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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	Sun	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 NW	0.2 N	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	7	8	16	11	12	13	13	14	11	11	14	6	11	11
Energy(?)	1139	1091	2513	1524	927	656	799	204	485	244	430	2799	4921	277	1470	1908	2371	1415	3007	430	12	466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:25AM 1.46		9:45PM 1.64	12:20PM 1.46		12:53AM 1.55		1:34PM 1.64	12:12AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.27		1:16AM 2.35		3:03PM 1.94	1:48AM 2.04		4:26PM 1.61	2:25AM 2.36	11:11AM 3.34	2:59PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	10:24PM 0.94	5:14AM 0.20	5:41PM 0.16		6:11AM 0.19	6:49PM 0.57		7:27AM 0.33			6:27AM 0.98	6:40PM 0.19		9:07AM 0.13		7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:02PM 0.07	5:01AM 0.76		11:29PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	13	12	14	15	11	16	20	18	17	17	12	19	19	16	17	17	14	22	20	15
Low °C	15	17	12	11	13	15	9	13	18	14	16	14	10	16	17	15	14	16	9	18	18	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	11	10	14	14	10	16	20	18	17	16	9	19	19	15	17	16	12	22	20	15
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.6 E	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.0 S	0.2 N	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	11	10	8	13	6	8	12	11	10	6	13	14	11	-	14	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	-	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	16	16	11	13	10	13	7	16	11	14	13	9	10	9	-	14	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 S	1.1 SW	2.1 S	-	0.6 SW	-	2.1 W	-	0.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.6 NW	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	7	10	-	6	-	7	-	4	11	12	6	-	-	11	11	-	6	4	-

	Sun	Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.9 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	11	13	9
Energy(?)	1125	1139	1180	3159	1091	1033	1014	1319	1213	1524	1373	2190	2090	1334	1588	1070	1020	500	526	237	512	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 1.44				11:43AM 1.61								12:20PM 1.46						6:52AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)								6:11PM 0.38				4:12AM 0.36				4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	12	17	18	16	17	16	11	11	11	12	13	15	14	11	13	10	15	15	19
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	10	17	18	16	17	16	9	9	9	10	13	15	13	10	13	9	15	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	11	15	11	11	14	14	11	13	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	10	10	10	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25				Monday 26
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 W	2.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1371	1293	1163	4765	1156	1200	1238	2131	2105	3230	3082	3159	2841	1108	1600	2162	2144	1185	1822	647	2149	1099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:01PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	12	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	17	15	12	12	18	12	18	12	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	10	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	17	15	10	10	18	10	18	10	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 W	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	14	14	11	10	9	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 E	1.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	8	10	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	12	17	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	-

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