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

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	7	6	6	5	5	7	8	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	15	16
Energy(?)	3949	2931	1387	1019	1367	3794	3943	3801	1426	5666	4527	3866	1122	2233	5659	6337	7222	5201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:48AM		12:10AM	11:08AM		8:16PM	8:34AM		8:28PM	11:04AM		11:22PM			11:55PM		2:52PM	12:27AM
Low Tide / height (m)		5:47PM		5:09AM	1:40PM	2:31AM		2:31PM 1:12PM	2:33AM	4:57AM 3:26PM	3:05PM		8:00AM	5:49PM		8:37AM		6:23PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	1	8	19	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	18	14	16	11	13	13	13	12	12	9	18	20	15	17	18	13
Low °C	9	8	16	14	16	10	12	13	11	9	10	8	13	19	14	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	10	5	18	13	16	10	11	12	12	10	10	6	17	20	14	17	18	13
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 N	-	0.3 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	5	5	6	-	10	-	10	11	10	10	9	18	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	3.5 WSW	0.5 NNE	4.0 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	13	6	13	4	13	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3949	3257	2931	1279	2127	1387	1280	1338	1019	1573	1367	3560	3204	3794	5756	5517	3943	3587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:48AM 1.67			7:02PM 2.84				7:28AM 2.57	9:52AM 1.80				10:16PM 1.83				10:29AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 0.64			1:50AM 1.04				1:55PM 0.75	4:05PM 0.41	6:27PM 0.34				6:48AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	8	1	-	-	-	3	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	8	8	18	17	16	13	14	11	16	12	10	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	6	5	8	18	17	16	12	13	11	16	11	8	10	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	11	13	12	13	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 N	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	-	5	5	5	5	12	6	-	10	-	-	11	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	2.3 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	0.6 NW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	-	12	6	13	13	13	6	13