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 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bland Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Langs beach Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Hawai River East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 N	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	15	13	13	13	15	14	10	9	12	12	11	11	10	14	14	14	15	13	14	10
Energy(?)	437	1712	2345	884	1059	1049	1547	1463	918	681	1036	1461	940	1438	1136	1154	1214	761	1335	1188	1246	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:57PM 3.15		1:09AM 2.79		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.87	3:48AM 1.82		2:47PM 2.78	3:01AM 2.75		3:24PM 2.29	2:55AM 2.67		3:05PM 2.25	3:08AM 2.01		6:23PM 1.51		4:17AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.24	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		9:45PM 0.54	8:42AM 0.56		8:56PM 1.11	9:17AM 0.73		8:45PM 0.98	9:14AM 1.11		8:46PM 0.73	9:28AM 0.88		12:34AM 0.78	10:40AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	17	12	11	18	18	16	20	20	16	15	18	17	20	21	18	19	20	17	20	20	19	20
Low °C	17	12	10	15	17	15	20	19	15	13	17	17	17	20	17	19	20	15	18	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	11	10	18	18	15	20	20	16	15	17	16	20	21	18	19	20	17	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 E	1.9 N	0.4 SSW	2.3 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.4 N	1.5 E	1.2 N	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	13	15	13	13	13	15	14	10	9	10	12	11	11	10	14	10	14	15	13	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	1.8 W	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.4 N	0.8 NNW	1.3 E	1.4 N	0.6 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	-	13	5	6	16	11	11	12	12	15	11	14	12	14	11	14	17	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.8 ENE	-	1.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	3	6	6	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5

	Saturday 04					Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Marokopa Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	10	10	13
Energy(?)	546	628	544	1103	3058	3437	3366	1272	1140	1336	1079	1002	1091	1060	1175	1389	1012	1505	1463	1203	1341	1086
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				1:13AM 3.09			12:21PM 2.36				12:46AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)					8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36								8:51PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	17	12	11	10	10	10	9	20	20	17	17	17	17	17	16	20	19	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	11	9	8	8	8	7	20	20	17	17	17	16	16	15	20	19	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	15	15	16	13	13	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	6	16	-	-	11	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	6	6	-	-	6

	Saturday 04																Sunday 05
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Marokopa Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	371	546	437	179	1313	1414	1541	581	434	800	666	633	502	500	299	290	243	270	265	2046	2105	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:21PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)													7:03PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	15	18	19	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	10	10	11	11	11	12	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	15	18	19	13	13	19
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	1.0 NNE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	15	13	14	13	13	14	-	-	15	15	15	5	-	-	4	15	15	11	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	6	6	6	6	6

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