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

	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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 (?)	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.8 S	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	4.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	15	15	15	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	15	15	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1001	2359	1031	1077	1024	1273	1450	1004	2297	1208	506	1186	1029	1033	720	3560	1604	1742
Wind (km/h)	10	5	20	5	25	20	5	5	15	20	10	15	15	15	10	15	15	15
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:59PM	7:51AM	2:27PM		5:42AM		11:51PM	11:53AM	9:51PM	10:17PM	11:04PM		6:44PM			6:24PM	6:42AM
Low Tide / height (m)	3:18PM				11:32PM	11:57AM	5:39PM		5:40AM			7:29AM	5:20PM	12:56AM	8:16AM	12:14PM	12:35AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	8	9	10	8	10	8	4	7	16	11	13
Low °C	9	12	11	12	12	12	13	7	8	8	7	9	7	3	4	15	9	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	13	12	12	13	8	7	7	6	8	5	0	7	15	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:20
Sunset	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.8 S	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.1 NE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 NNE	1.0 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	15	15	11	12	11	9	10	11	10	15	15	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	1.0 NNW	0.9 N	2.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	12	7	10	10	14	10	9	12	10	10	18	10	11	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	0.6 NW	1.8 N	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	0.9 ESE	4.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	3	7	3	4	-	-	11	11	10	11	11	-	4	10	9	10
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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 (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	4.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	15	13	9	15	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1001	1049	7452	2359	4791	4736	1031	1191	1077	1092	3553	1024	1295	1209	1273	1608	1450	1055
Wind (km/h)	10	15	20	5	15	20	20	25	5	5	15	25	15	5	20	0	5	0
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	ebb	low	high	flow	flow	high	flow	high	ebb	low	high	high	ebb	high	flow	low	flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 1.70			4:50AM 1.75		10:46AM 1.30			8:37PM 1.56	11:47PM 1.93		4:11AM 2.74				3:30PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		3:18PM 0.31								4:24PM 0.29						9:26AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	12	9	8	12	9	9	11	13	13	12	4	13	4	9	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	7	5	12	7	6	8	11	13	12	0	11	1	8	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	0.1 W	-	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	14	13	14	15	25	-	14	15	15	15	13	15	13	9	15	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	7	8	-	10	-	14	10	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	4.5 SW	-	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.8 N	-	3.0 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	14	-	14	14	3	3	7	-	13	3	-	-	4	-	-	-
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