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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Raupo Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Maori Bay Auckland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Karekare Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.1 W	0.5 E	2.4 NE	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	12	12	13	10	13	13	9	10	8	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	6	6	14
Energy(?)	713	640	189	1729	1838	924	1218	2719	1431	1680	1332	954	1723	1604	862	663	498	312	361	356	496	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 2.86		6:24AM 2.32	5:17PM 2.00		5:58AM 1.90		1:43AM 1.66		3:19PM 2.09	3:00AM 1.71			7:25PM 1.74	7:19AM 2.74	6:35PM 2.48		4:40AM 2.09		7:21PM 2.86	9:39AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			12:15AM 0.37	12:41PM 0.56		10:41PM 0.46	12:08PM 0.48		7:36PM 0.33	7:52AM 0.35		8:52PM 0.39	8:39AM 0.41	1:08PM 0.74	1:40AM 0.72			12:57AM 0.75	10:43AM 0.96	1:15PM 1.13	1:41AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-
High °C	19	16	18	23	15	16	23	14	15	20	14	17	19	20	18	21	16	16	23	15	12	14
Low °C	14	16	16	20	15	15	21	12	11	17	14	13	17	19	16	20	16	15	21	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	23	15	15	23	12	14	20	13	16	19	20	18	21	16	16	23	15	9	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:35	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 NNE	2.4 NE	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	8	12	12	13	10	13	13	13	10	8	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	9	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	1.1 SW	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	13	15	13	6	16	12	16	16	16	13	-	14	-	-	16	8	6	4	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	9	-	-	3	-	3	4	3	3	-	6	6	5

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	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	Karekare Auckland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Pakiri beach Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	Karikari Beach Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.2 NNE	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 E	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	15	10	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1222	924	1332	1122	2201	1026	3460	1739	1518	1131	3731	2118	1236	3086	3232	1243	1053	1086	1810	1256	1561	2698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:50PM 2.36						12:16PM 2.37	1:37PM 2.25					4:29AM 2.96			1:27PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 0.41							5:28AM 0.45						10:51PM 0.53			9:25AM 0.59				9:47PM 0.94	11:47PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	17	21	19	17	14	12	17	19	21	23	22	17	12	11	12	19	20	23	19	18	10
Chill °C (?)	21	17	21	19	17	13	10	17	19	21	23	22	17	11	9	12	19	20	23	18	17	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.2 NNE	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 ENE	0.4 N	2.2 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	14	14	14	12	12	10	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	0.8 NW	-	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 N	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 N
Period (s)	11	10	-	11	-	9	-	12	12	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	7	15	16	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.2 E	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	5	6	-

	Tuesday 09																Wednesday 10
	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	Karekare Auckland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Pakiri beach Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	Karikari Beach Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.0 W	2.0 W	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	14	11	13	7	7	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1046	992	713	527	828	674	1066	223	88	97	213	298	113	1307	1415	501	693	637	1462	568	559	1959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				2:07AM 3.20		4:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 0.28										6:08PM 0.23			9:55PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	14	16	17	16	20	22	21	20	20	20	19	15	15	15	18	18	16	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	16	17	16	20	22	21	20	20	20	19	15	15	15	18	18	15	16	16	13
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 NW	2.0 W	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	11	12	11	10	12	14	11	13	7	7	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-	1.0 W	-	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	12	-	13	-	12	-	11	14	11	13	13	14	9	9	9	10	10	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

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