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

	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	8	15	15	8	13	11	12	22	12	14	14	17	16	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	14
Energy	685	1519	1537	453	1486	1282	876	1074	756	4263	3844	573	1003	1240	1933	2665	2290	2228	1674	1295	732	744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49PM 2.08	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86	7:27AM 3.08		2:54AM 1.60	8:11AM 3.16		8:36PM 3.17	8:34AM 2.78		11:22PM 1.99	9:48AM 3.12		9:32PM 2.88		12:24PM 2.04	2:59AM 2.04			10:17PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22			2:39PM 0.94	8:44PM 0.38		2:24PM 0.52	2:45AM 0.56		2:58PM 0.28		3:44AM 0.60	3:03PM 0.36		6:15AM 0.26		8:48PM 0.39	8:15AM 0.60	4:11PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	13	17	15	18	19	12	11	10	18	13	13	16	15	14	17	15	16	14	15
Low °C	12	13	15	13	16	14	17	18	10	9	8	16	11	11	15	12	13	16	14	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	16	17	12	16	14	18	19	9	8	10	18	11	13	16	14	13	17	15	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	15	15	9	13	21	12	12	4	14	14	12	16	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.2 N	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	12	12	-	24	22	11	11	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	1.9 W	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	20	19	19	18	22	21
Energy	3273	3898	3062	3364	1011	1075	1026	1301	1265	1008	1122	1093	1187	1211	1181	588	1134	1193	1195	1432	1074	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.86			6:35AM 3.00		1:37PM 1.57		7:04PM 2.92									10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10		7:36AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)				5:15AM 0.26							12:57AM 0.55				1:07PM 0.53					5:37AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	13	15	17	15	14	13	13	13	13	17	18	16	13	12	11	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	13	15	17	15	14	13	12	13	13	17	18	16	12	10	9	12	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	8	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	20	8	19	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	16	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	26	12	18	11	19	10	18	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	4	8	-	9

	Sunday 26					Monday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 S	2.2 W	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	8	16	15	8	8	8	8	17	11	17	18	17	13	13	10	13	16	16
Energy	3695	5116	4814	4591	685	1459	1059	739	677	668	1108	1558	554	1665	1003	1249	1603	1479	631	1830	1987	2106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	14	14	11	14	14	13	15	13	13	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	13	14	11	13	13	12	14	12	12	16	15	16	14	14	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 S	2.2 W	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	8	16	15	8	8	8	12	8	11	17	18	8	13	13	10	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	12	12	12	17	17	14	12	12	17	-	-	13	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	1.9 SW	1.0 S	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	7	-	7	7	4	7	7	7

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