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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 NE	2.0 ENE	0.8 SW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	6	7	11	10	11	7	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	12
Energy(?)	572	289	303	481	238	753	460	1541	1310	437	2206	2018	1234	1782	853	1286	4126	3152	2597	1184	1212	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:22PM 1.81		6:15AM 1.85	6:41PM 1.83	7:34PM 2.22	10:12AM 1.67		11:58PM 1.88	8:43AM 2.74		11:37PM 1.82	11:45AM 1.88	2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		4:12PM 1.70	3:33AM 1.81			10:31PM 2.34	10:45AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 1.00		11:40PM 0.94	12:34PM 0.99		1:51AM 0.99	4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62			5:23PM 0.50		5:44AM 0.57		8:19PM 0.30	10:07AM 0.35		9:14PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.26			4:38AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	22	20	15	23	18	17	23	16	13	21	17	14	18	18	13	15	19	18	20	17	16	20
Low °C	20	17	13	18	18	16	23	16	11	20	17	10	17	17	11	14	18	17	19	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	15	23	17	17	23	14	11	21	16	13	18	18	12	14	18	17	20	16	14	20
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	1.3 NW	1.1 E	0.2 N	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SE	1.8 ENE	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	10	7	11	9	8	7	13	14	14	12	8	11	12	12	10	13	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	7	8	-	11	9	14	-	17	9	6	13	9	22	11	8	21	20	11	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 NW	1.5 NE	2.0 ENE	0.8 NE	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.2 W	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	7	6	7	7	10	11	7	15	-	-	-	6	5	11	10	10	8	8	-

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	3.0 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	13	13
Energy(?)	547	549	572	537	529	237	288	303	622	201	481	403	322	758	721	1217	1088	1016	1092	2391	537	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 1.84				6:15PM 2.21	8:48PM 1.58			6:45AM 2.45	9:09AM 1.61						1:52AM 1.68			10:07AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07AM 1.00									3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54				6:56AM 0.51	7:11AM 0.49		1:41PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	19	18	20	22	22	19	15	13	14	18	18	23	25	19	17	18	18	17	18	15	22	21
Chill °C (?)	19	18	20	22	22	19	15	12	14	18	18	23	25	19	16	18	18	17	18	14	22	21
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	6	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	8	8	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	13	13	9	18	18	13	4	8	5	11	-	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	8	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 NW	-	-	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	3.0 W	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	7	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	7

	Wednesday 11
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	8	7	11	11	11
Energy(?)	547	547	547	605	549	150	325	325	418	174	331	284	284	323	308	229	216	93	45	98	427	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 1.84			7:58AM 1.60		9:16AM 1.70											8:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	17	13	14	13	18	16	17	19	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	16	13	14	13	18	16	17	19	15	15	16	16	15	12	15	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	7	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	4	7	-	-	-

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