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

	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Piha North Auckland	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	2.5 SSE	0.4 NNE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	13	14	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	447	2329	132	1205	1070	682	641	446	355	2220	3725	3366	3817	3327	4523	4222	2764	1450	1821	1739	1528	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.15	6:05AM 1.61	1:39PM 2.25	2:03AM 2.18	8:16AM 1.61		9:17PM 2.03	8:09AM 1.56		10:00PM 2.02	9:46AM 1.55		9:49PM 1.72	9:53AM 1.38		10:32PM 1.71	10:56AM 1.65		2:00AM 2.06	5:05AM 1.71	2:39PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 0.11		7:54PM 0.02		2:35PM 0.13	3:33AM 0.40		2:17PM 0.16			3:39PM 0.31			3:50PM 0.23		4:48AM 0.38	4:23PM 0.28	7:57PM 0.65	11:25AM 0.63		11:51PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	18	14	18	20	17	19	18	16	16	17	13	13	16	15	22	21	17	20	20	13
Low °C	11	15	17	12	15	20	17	18	17	14	15	16	11	11	16	13	20	21	16	18	20	13
Chill °C (?)	9	17	18	14	18	20	17	19	18	16	16	17	13	12	15	15	22	21	16	20	20	11
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	11	13	12	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.2 S	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	9	8	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	10	11	6	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	0.3 WSW	4.0 SSE	-	-	1.0 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	5	12	-	-	6	9	4	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	4

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	17	16	12	12	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	531	1946	1271	1269	5110	4141	5509	1265	1000	1027	2174	1530	1282	1025	716	611	549	520	583	525	501	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 2.19		7:27AM 1.62			6:53PM 1.53					7:49AM 1.71				8:19PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 0.08					2:32PM 0.40				2:03AM 0.14				1:29PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	14	16	18	14	11	15	12	12	15	19	19	17	16	19	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	11	12	15	18	14	10	15	11	12	15	19	19	16	15	19	17	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	11	17	16	12	12	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	6	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	-	-	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	3	6	-

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 S	0.9 NE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	11	18	18	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	16	19	15
Energy(?)	347	1425	1037	1156	486	447	1219	1650	1645	166	4577	4171	4068	2144	2631	3574	6419	1420	769	321	772	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)												7:00AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)							1:53AM 0.41											12:25PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	14	13	12	13	13	13	16	17	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	11	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	12	10	10	12	11	11	16	16	18	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	0.6 NE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	0.6 E	3.5 SSE	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	8	18	18	11	11	11	9	9	11	10	14	14	10	10	11	11	12	11	16	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	19	22	10	10	15	15	11	16	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	19	9	19	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	2.3 S	-	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	1.8 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	5	9

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