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

	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Scott Point Northland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Karekare Auckland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Box Northland	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Waihau Bay East Cape
Rating	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.0 NNE	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 NE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	8	11	12	12	9	12	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	10
Energy(?)	821	125	807	1144	1655	1165	954	622	297	635	967	1141	533	1616	735	1209	1373	581	701	639	275	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 2.09		4:25AM 2.02	4:40PM 2.04		5:28AM 1.98	1:37PM 1.80	1:02AM 2.01			2:58AM 1.78	8:15AM 2.93	3:27PM 1.47	3:48AM 1.58	10:09AM 2.93	4:13PM 1.44		12:05PM 1.86		9:40PM 2.16	12:44PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			10:13PM 0.60	10:35AM 0.80		11:08PM 0.67	11:37AM 0.86			8:24AM 0.49	6:53PM 0.45	8:32PM 0.44			9:28PM 0.61			10:12PM 0.62	6:01AM 0.56	3:32PM 0.67	3:49AM 0.58	6:41AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	28	12	23	16	12	20	17	15	14	13	15	18	12	21	24	25	22	23	22	20	24
Low °C	21	26	9	22	16	10	19	16	13	13	13	13	17	11	20	23	24	18	22	22	18	22
Chill °C (?)	22	28	9	23	15	11	20	16	14	14	12	15	18	12	21	24	25	22	23	22	20	24
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.0 NNE	0.4 NE	2.0 WSW	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 S	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	14	8	8	12	10	8	12	9	10	10	9	14	10	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	5	-	-	11	9	9	10	9	16	-	12	14	8	9	11	11	11	10	9	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	1.8 SW	-	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	12	9	-	10	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	6

	Sunday 11							Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 NNE	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	7	10	11	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1197	1145	821	821	658	730	804	311	637	1430	1150	1474	1021	1434	1434	1067	1569	1032	1080	1011	1119	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:35AM 1.97				3:45PM 2.15			12:26AM 1.88				12:51PM 1.71					1:37AM 1.59		8:46AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38AM 0.68							6:45AM 0.43					7:26PM 0.50					12:02PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	21	22	22	21	20	18	10	12	10	13	23	16	14	13	12	12	13	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	21	22	22	21	20	18	9	12	7	12	23	15	13	13	10	11	13	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	7	9	13	7	12	11	11	11	12	12	8	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	1.1 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	3	10	9	11	9	8	10	13	13	8	8	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.4 WSW	-	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	10	11	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	-	-	10

	Sunday 11
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 N	1.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	7	6	11	13	5	14	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1010	1475	1123	844	902	753	893	451	20	21	83	202	902	40	39	3651	44	32	1109	898	863	6139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:29AM 2.10																7:19PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:44PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	22	21	27	21	28	23	22	22	18	21	20	11	20	20	10
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	22	21	27	21	28	23	22	22	17	20	19	8	20	20	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	-	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	7	6	9	7	9	14	12	12	-	11	11	-	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	10	10	10	12	8	11	8	8	11	15	15	-	15	13	-	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 N	0.5 NW	1.1 N	1.0 W	1.5 N	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 SW	-	-	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	4	5	-	8	8	11	8	7	13	-	-	12

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