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

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	6	7	6	5	6	6	5	4	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	14	13	11	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	13	18
Energy(?)	3424	5076	3789	1198	3919	4768	3134	3388	6101	6168	5199	5089	3746	3143	2004	1310	1599	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:08AM	2:34PM	2:51AM	3:10AM	2:06PM			5:42PM		4:43AM 3:14PM	2:03PM		5:12AM	2:47PM		6:01AM	2:46PM	1:15AM
Low Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 8:20AM	9:16AM		9:22PM	8:20AM		10:44PM	11:03AM		10:50PM	11:30AM		12:08AM	9:01PM		7:06PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	23	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	18	16	15	11	11	7	9	18	8	14	15	15	16	17	16	11	16	14
Low °C	16	16	11	11	9	6	8	17	6	13	14	15	15	17	14	10	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	10	9	3	6	17	5	12	14	14	15	16	15	11	16	13
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	14	11	11	14	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 SW	0.2 NNE	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 ENE	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	-	10	7	-	14	12	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	24	11	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NE	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	14	13	13	-	15	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	14
Energy(?)	3424	3114	5076	6308	4617	3789	3371	1240	1198	2491	3919	1468	4274	4768	1285	1069	3134	3110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:34PM 2.08				1:37AM 2.09	4:38AM 1.62			12:48PM 2.00	3:12PM 2.07				3:48AM 1.73		10:47AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)					7:49PM 0.60					9:43AM 0.90							6:23AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	1	-	2	1
Temp. °C	16	15	16	15	13	13	13	14	11	12	11	11	8	6	6	6	8	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	15	11	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	4	2	2	2	5	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	11	13	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 E	1.9 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	11	-	11	-	10	9	13	7	6	-	7	7	14	8	8	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	6	6	15	14	5	14	13	6	6	13	-