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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Maori Bay Auckland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	1	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	2.4 W	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	9	12	11	13	12	10	9	10	11	9	11	10	9	10	17	10	11	11	13
Energy(?)	74	641	310	763	1479	1317	1457	1230	563	316	340	832	1338	177	1124	735	1602	2078	1120	1887	2245	915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 2.23		6:47AM 1.72	3:47PM 1.73	12:34AM 2.05	4:12AM 1.84		7:02PM 1.46	7:22AM 1.55		12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46		12:49AM 3.25	6:37AM 2.22	1:06PM 3.43	1:31AM 3.19		1:48PM 3.36	10:13PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.29	1:00PM 0.78			10:21AM 0.42	1:09PM 0.28	1:03AM 0.79		2:06PM 0.58		6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81		12:47PM 0.95		7:26PM 0.83	7:40AM 0.79			8:25AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	5	1	1	3	6	9	-
High °C	20	13	15	14	21	18	16	16	9	19	18	17	17	17	20	20	15	13	19	15	13	14
Low °C	19	12	11	12	19	17	16	16	8	17	18	16	17	16	18	20	15	8	19	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	20	10	13	14	21	18	16	16	7	19	17	17	16	15	20	20	14	12	19	13	12	13
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.5 NW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.4 W	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	6	12	6	9	12	11	13	12	10	9	10	11	9	11	10	11	9	17	10	16	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 NE	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	18	9	8	16	14	10	5	9	8	10	6	-	11	-	16	21	10	9	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	2.4 W	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.8 W	-	2.5 WNW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	6	-	-	-	9	10	12	-	11	11	3

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	8	13	8	13	8	8	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	9	12
Energy(?)	727	215	61	42	1035	876	2298	1057	538	537	437	1322	1306	1317	1223	1208	1457	1311	1230	1036	559	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				6:10PM 1.69		11:56PM 2.03	3:33AM 1.83	6:00AM 1.39						10:57PM 3.24		4:40AM 2.26		11:13AM 3.44			7:12PM 1.42	11:33PM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36					12:29PM 0.66		4:49PM 0.80								5:25PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	5	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	20	22	9	11	8	10	13	14	15	19	18	18	17	8	16	16	16	16	11	17
Chill °C (?)	6	7	20	22	6	10	4	10	13	14	15	19	18	18	17	5	16	16	16	16	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	6	8	13	15	9	8	8	9	8	11	11	11	11	7	13	13	12	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	8	11	9	10	10	8	8	15	15	14	14	11	10	13	5	5	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	6	8	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19																Saturday 20
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	1.5 SW	1.8 WNW	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	8	11	7	11	10	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	8	11
Energy(?)	798	283	74	58	603	574	591	68	46	69	55	982	1084	1078	1066	358	764	616	645	689	822	700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:40PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:30AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	19	21	9	14	8	19	17	18	17	19	19	18	18	8	19	18	18	18	11	18
Chill °C (?)	7	6	19	21	7	12	5	19	15	17	15	19	19	18	18	5	19	17	17	17	9	17
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	10	6	8	11	12	11	6	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	10	12	10	10	10	11	8	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	0.4 NNE	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	5	-	-	7	-	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7

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