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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	Mon	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	4	5	8	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.2 S	2.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 E	3.5 W	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	11	13	14	14	7	10	8	9	11	11	9	11	9	10	12	13	13	11	12	12	9
Energy(?)	315	132	493	243	723	557	920	954	1513	2224	2406	1966	5503	1834	699	3270	1677	3005	2037	973	1702	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:37PM 1.80	2:26AM 1.99		1:14PM 3.18	1:37AM 3.08		2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99		3:09PM 2.04	9:46PM 1.49	10:11AM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	7:36AM 1.99		8:22PM 1.73	5:10AM 1.82	5:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	10:08PM 0.25	7:54AM 0.37		8:15PM 0.20	8:30AM 0.33		7:26PM 0.50	8:23AM 0.43		8:45PM 0.40	9:00AM 0.43		3:53AM 0.43		4:37PM 0.43			2:43PM 0.91	2:49AM 0.37	11:23AM 0.56		11:22PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	16	6	-	-	4	1	5	3	-	3	1	-	1	2	-
High °C	12	20	17	14	18	16	16	16	17	18	24	17	12	14	10	14	11	13	13	14	12	15
Low °C	8	16	16	13	17	15	15	16	16	17	22	16	7	13	9	10	10	12	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	20	17	13	17	14	16	15	17	18	24	16	10	13	6	13	9	11	12	14	10	15
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.6 NNE	0.7 S	0.6 S	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 SSW	1.4 E	3.5 W	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	11	13	14	14	11	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	13	13	11	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	5	14	14	7	11	12	11	21	20	10	10	-	12	-	14	12	9	10	11	11	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.7 SW	-	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	3	6	7	-	8	9	4	-	9	11	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	9	-

	Mon	Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	10	10	14	14	14	13	8	8	20	20	10	10
Energy(?)	534	315	677	268	239	205	163	529	520	551	603	638	423	587	561	521	694	1044	1470	1250	1296	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:38PM 3.15					1:40AM 2.02		7:33AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)					7:54AM 0.37				7:29PM 0.46						2:16PM 0.50			12:03AM 0.75			8:23AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	8
Temp. °C	11	10	10	8	12	20	19	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	20	18	15	14	13	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	6	11	20	19	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	20	17	15	13	12	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.3 N
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	11	10	10	14	14	14	13	8	8	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	5	7	4	14	13	14	10	11	12	12	12	-	10	-	-	10	10	20	20	19	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	7	-	8	8	-	-	-

	Monday 19				Tuesday 20
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SE	0.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	13	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	7	9	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	473	475	534	491	243	130	130	451	474	480	480	485	102	47	233	233	566	343	816	493	493	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:24AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	11	11	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	14	12	13	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	10	10	15	14	15	15	14	14	15	12	14	15	15	12	10	11	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	11	13	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	7	13	5	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	-	11	-	-	-	9	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.6 SE	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	4	7	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	7	4	4	4	6	6	-

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