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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.9 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	12	11	12	11	11	10	15	9	12	10	10	10	12	12	10
Energy(?)	8168	4028	3009	1747	1244	1146	713	533	254	684	554	2852	1764	1801	1070	2557	1084	1395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:20AM	3:52PM 3:03PM		4:36AM	4:31PM		3:49AM	4:16PM		4:38AM	5:03PM		6:19AM	3:01AM	6:38PM	7:00AM
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08PM	9:39AM		10:01PM	10:38AM		9:42PM 7:58PM	9:59AM		11:25PM	10:45AM		12:10AM		12:26PM	12:54AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	2	6	-	3	9	10
High °C	11	11	11	12	9	12	14	12	15	13	12	13	20	17	16	15	14	15
Low °C	10	8	10	10	8	12	12	10	11	12	11	11	18	15	15	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	12	7	12	13	11	15	13	10	11	20	16	15	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48
Sunset	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.9 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	12	11	12	11	11	10	15	9	12	10	10	10	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 S	0.9 NNW	0.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	15	13	13	10	12	15	14	4	9	16	15	10	-	9	9	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 E	-	0.9 NNW	-	1.2 NNW	-	1.9 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	3	-	7	-	5	-	8	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	8168	9643	7954	4028	3192	3558	3009	2032	1747	1557	1462	1244	1087	1076	1146	828	713	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	flow	high	ebb	ebb	flow	high	high	ebb	low	flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 1.43				3:44AM 1.57			2:40PM 1.21				3:00AM 1.19	3:52AM 1.56				4:20PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				9:10PM 0.64												10:04AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	11	12	10	10	8	8	10	12	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	11	12	10	9	6	6	10	12	14	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	8	8	15	14	13	13	13	13	-	12	10	10	12	12	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3