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 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			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	Daniels Reef Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tom Bowling Bay Northland
Rating	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 N	1.7 NW	3.0 SSE	2.3 NNW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.2 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	9
Energy(?)	196	536	963	953	2595	1577	1527	1256	525	1241	1022	1530	1162	1364	3026	2258	1561	800	862	222	2393	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 1.70		9:41AM 3.22		9:52PM 3.10	12:03PM 2.15		7:19PM 1.75	8:17AM 2.36			8:03AM 2.01		8:35PM 1.61	9:44AM 1.90		9:04PM 1.52	9:39AM 1.67		10:38PM 1.59	10:50AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			12:42AM 0.09		3:54PM 0.14		5:51AM 0.23	4:45PM 0.06	1:28AM 0.24		2:34PM 0.53	1:05AM -0.02		2:43PM 0.03	2:50AM -0.03		2:46PM -0.01	3:16AM -0.00		4:20PM 0.11		4:35AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	46	5	6	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	23	18	12	18	18	12	23	20	15	17	17	13	22	21	16	16	15	19	17	19	16	21
Low °C	22	17	11	16	17	11	19	19	11	17	16	11	22	20	13	15	15	17	15	18	11	19
Chill °C (?)	23	18	9	17	17	11	23	20	14	16	17	12	22	21	14	15	15	19	16	19	15	21
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.9 SW	-	2.3 NNW	0.8 NNE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.7 ESE	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	-	1.4 NE
Period (s)	15	10	-	9	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	12	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	13	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 W	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	9	13	-	20	19	8	9	9	15	15	18	-	15	15	15	15	13	-	14	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.7 NW	3.0 SSE	1.1 S	3.5 S	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	7	8	4	10	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Daniels Reef Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.8 NNW	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSE	2.2 NNW	2.1 NW	2.3 SE	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	6	7	8	10	9	8	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	218	220	575	864	1554	1446	1101	1217	2077	938	886	1011	8027	3172	3433	3047	1030	1096	1080	1011	1088	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 3.02				9:09PM 3.11							4:56PM 1.46								6:37PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		10:57AM 0.45								12:38PM 0.59				12:12AM 0.01				12:05PM 0.02				12:51AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	26	20	17	16	14	12	12	15	18	18	14	14	13	14	14	18	23	24	19	16	20
Chill °C (?)	11	26	20	17	15	13	11	10	15	17	18	14	13	12	13	14	18	23	24	19	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 E	1.6 N	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.2 NNW	2.1 NW	2.3 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 N	1.0 S	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	9	15	7	9	18	15	16	16	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	1.8 NNW	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	-	-	2.2 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	7	6	7	8	-	-	8	9	8	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	8	4

	Wednesday 03																Thursday 04
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Daniels Reef Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.4 N	1.2 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.7 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 SSE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	0.5 E	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	6	10	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	5	8	6	8	8	8	6	9	7
Energy(?)	235	352	196	372	401	527	296	542	175	526	506	251	391	275	206	157	1134	983	910	270	58	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:39PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	2	2	-	1
High °C	12	22	22	19	19	20	15	19	12	22	20	11	16	17	16	15	12	12	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	22	22	19	18	20	14	19	9	22	20	8	16	16	16	15	9	9	9	12	13	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 NNE	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	7	15	10	6	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	9	9	6	10	13	12	7	12	15	15	-	9	9	5	9	-	9	9	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.7 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 SSE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	-	0.3 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	5	-	7	8	8	8	6	-	7

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