New Zealand Surf

Detailed 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 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 New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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New Zealand Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2931	1011	1236	1218	3409	3298	3436	7051	7260	6098	5275	3133	1279	1684	2326	5418	3074	1611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:05PM	11:08AM	1:39PM	8:16PM	8:17AM		8:53PM 7:32PM	9:09AM	9:40PM	12:40AM 10:51PM			11:55PM		12:13PM
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47PM	1:08AM	5:09AM		2:31AM		2:53PM		3:05AM	5:15PM	6:40PM	8:00AM	5:49PM		7:28AM	3:46AM	9:01PM	6:39AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	3	5	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	18	19	12	12	14	13	12	12	11	16	20	18	19	16	16	15
Low °C	8	8	17	18	10	11	12	8	10	11	11	13	18	18	18	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	18	19	10	10	13	11	10	10	8	15	20	18	19	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:16
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	1.4 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 S	1.5 SW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	7	10	-	10	-	11	-	10	10	17	16	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NW	-	0.9 NW	2.2 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.5 E	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	5	13	-	14	13	-	-	6	7	-	5	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2931	1408	1121	1011	1280	1338	1236	1236	1218	3461	3090	3409	5374	3597	3298	3348	3436	3503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:55AM 2.71									10:29AM 1.87	1:04PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					1:50AM 1.04				2:19PM 0.91	4:05PM 0.41				4:23AM 0.44				4:41PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	3	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	18	8	8	16	14	17	18	19	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	7	18	7	8	16	13	16	18	19	10	9	9	10	10	9	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 N	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	9	5	12	9	5	5	-	7	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	-	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	-	12	13	5	13	13	13	13	-	13