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

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Nicks Point Southland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNE	2.5 NE	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	16	14	11	11	12	11	12	13	9	8	15	14	13	11
Energy(?)	1192	1092	969	1144	2498	1699	570	1088	1238	1040	760	638	215	157	1904	3485	1647	716	905	3680	3264	3393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.61	5:32AM 1.94	5:58PM 2.00	12:36AM 2.44	12:54PM 2.38	6:54PM 1.94			1:46PM 2.23	2:18AM 2.19		3:43PM 2.78		6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82			7:14AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 0.39	3:13AM 0.09	11:46AM 0.15			6:53AM 0.38		10:21PM 0.32	7:44AM 0.54		8:07PM 0.58	8:45AM 0.70		12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	12:14AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	17	9	5	10	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	20	12	12	21	21	17	20	17	14	19	17	15	16	21	18	20	21	19	18
Low °C	13	16	18	18	12	10	20	19	17	17	15	11	17	15	14	15	20	18	17	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	20	10	12	21	21	16	20	17	13	19	17	14	15	21	17	20	21	19	18
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	11	11	12	9	12	13	16	13	15	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	-	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	6	18	16	11	18	16	12	9	18	7	11	16	13	13	16	16	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNE	2.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	14	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	2242	1356	1661	1159	1092	1075	1044	1064	1445	1085	1144	1143	1143	1056	1556	1699	1589	1243	1216	1042	1018	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:30AM 1.61						2:52AM 2.21			12:10PM 2.50					3:37AM 2.15				1:23PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 0.13			10:56AM 0.11		5:48PM 0.18		11:24PM 0.12		6:07AM 0.26					9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	16	17	18	19	19	13	13	18	18	20	21	18	12	11	11	10	11	15	21	17
Chill °C (?)	10	11	16	17	18	19	19	12	12	18	18	20	21	18	12	11	11	10	10	15	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	1.4 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	0.9 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 W	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	7	7	11	7	7	6	6	5	12	-	16	16	-	10	10	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Saturday 21
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2397	1974	2242	1148	1160	748	801	1212	1047	935	973	970	1048	772	1627	1577	971	876	909	859	512	738
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:45AM 1.98							11:30AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 0.45																		8:46PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	11	11	18	17	12	13	19	19	19	19	20	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	10	10	18	16	11	12	19	19	19	19	20	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	2.0 SE	2.3 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	14	14	12	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	4	4	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	5	5	5	6	-	-

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