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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	6	6	5	7	9	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	15	16	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3680	4197	2178	7053	7239	3528	4839	5020	3746	1318	2004	1753	1599	1294	1115	1011	1275	755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:21AM	11:58AM	1:24PM	1:36AM	11:21AM		11:41PM	5:12AM	5:41PM	3:00AM	6:01AM	2:46PM 12:16AM	1:33AM		1:47PM
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM	5:50AM		7:33PM	5:19AM	5:38PM		11:30AM	9:42PM	8:57PM			7:21PM	7:48AM		10:52PM	8:50AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	24	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	7	18	7	9	15	11	16	16	17	16	13	15	12	18	16	15	13
Low °C	12	6	18	7	7	14	10	15	15	16	15	12	14	10	18	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	4	18	2	5	14	10	15	16	17	16	13	15	12	17	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:47
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	7	11	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	13	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.8 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	4	16	16	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

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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	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	10	10	9	8	8	6	6	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	13	15	15	14	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3680	3516	2760	4197	4149	2150	2178	2680	7053	8759	9716	7239	6452	6038	3528	3629	4839	5046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:06PM 2.37				1:01AM 1.97			10:47AM 3.37		4:10PM 1.79			12:50AM 1.96			11:27AM 2.73	2:03PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)						4:43AM 0.57					7:33PM 0.42	10:27PM 0.43		5:35AM 0.43				5:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	2	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	6	6	17	18	18	7	7	7	7	8	13	14	15	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	2	2	17	18	17	2	3	4	3	6	11	13	14	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.8 SW	0.3 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	11	15	15	14	7	11	15	11	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	14	-	-	-	11	11	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	13	13	4	4	-	16	16	15	16	-	-	-	-	14	-