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

	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	All Day Bay Otago	Karekare Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.2 S	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 S	1.5 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	10	9	10	11	8	11	9	6	7	12	16	8	10	10	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	113	3123	2945	624	602	1933	1920	1257	1497	1909	488	304	1354	2431	1063	375	858	2562	1813	1001	1506	3377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 3.11			12:04AM 2.62		1:03PM 3.22	1:35AM 3.26		2:14PM 3.02	2:49AM 3.09	11:38AM 1.54		11:07PM 1.69	10:15AM 1.67			5:19AM 3.03		1:00AM 1.57		2:14PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	5:46PM 0.01		6:06AM 0.14	2:34PM 0.01		6:57AM 0.68		7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89		8:22PM 0.97	5:33AM 0.11	3:25PM 0.19		4:04AM 0.24	5:45PM 0.11	11:11PM 0.94	11:37AM 0.98		6:42PM 0.13	7:18AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	9	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	16	8	13	8	9	12	13	9	11	12	10	14	17	14	14	16	13	15	15
Low °C	14	14	15	14	8	12	8	8	11	13	9	7	10	7	9	13	12	12	14	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	16	6	11	4	5	10	11	7	11	10	8	13	17	12	12	16	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 ESE	0.2 WSW	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.5 W	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	13	12	10	9	17	11	10	11	9	7	7	12	16	8	10	10	14	13	12	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	2.3 S	0.9 NE	0.9 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 E	1.0 W	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	11	7	8	16	14	13	10	8	14	13	19	-	14	8	12	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 W	-	0.3 W	0.9 NW	0.3 N	2.2 W	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	10	8	8	9	9	6	7	5	8	8	-	10	5	4	6	12	12

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blackhead Wairarapa	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karekare Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.4 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	2.3 ESE	1.3 S	2.3 ESE	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	8	10	8	11	9	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1386	1708	1226	1130	3668	2993	2945	2529	2418	4973	3169	1090	576	1816	567	1849	1097	2275	1239	1092	1265	1090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)									12:05PM 3.44			9:20PM 1.74			6:55AM 1.71		1:41PM 2.96			9:11PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)							6:01AM 0.45				6:23PM 0.51		12:56AM 0.22						7:33PM 0.43			4:19AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	12	15	14	15	17	17	16	15	12	8	6	8	7	13	14	11	6	6	8
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	12	15	14	15	17	17	15	13	10	5	3	6	4	12	12	8	3	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.4 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	0.9 WNW	2.0 S	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	11	11	11	9	10	9	10	9	11	16	14	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.1 N	1.5 S	2.3 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	1.5 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	-	-	9	12	12	11	12	12	12	18	11	8	-	8	15	13	22	21	14	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.3 S	1.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	3	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	9

	Monday 20											Tuesday 21
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blackhead Wairarapa	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karekare Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 NE	1.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	2.5 SSE	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 S	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	0.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	7	8	8	8	12	12	11	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1894	2427	2147	122	4975	4365	4238	3859	3801	3451	3451	201	277	1048	476	1023	1964	2993	4456	1388	1449	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				7:43AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						5:33PM 0.28								1:36AM 0.05					6:16AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	7	7	14	14	11	8	8	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	6	5	5	4	14	14	7	4	4	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	10	10	8	9	12	12	12	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	-	10	12	8	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.5 SSE	-	-	4.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	6	8	-	-	11	8	8	-

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