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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.8 SSE	1.3 N	2.2 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.0 E	1.2 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	8	10	9	8	14	14	11	19	12	12
Energy(?)	1439	1324	770	834	1357	1340	2718	807	2334	878	552	854	491	873	309	311	506	335	1034	883	1364	491
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 2.16		4:31AM 2.06	4:53PM 2.14		5:24AM 2.02	6:43PM 2.72						5:50PM 2.10		5:57AM 1.80		9:51PM 3.03	10:22AM 3.23		10:42PM 3.08	5:51AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			11:19PM 0.71	10:46AM 0.73		11:17PM 0.64	11:12AM 0.45		1:09AM 0.48	10:14AM 0.66	1:28PM 0.87	10:55PM 0.36	10:12AM 0.27		10:39PM 0.07	12:09PM 0.26	3:43PM 0.28		4:05AM 0.14	4:37PM 0.16		12:14PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	11	6	26	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	16	20	21	17	19	12	13	14	18	13	21	15	12	16	18	17	19	12	10	19
Low °C	18	19	15	20	21	15	15	12	12	12	17	12	20	14	11	16	17	14	18	11	7	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	15	20	21	15	19	10	12	13	18	12	21	13	10	16	18	16	19	10	7	19
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 WSW	2.5 S	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 N	2.2 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.0 E	1.2 W	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	8	14	8	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	-	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	20	7	17	16	12	6	12	-	9	9	15	13	14	11	8	14	11	14	13	19	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 NE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	0.8 S	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	9	9	9	7	9	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	8	-	-	7	-	6

	Sunday 28					Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	The Box Northland	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 NE	1.4 SW	3.0 NNE	3.0 E	3.0 NNE	2.2 ENE	3.0 N	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.2 NNW	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	11	8	8	10	8	11	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1574	1392	1054	1222	1176	1230	1011	726	596	709	830	1252	1161	2510	1066	1985	2718	1974	1176	1866	1045	2249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								5:11AM 2.58							2:03AM 1.42					6:43PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)	9:48AM 0.71					10:18PM 0.64							7:46PM 0.26					12:34PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	23	-	14	8	-	-	3	6	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	19	20	21	19	18	18	17	16	19	18	22	17	19	18	17	20	15	19	20	18	17	11
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	19	17	17	16	16	19	18	22	17	19	18	17	20	14	19	20	18	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.6 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 S	3.0 NNE	1.8 ENE	3.0 N	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.2 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	8	13	9	10	8	11	10	9	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 SW	0.8 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNW	1.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	2.0 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 SW	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	6	7	18	7	6	6	18	6	4	13	11	-	12	10	6	-	12	6	12	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.5 NE	-	3.0 NNE	3.0 E	-	2.2 ENE	-	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	6	6	7	-	8	8	-	8	-	9	9	9	9	-	6

	Sunday 28																Monday 29
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	The Box Northland	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.9 SW	0.9 NNE	0.3 E	0.5 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	12	6	8	7	8	6	12	12	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1542	1574	1439	1471	1367	1392	1134	956	940	144	1250	132	19	71	24	94	770	770	758	690	557	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														8:29PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	19	19	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	12
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	19	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	12
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.9 SW	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	12	6	5	7	8	6	12	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	20	6	7	7	19	6	6	12	18	12	8	11	6	12	17	17	17	5	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	3	-	3	3	3	3	-	4

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