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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	12	7	11
Energy(?)	2655	2277	2150	944	1442	775	722	1204	2737	380	2909	1394	1730	910	1227	1021	158	865	730	453	686	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:22PM 3.35		12:42AM 3.13	12:49PM 3.10		1:09AM 2.88		2:01PM 3.23	1:23AM 2.23		1:18PM 2.28		8:07AM 1.65	5:37PM 1.78	7:12PM 2.17	7:32AM 2.10	3:03PM 1.97	9:37PM 1.56	5:57AM 1.60	6:28PM 1.64	10:42PM 1.55	5:06AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.05		6:42AM 0.07		7:08PM 0.10	7:16AM 0.55		7:22PM 0.46	7:35AM 0.57		11:06PM 0.44			1:31AM 0.82			3:54AM 0.60	12:16PM 0.79			11:27AM 1.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	16	19	15	14	15	13	14	15	17	11	20	19	21	19	19	21	23	19	23
Low °C	18	20	18	14	18	14	12	15	11	14	15	11	10	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	16	19	15	13	13	11	13	14	16	9	20	19	21	19	19	21	23	19	23
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 E	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.2 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	9	16	10	-	17	7	14	-	-	-	6	6	13	12	12	8	16	14	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	3.0 W	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	-	1.3 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	11	12	-	12	-	-	7	3	-	6	4	4	6	7	6

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	13	14
Energy(?)	5777	3170	3126	1914	1349	1070	2968	1324	1622	1345	1018	1364	1401	1607	1338	1463	613	732	1515	662	668	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:11PM 3.19														6:32AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 0.02				6:29PM 0.02				6:18AM 0.35						11:12PM 0.35			9:06AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	10	3	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	19	17	18	18	18	15	19	12	15	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	19	17	18	18	18	14	19	11	15	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	-	12	13	12	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.1 N	2.0 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.4 S	0.1 NW	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	14	9	-	18	18	10	16	10	9	15	10	10	-	-	-	14	6	17	16	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	2.3 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	9	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	5	-

	Wednesday 04
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	6276	4902	5777	4566	4281	3987	5559	4655	4821	4562	3936	674	614	680	658	577	3142	611	661	304	553	2757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:23AM 2.56			2:44PM 2.26		4:06PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)						6:01AM 0.00														8:02PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	12	14	13	14	14	20	14	15	15	12	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	11	13	12	13	13	20	14	15	15	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 N	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	-	1.0 S	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 N	1.0 S	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	1.0 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	7	14	8	-	-	-	18	-	17	17	17	-	10	22	21	21	16	10	7	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

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