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.

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	8	8	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W
Period(s)	12	12	15	8	9	12	13	15	16	15	16	13	8	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	16	10
Energy	270	1592	5960	988	1312	327	5272	6580	1459	2088	1503	1292	788	2794	2226	1157	419	5140	11657	14127	2879	1852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 1.54	3:31PM 2.47	9:06PM 1.86	6:41AM 1.83		10:34PM 2.24	7:51AM 1.84		11:21PM 1.78			9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97				2:07PM 2.40	2:26AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)					1:08PM 0.39			4:45PM 0.23		6:35AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.47		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.32	4:37PM 0.28	10:22PM 0.26	7:42AM 0.22		8:20PM 0.88	8:04AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	17	18	20	12	11	13	14	16	15	15	15	13	18	15	10	12	12	17	13
Low °C	11	14	12	13	16	15	12	10	12	13	15	14	11	14	12	16	13	9	10	10	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	17	18	20	10	9	13	14	15	14	15	15	11	18	13	6	10	10	17	12
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	8	10	12	14	15	16	15	16	13	8	14	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	10	-	14	14	9	-	-	14	-	8	13	14	22	13	22	18	-	-	-	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	-	-	0.8 NW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	5	15	8	9	-	13	-	-	-	8	7	8	11	-	-	4	14	14	14	-	10

	Friday 24							Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 S	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	9	16	13	12	12	13	16	15	15	14	14	8	9	9	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	14
Energy	561	658	637	2115	2685	3384	5538	4874	1160	1021	3319	1187	1312	1623	3472	3563	4290	1039	2920	9414	3144	5528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 1.77				6:19PM 1.81	9:06PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.21				7:30PM 1.81					11:00AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				11:55AM 0.38		3:07PM 0.86				4:32AM 0.32			1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52					4:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1
Temp. °C	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	17	18	16	15	14	14	13	14	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	13	12	12	11	9	12	11	17	18	16	14	13	13	12	13	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	9	16	8	12	12	13	16	9	15	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	11	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	13	13	13	18	-	9	9	14	-	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	1.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 N	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	12	12	13	16	15	-	-	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	3	12	14	-	-

	Friday 24
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	9	16	14	6	7	14	7	13	10	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	8	13	13	13	16
Energy	571	684	470	167	205	224	250	564	186	262	1692	2115	2337	2616	2685	2691	6858	147	400	3753	4030	4929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									8:44AM 1.68	9:57AM 1.69												9:06PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			2:21AM 0.33									11:55AM 0.38						5:42PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	5	8	8	8	9	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	16	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	20	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	5	14	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	9	17	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	7	4	6	7	-	7	5	3	3	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	-	-	13	13	16

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None