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

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SE	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	14	6	15	14	13	13	13	7	12	7	7	8	7	11	13	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	613	1453	1128	672	247	1057	1519	1035	1018	1286	695	938	447	507	508	266	268	590	239	610	193	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:48AM 1.87		1:24PM 1.63	11:16PM 1.78	11:27AM 1.82		12:00AM 1.85			11:05PM 2.53	12:48PM 1.96		12:27AM 1.97	5:59AM 1.50		11:14PM 3.37	11:29AM 3.59		11:50PM 3.42	12:05PM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:37PM 0.49		6:48AM 0.61			5:25AM 0.64	5:47PM 0.48		8:35AM 0.44	5:37PM 0.65		6:47AM 0.49	5:43PM 0.40		12:18PM 0.28	5:05PM 0.68		5:22AM 0.56	5:42PM 0.60		5:58AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	10	15	20	20	18	18	21	21	19	18	19	15	19	15	11	15	16	12	17
Low °C	13	12	14	10	15	19	20	18	17	20	19	18	13	18	12	15	14	9	12	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	8	15	20	20	17	18	21	21	19	18	19	13	19	14	9	14	15	11	17
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 NW	1.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	-	12	-	10	10	9	11	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	-	-	14	-	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.6 SE	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	2.0 S	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	8	-	-	7	-	7	7	8	7	4	4	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 14							Thursday 15								Friday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	534	502	514	673	1071	701	691	1502	1509	1895	1293	638	523	791	1060	502	1277	1400	1519	1502	1933	1853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:17PM 1.80				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:00AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91	6:19AM 0.55				4:12PM 0.63											2:48AM 0.99				3:13PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	10	18	17	11	20	16	15	18	19	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	11	12	12	13	10	11	9	9	8	18	17	9	20	16	14	18	19	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.1 E	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	9	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	14	-	8	7	11	10	9	9	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	575	429	264	264	444	180	177	1044	811	608	475	350	362	395	529	119	327	297	253	250	247	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									9:48AM 1.69										7:37PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91													2:36PM 0.84	3:15PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	15	15	24	24	23	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	12	12	14	15	15	24	24	23	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	17	17	16	16	16	13	13	15	13	16	5	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	4	4	4	4

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