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

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Black Swamp Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Spirits Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Fields Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.7 N	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.9 N	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.6 NNE	2.0 NNE	4.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	9.5 ENE	5.5 NE	3.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.9 ENE	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	8	10	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	14	8	12	15	12	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	1516	580	1297	1952	1114	1089	1538	1128	1739	1205	1009	866	1322	5794	502	1216	40270	10874	4721	331	1087	1582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 1.72		11:41AM 1.74		12:17AM 1.78		3:36PM 2.52	8:16PM 1.55	11:00AM 1.27		8:53PM 1.75	11:45AM 1.27	1:48PM 1.82	2:21AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	9:12AM 0.51		9:34PM 0.67	5:41AM 0.52	5:55PM 0.42		9:14AM 1.29		2:41AM 0.64	4:55AM 0.35	5:03PM 0.35		5:40AM 0.34		8:07PM 0.57	7:31AM 0.75			8:25AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	2	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	74	20	-	7	-	3
High °C	22	19	16	21	20	19	19	18	18	20	19	17	21	21	16	16	21	21	19	9	15	10
Low °C	19	14	15	18	19	17	18	18	17	19	18	16	19	20	15	16	21	20	18	8	13	10
Chill °C (?)	22	19	15	21	20	19	19	18	18	20	19	17	21	21	16	15	20	20	19	7	14	9
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	1.7 N	2.0 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.3 N	1.9 N	1.5 E	1.3 NNE	1.6 NNE	2.0 NNE	4.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.7 NW	-	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.9 ENE	2.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	15	16	10	14	13	13	14	8	10	-	11	13	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.4 N	1.2 E	0.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	14	13	14	9	10	14	10	13	13	-	8	12	-	-	-	13	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	9.5 ENE	5.5 NE	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	8	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	15	12	9	6	-	-

	Tuesday 07							Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bland Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.2 N	1.4 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 N	1.1 N	1.9 ENE	1.4 N	1.4 N	2.1 ENE	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.7 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	14	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	9	15	16	16
Energy(?)	654	1225	807	1402	1268	1008	1044	1054	2453	1506	1952	1133	1011	2000	1020	1089	1146	1157	1011	1372	1668	1843
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 1.85			11:00AM 1.83												10:34PM 1.78				11:59AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)						5:13PM 0.33	7:56PM 1.11		12:45AM 0.60	3:23AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	2
Temp. °C	11	17	11	22	21	20	14	14	13	16	18	14	22	21	19	18	18	18	17	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	9	16	9	22	21	20	14	14	11	15	18	14	22	21	19	18	18	18	17	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.2 N	1.4 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	13	10	14	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	10	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	1.4 NNE	1.3 N	1.4 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	1.7 N	1.1 N	0.2 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 N	0.1 S	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	7	12	7	9	8	8	14	14	13	12	10	15	9	14	14	13	14	14	13	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bland Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.4 SW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.8 ENE	4.0 NE	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	9	9	9	9	9	14	6	7	14	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	547	1109	654	1419	1522	1658	292	292	1283	323	271	994	332	2634	2079	1223	2145	2133	1377	1975	1975	1858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 1.79	2:53AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)					4:59AM 0.43			7:33AM 1.03				11:46AM 0.59				3:35PM 0.60	4:56PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	1	1	1
High °C	11	16	11	19	19	19	15	15	14	16	17	17	18	19	19	17	19	19	17	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	9	15	9	18	18	18	14	14	12	15	16	16	17	18	18	16	18	18	16	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.4 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.5 E	0.2 N	-	1.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	13	13	13	13	9	9	14	11	10	14	10	12	12	8	12	-	8	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 NE	-	0.8 E	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	12	7	13	13	13	12	12	8	10	14	8	14	13	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	4.0 NE	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE
Period (s)	3	3	3	9	9	9	3	3	7	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9

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