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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint - The Gap Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	7	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	2.5 NNE	2.1 E	5.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	5.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	8	11	11	11	11	14	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	629	973	768	6770	2304	1911	1696	1057	641	7994	5911	10924	2089	6616	2236	2816	1802	1564	1092	1827	723	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.40	11:11AM 2.08		11:15PM 1.88	11:52AM 2.29		10:38PM 1.91	10:20AM 1.44		11:17PM 1.45	10:45AM 1.41		11:01PM 1.44	11:53AM 1.60		12:07AM 1.43	12:26PM 1.43			7:27AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 0.50	2:08AM 0.47	4:53AM 0.18	5:26PM 0.28		5:57AM 0.41	5:12PM 0.23		4:09AM 0.18	5:05PM 0.16		4:34AM 0.18	5:44PM 0.23		5:42AM 0.39	6:11PM 0.38		6:18AM 0.18	6:40PM 0.14	1:06AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	33	40	2	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	20	21	25	17	19	16	13	18	17	16	16	14	15	17	15	13	14	14	13	12
Low °C	15	22	17	20	23	16	18	15	12	16	17	15	15	13	14	15	14	13	14	13	12	10
Chill °C (?)	16	23	20	21	25	17	19	15	11	18	16	15	16	13	15	17	14	12	13	12	13	11
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	0.4 NNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.3 S	1.9 S	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	14	13	11	11	11	14	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	-	-	12	10	10	13	14	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	-	16	14	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	2.5 NNE	2.1 E	5.5 ENE	-	0.9 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	5.5 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.2 S	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	7	8	11	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	11	10	7	-	4

	Wednesday 21					Thursday 22								Friday 23								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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.9 N	1.8 N	3.0 N	2.5 N	3.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14
Energy(?)	638	587	561	924	685	2314	1344	1820	6135	8819	3212	1691	2611	1151	1823	1642	1325	1246	1314	1073	1119	1333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						10:34PM 1.87			9:40AM 1.95				8:46PM 1.29				9:18AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45		2:16PM 0.50	4:47PM 0.32							3:37PM 0.21				2:40AM 0.20				3:25PM 0.20		9:25PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	15	18	6	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	18	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	25	17	19	17	16	20	23	18	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	25	17	19	17	16	20	23	18	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.6 NE	1.8 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	-	1.5 N	1.5 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	-	7	8	9	9	8	14	12	12	12	10	11	10	5	10	10	10	10	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	2.1 ENE	1.9 N	-	3.0 N	-	-	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	-	0.8 W	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	7	-	8	-	-	10	11	-	-	4	3	4	5	-	5	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 21																Thursday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.9 NNE	2.0 N	1.9 ESE	4.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 S	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.1 S	2.2 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	8	6	6	9	9	7	14	7	8	7	14	8	13	13	8	8	8	20	20
Energy(?)	601	400	629	323	499	609	877	2352	414	964	1269	1167	1014	485	723	414	402	1287	875	955	894	889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:34AM 2.06									8:00PM 1.28	8:48PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45								3:16PM 0.69											2:02AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	11	10	13	7	4	3	-	2	3	1	3	-	1	1	2	3	4	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	21	22	22	22	19	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	21	22	22	22	18	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.9 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	8	8	9	18	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	11	12	12	9	16	18	13	-	18	18	11	18	-	-	-	-	-	22	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.5 E	1.3 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 N	2.0 NNE	4.0 ENE	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	6	6	6	6	9	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	-	-

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