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

	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Beatons Southland	Three Points East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	6	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 S	3.5 S	0.9 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	14	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4973	2412	3423	4011	3260	3109	312	848	2437	1042	3187	921	1836	1400	1151	3835	5067	487	4277	1819	2601	3147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 2.15		12:20PM 2.18	1:31AM 2.25	11:31AM 3.24	12:34PM 3.38	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23	12:44AM 3.18		1:02PM 2.70	1:45AM 2.90		2:48PM 2.64	2:55AM 2.72		3:22PM 2.40	11:20PM 1.80	11:47AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 0.24		7:26PM 0.11	5:27AM 0.04		7:21PM 0.29	7:10AM 0.67		6:33PM 0.40	7:11AM 0.37		7:33PM 0.43	8:55AM 0.47		8:39PM 0.62	9:21AM 0.89			5:45AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	7	4	15	-	8	1	4	-	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	12	14	13	12	13	13	12	14	8	8	15	8	9	10	12	10	10	14	9	10	14
Low °C	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	9	11	7	7	12	7	9	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	14	5	5	14	5	6	8	9	7	8	12	7	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.1 SW	1.8 SSE	2.3 S	0.2 S	3.0 E	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	0.5 E	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	2.5 S	0.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	8	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	13	11	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 N	1.5 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 E	0.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	-	9	8	8	6	13	9	8	14	14	11	13	13	17	-	10	19	9	10	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	1.8 S	-	-	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	10	9	10	-	9	-	-	11	11	-	11	10	10	10

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1379	4448	3663	5694	4499	3214	3423	6116	3144	3169	3761	5031	3051	3998	1225	1191	1514	1142	1308	1129	1522	1591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27							11:12PM 3.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:48PM 0.14	8:07PM 0.30			4:41AM -0.02				5:57PM 0.49				5:27AM 0.04	6:07AM -0.01			5:43PM 0.19			2:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	1	4	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	5	3	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	15	12	9	10	8	15	12	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	11	9	8	7	15	11	12	14	13	12	12	10	10	11	16	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	10	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	1.2 N	-	1.3 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	-	1.1 NNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	6	-	7	-	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18											Sunday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 NNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	4	14	14
Energy(?)	1360	5187	3762	4973	3996	3136	2023	4858	2533	2572	1471	3193	2024	3175	2442	2843	3155	2113	2885	57	33	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:23PM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)																	4:42AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	12	12	17	12	11	12	11	15	15	16	15	12	13	15	15	15	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	12	11	16	12	10	11	10	14	14	14	14	11	13	15	14	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.3 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.3 N	1.5 N	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	18	18	18	18	20	8	15	18	18	12	12	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.0 W	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

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