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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	2.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	7.5 NNE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	0.4 E	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	5.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	8	9	10	13	12	12	18	13	13	9	12	7	11	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1094	1279	1336	1929	241	599	775	29542	6449	2425	189	1132	1822	2349	2542	555	5615	1229	1584	1855	1276	11705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.79			4:45PM 2.20	1:46AM 1.49															10:28PM 2.15	10:43AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			9:44PM 1.05	7:10AM 0.52		7:24PM 0.45	8:03AM 0.52					9:28PM 0.52			10:20PM 0.48					4:26PM 0.19		4:34AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	15	7	12	4	2	-	-	-	3	-	1
High °C	18	21	18	22	16	15	16	20	19	20	14	13	14	14	11	12	11	13	18	19	17	13
Low °C	15	19	17	20	15	14	16	19	18	18	13	11	13	13	10	12	10	12	16	18	17	11
Chill °C (?)	18	21	18	22	15	14	16	19	19	20	13	12	13	13	9	10	8	13	18	18	16	11
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	2.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	0.1 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	6.0 NE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	0.7 NE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	9	10	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	12	8	11	11	11	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	12	8	12	-	-	16	18	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	7.5 NNE	-	-	0.5 S	-	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	-	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	-	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	-	5.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	13	-	-	4	-	8	9	-	7	11	-	6	10	-	12

	Friday 10							Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1552	2321	1094	1370	1270	1051	1043	1336	1490	1534	1929	4310	2714	4557	8022	1011	1644	1019	1462	1291	1112	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 1.55								12:53AM 1.51				1:09PM 1.40			10:54PM 1.53	12:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)							6:34PM 0.43				7:10AM 0.52				7:35PM 0.56						1:15PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	22	19	19	18	17	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	14	15	19	16	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	22	19	19	18	17	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	13	14	19	16	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	9	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	8	-	9	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	6	-	-

	Friday 10
	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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	0.9 WSW	1.9 N	1.5 WSW	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	10	10	14	9	9
Energy(?)	1602	2442	522	1797	1089	1747	1682	1617	1554	1396	1389	1498	1350	1314	1456	206	192	207	144	972	179	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 1.55		2:50AM 2.35										12:18PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)							6:19AM 0.49									3:39PM 0.51	4:58PM 0.43	5:03PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	17	14	17	17	18	19	20	21	20	22	21	21	14	14	15	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	17	14	17	13	17	17	18	19	20	21	20	22	21	21	12	12	14	10	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.1 WSW	1.9 N	1.5 WSW	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 NNE	0.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	16	16	6	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	4	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	9	10	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	13	13	9	13	14	4	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	3	-	-	-

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