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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	3.0 N	0.7 SW	2.5 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	7	7	12	9	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	177	1667	1430	1172	590	835	685	474	849	74	1986	291	1117	8001	6662	3018	3387	2183	1857	1422	2164	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 2.61	10:33PM 2.20	10:37AM 1.70	5:24PM 2.40		7:12AM 2.28			6:42AM 1.92		7:21PM 2.86	8:06AM 2.55		8:20PM 2.54	9:12AM 2.65		9:27PM 2.67	9:54AM 2.75	4:37PM 1.32	12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 0.71			4:20AM 0.37		12:02AM 0.75		1:19PM 0.77	12:23AM 0.76	12:55PM 0.82	1:07PM 0.78	1:41AM 0.96		2:27PM 1.02	2:34AM 0.66		3:22PM 0.88	3:43AM 0.76				6:26AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51	8	31	-	-	10	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	14	20	17	22	22	18	22	17	19	24	16	11	15	15	12	13	17	15	16	18	16	19
Low °C	12	18	17	19	22	16	20	17	15	23	16	11	15	14	11	13	16	13	15	15	14	19
Chill °C (?)	12	20	16	22	22	18	22	17	19	24	14	11	14	14	10	13	16	15	16	18	16	19
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	7	10	8	13	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 W	1.5 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.1 NW	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	16	14	15	14	-	-	16	-	8	14	12	18	8	8	6	12	5	6	-	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	-	3.0 N	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	8	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	7	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Box Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	10	8	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	14	13
Energy(?)	1341	1580	215	1066	1161	1295	1252	1089	1074	1141	1044	1131	1027	503	617	687	685	615	549	357	1002	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								6:12AM 2.29				5:20PM 2.89				6:20AM 2.48					9:16PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		10:22AM 0.71				11:04PM 0.71				10:44AM 0.83				11:55PM 1.01				12:40PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	14	12	18	15	13	13	19	20	21	18	17	17	16	17	20	22	22	23	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	20	12	10	18	14	12	12	19	20	21	18	17	17	16	17	20	22	22	23	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	14	13	8	13	12	12	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.6 SW	1.2 S	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	13	16	12	10	13	15	15	15	13	8	14	14	14	14	5	-	-	4	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	-	2.1 NE	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	7	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	6	-	2

	Friday 12																Saturday 13
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Box Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	6	11	11
Energy(?)	1512	2023	177	462	1307	1408	940	966	1163	1163	3962	1402	1267	1009	1384	1816	1672	1672	1434	79	1587	1604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:01PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:15PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	12	12	18	20	15	15	18	18	19	18	17	16	15	19	18	18	16	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	10	9	17	20	13	13	17	17	18	17	16	15	14	19	18	18	15	12	9	8
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	16	13	11	11	16	8	16	16	15	15	-	15	15	15	15	10	13	13	13	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	1.3 SSE	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	8	5	7	7	7	7	13	8	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	11	11

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