42PM 1.41	8:48AM 1.40		9:30PM 1.40	9:51AM 1.53		10:13PM 1.58	4:23AM 1.82	4:49PM 1.76		5:05AM 1.71	5:38PM 1.64		9:19AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 0.11		12:43AM 0.10	12:17PM 0.17	1:39PM 0.44	1:59AM 0.38		2:36PM 0.14	2:58AM 0.15		3:18PM 0.50	3:47AM 0.18		3:36PM 0.24		10:38AM 0.50		11:06PM 0.64	11:25AM 0.63		10:44PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	8	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	19	23	18	14	14	16	17	15	12	11	16	14	16	17	13	15	15	13	18
Low °C	13	14	10	15	21	17	14	14	13	15	13	11	11	15	13	16	16	13	14	15	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	10	19	23	18	14	13	16	17	14	12	11	15	13	16	17	12	14	14	11	18
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 W	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	12	13	14	8	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	6	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 S	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	16	12	12	13	10	10	-	9	9	12	11	11	11	16	12	14	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	11	4	8

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	15	15	15	14	10	15
Energy(?)	1776	1269	1345	1154	1454	1312	1031	1077	1083	1269	1042	1023	764	617	542	923	544	665	1371	1136	652	1381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:53PM 1.53					7:15AM 1.59				7:47PM 1.55		2:35AM 2.10				1:53PM 2.11	5:35PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)				11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11				1:39PM 0.44						8:43AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-
Temp. °C	9	11	13	12	15	14	11	11	10	10	15	19	19	20	13	17	17	17	18	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	7	11	13	10	15	14	10	10	9	9	15	19	19	20	12	16	16	16	18	16	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	16	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	15	10	15	15	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	15	15	14	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.1 NE	0.8 NW	-	-	0.4 N	-	2.0 WNW	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	3	-	10	-	5

	Wednesday 04
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	17	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	15	15	16	15
Energy(?)	1839	1285	1776	546	1808	1819	1908	2432	2532	2568	1627	2081	1588	1367	1454	321	284	911	227	232	446	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:21AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)												12:58PM 0.11							7:49PM 0.03			10:21PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	9	9	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	15	14	16	15	17	17	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	11	7	9	10	9	10	10	11	13	12	14	14	16	15	17	17	14	15	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	17	11	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.0 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	12	12	12	14	14	10	10	12	10	10	10	9	6	6	7	7	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	-	1.9 S	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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