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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.0 E	3.0 WNW	1.0 E	1.1 S	2.5 WSW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	7	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	11	13	11	8	10	8	11	16	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2019	204	1012	1081	2079	394	2095	1076	1668	546	2091	336	532	1452	305	1482	2388	2475	5934	1650	5449	2459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.40	1:46AM 1.49													3:25AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.45	8:03AM 0.52										3:36PM 0.18		9:36AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	16	-	-	-	5	-	9	-	2	-	2	-	-	1	3	12	17	-
High °C	21	22	19	19	18	15	21	15	13	17	13	14	12	12	13	13	12	10	13	16	14	12
Low °C	19	20	18	19	18	12	18	13	11	15	12	12	10	11	11	12	11	8	12	15	11	9
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	19	17	15	21	14	13	16	11	13	9	9	11	11	9	8	11	15	12	10
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	0.1 S	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.1 SW	1.4 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.0 E	3.0 WNW	1.0 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	-	2.1 SW	3.5 W	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	8	8	12	10	12	12	12	14	11	13	11	10	10	8	-	16	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.9 E	1.2 SW	0.9 N	0.4 E	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	12	9	-	-	5	16	16	9	13	5	9	8	5	11	-	10	-	-	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	8	10	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	8	4	8	11	4	13	8	-	-

	Saturday 11							Sunday 12								Monday 13
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 NW	3.5 E	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	11
Energy(?)	1490	1752	2019	2261	2798	3801	3989	1012	1000	1015	1081	1290	1120	1017	3400	6165	1984	2230	1357	1169	1518	1090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	mid-flow	flow	mid-flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:53AM 1.51				1:09PM 1.40				12:07AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10AM 0.52				7:24PM 0.45				6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	19	21	22	20	20	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	20	18	18	17	14	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	21	22	20	20	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	20	18	18	17	14	21	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 NW	3.5 E	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.3 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 NE	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	12	9	9	9	-	8	11	-	-	4	5	-	11	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 E	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.1 N	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	5	5	-	3	6	7

	Saturday 11
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 WNW	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	7	9	8	10	10	6	6	8	10	7	7
Energy(?)	1373	1373	1490	1534	1700	1752	1778	213	213	213	425	166	422	157	257	525	328	335	381	711	918	956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:53AM 1.51											11:48AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:47PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	15	17	19	20	17	22	16	18	17	21	20	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	14	17	19	20	16	22	15	18	16	21	20	15	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	8	10	7	10	10	12	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	6	12	4	5	13	13	-	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	9	7	9	-	-	10	6	6	8	10	7	7

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