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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	14	17
Energy(?)	4420	3788	2653	1824	1019	1011	3585	3436	3451	6017	6117	4939	3929	1821	1531	1649	1987	3393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:14PM	11:48AM		7:09PM		12:27PM 11:29PM	12:47AM	11:46AM		10:54PM	9:09AM		9:02PM 6:44AM	9:14AM		11:55PM 9:10AM		12:13PM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18AM	5:31AM	3:32PM	1:12AM	6:11AM		6:27PM	5:46AM	4:47PM	3:10AM	3:05AM	3:05PM		3:08AM	3:33PM		8:37AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	9	1	-	10	1	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	8	9	16	14	11	12	15	13	12	12	10	18	16	12	13	15
Low °C	13	10	8	8	15	14	11	12	13	9	10	10	8	13	13	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	6	6	16	13	10	10	14	11	10	10	8	18	16	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	13	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.1 W	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	9	24	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	3	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	9	9	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19	Saturday 20	Sun
	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	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	3017	4420	5095	1283	3788	3105	2653	1279	2170	1824	1280	1338	1019	1005	1011	3502	4427	3585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:14PM 2.09	11:29PM 1.71				11:48AM 1.67				9:45PM 1.80			7:28AM 2.57					10:16PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)								4:45PM 0.64			1:50AM 1.04				1:51PM 0.62	4:05PM 0.41	6:27PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	1	8	1	-	-	-	3	3	9	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	12	15	12	10	8	8	8	8	16	13	15	16	14	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	11	10	15	10	8	6	8	8	8	15	11	15	16	13	11	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	9	9	9	13	-	-	5	5	5	6	7	13	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	12	12	13