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

	Fri		Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	16	14	18	13	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	13	11	13
Energy	1594	1105	1617	1018	1225	1367	1210	525	528	859	620	561	530	554	547	582	531	676	543	1200	1325	1687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:15PM 1.49		11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		10:11PM 3.66	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17		11:33PM 2.77	11:56AM 2.53	4:17PM 2.48		3:08AM 2.14	5:16PM 2.38		3:14AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		10:40PM 0.19	5:04AM 0.08	2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04			5:15AM 0.07	5:19PM 0.00		5:53AM 0.10		10:34PM 0.46	9:33AM 0.13		8:59PM 0.44	9:36AM 0.41	1:22PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	8	17	11	12	15	12	12	12	9	13	16	14	17	13	11	14	17	12	13	13
Low °C	12	12	7	15	10	10	14	11	11	10	8	11	15	14	13	12	9	12	15	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	17	11	12	14	11	12	11	7	13	15	13	16	13	10	12	16	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.9 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	18	22	12	5	7	-	5	7	-	-	24	22	21	10	18	17	16	11	14	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.6 NE	-	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	4	-	6

	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	19	18	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	1594	1405	1160	1105	1252	1538	1617	2460	1018	2136	1039	1225	1230	1117	1367	1300	1210	1014	1096	525	544	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:29PM 1.53						11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03				9:24AM 2.73				10:11PM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)				10:40PM 0.19		5:04AM 0.08			2:55PM -0.03	5:30PM 0.12				3:35AM 0.07				3:57PM -0.06				4:24AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	12	6	7	8	17	9	11	11	11	9	10	14	15	12	14	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	10	10	4	5	7	17	9	11	10	10	8	10	13	14	12	13	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	11	13	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	19	18	-	22	-	12	12	-	12	5	12	7	5	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	4	-	-	-	4

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	19	18	18	18
Energy	1286	1525	1594	1536	1336	1405	1375	1187	1160	1147	1119	1105	1105	1220	1252	1252	1397	1538	1566	1659	1617	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- 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	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											10:40PM 0.19							5:04AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	19	19	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

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