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

	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	6	10	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	14	14
Energy(?)	3555	1198	2173	2794	2309	6650	8362	5978	3371	5089	3563	1318	2004	1944	1599	1096	1238	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:59PM		4:05AM	4:30PM		1:46AM	2:03PM	11:41PM		2:47PM	12:23AM		3:39PM		3:53AM	4:40PM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:01PM	8:57AM		11:16PM	10:21AM		10:27PM	9:24AM			8:33AM		6:19PM	6:46AM		9:49PM	10:19AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	13	17	18	8	8	10	15	16	17	16	16	12	15	12	18	19
Low °C	12	11	12	16	18	7	6	9	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	10	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	10	12	17	18	4	5	8	14	16	16	16	15	11	15	10	18	19
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	7	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.9 NE	1.9 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	6	6	4	4	14	15	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	4

	Wed	Thursday 25	Friday 26	Sat
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	8	10	10
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5662	3555	1622	1240	1198	1079	2173	4206	4978	2794	4086	4549	2309	2680	6650	9885	8991	8362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:38AM 1.62						10:32PM 3.48	1:01AM 1.97			10:47AM 3.37	1:24PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)						9:43AM 0.90			6:57PM 0.36								7:33PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	1	2	1	-	1	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	11	11	13	11	7	16	6	6	18	18	8	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	11	10	8	12	9	5	16	2	2	18	18	4	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	11	10	15	14	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	5	6	6	6	7	-	12	-	14	13	-	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.7 WNW	-	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	6	6	6	2	6	-	14	4	13	13	4	-	14	15	15	15