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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.7 W	2.4 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	13	9	6	7	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	804	1770	1082	1652	1380	1490	772	866	791	295	259	705	327	324	1826	1286	1246	184	205	1059	814	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:01PM 1.44	4:35AM 2.93	5:04PM 2.97		5:38AM 2.85		12:53AM 1.55		1:34PM 1.64	12:12AM 2.30		2:29PM 1.64	1:16AM 2.35		1:41PM 2.33	3:37AM 2.14	10:10AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.34		10:48AM 1.04		11:22PM 1.04	11:54AM 1.11	4:38PM 0.32		7:09AM 0.17			8:19AM 0.31			7:20AM 0.24		9:14PM 0.09		4:00PM 0.32	10:19PM 0.03	9:25AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	18	18	11	17	14	10	19	18	17	20	16	12	16	17	16	14	18	14	20
Low °C	15	16	14	16	17	11	16	13	9	16	17	13	16	14	9	13	16	14	12	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	18	18	9	17	12	9	19	18	17	20	14	10	15	16	16	13	18	14	20
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	8	12	10	10	11	11	5	9	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	12	16	16	11	13	11	12	12	11	5	14	13	13	10	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	2.4 W	-	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	2	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	12	12	-	-	4	-	11	3	9

	Sunday 25					Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wed
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	9
Energy(?)	3961	7246	1277	1547	1243	1110	1044	3149	1091	1071	1380	2859	1193	1047	1394	2061	2127	1754	675	655	511	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:14AM 1.64			4:05PM 3.07						11:25AM 1.46				12:12AM 1.68				12:05PM 1.82		5:31PM 2.63		11:04PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)						10:24PM 0.94										4:13AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	16	15	14	13	12	17	17	18	13	15	15	11	11	13	14	17	16	14	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	16	15	14	13	10	17	17	18	11	15	15	9	9	11	14	17	16	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	15	11	15	15	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	1.1 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	6	10	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25																Monday 26
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 S	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	10
Energy(?)	4715	4485	804	1829	1895	1838	1804	2886	1277	1279	2168	5435	2353	2359	4792	4233	4120	2231	1566	1947	1250	3102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:14AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)								2:40PM 0.34		4:50PM 0.18	5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	15	16	16	16	17	13	15	15	16	13	15	15	12	13	12	15	14	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	14	16	15	15	17	11	14	15	16	11	15	15	10	11	10	14	14	13	16	9
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 S	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ESE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.6 E	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	20	20	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	11	10	11	-	-	-	10

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