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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	10	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	9273	8852	3539	3788	2653	1387	1077	1045	3318	5381	3963	3567	3136	3794	3056	1236	2312	2233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 8:20AM	11:48AM		6:25PM	9:56AM		12:47AM		1:04PM	12:06AM	11:08AM		12:40AM	9:25AM		9:43PM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM		5:31AM	12:53PM	12:29AM 11:21AM	3:52AM	4:11PM	6:27PM	6:48AM		6:04PM	5:03AM	3:25PM	6:40PM	3:21AM	3:33PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	6	1	9	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	11	8	17	15	17	13	13	13	12	11	13	9	16	16	13
Low °C	13	14	18	9	8	15	14	15	11	12	12	10	10	10	8	10	14	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	9	6	17	14	17	11	11	11	9	9	12	7	16	15	11
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	9	9	4	-	-	10	9	10	12	-	11	10	9	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	4.0 SW	-	0.4 NW	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	-	5	13	-	-	3	-	-

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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	10	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	9273	9273	8852	8239	3017	3539	5168	5168	3788	3257	2653	1279	2023	1387	1605	1338	1077	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:20AM 1.67				6:14PM 2.09					11:48AM 1.67							7:37AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)			2:40PM 0.56	5:05PM 0.42		11:37PM 0.74		3:10AM 0.62				4:45PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	2	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	14	16	18	12	12	11	9	8	8	8	17	9	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	12	16	18	10	10	9	6	6	8	8	17	6	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	16	-	-	9	9	9	13	-	4	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-