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

	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Ledge Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Kairaki Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 E	1.8 SSE	2.1 N	3.0 SSE	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	5	7	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	2196	2801	2976	1301	4367	4121	3456	1555	1859	1409	1244	125	693	838	1506	552	726	439	709	428	1204	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:28PM 2.29		4:57AM 1.84	5:09PM 1.86		7:10AM 2.17	6:02PM 1.84		6:39AM 1.82			6:14AM 2.36	6:38PM 2.79		6:10AM 2.57	6:28PM 2.45		7:13AM 3.15		7:32PM 3.21	8:54AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 0.50		12:21AM 0.55	11:04AM 0.52		11:30PM 0.39			12:24AM 0.42	12:53PM 0.51	3:45PM 0.39	12:36AM 0.52	12:24PM 0.58		11:54PM 0.51	12:25PM 0.64		12:15AM 0.36		1:28PM 0.87	1:59AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	1	-	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	2	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	11	10	13	15	19	17	16	17	20	20	18	21	19	16	20	19	12	13	12	12	12
Low °C	14	11	9	11	14	17	17	16	16	18	19	17	18	19	14	16	19	12	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	12	14	19	17	15	17	20	20	18	21	19	14	20	19	10	12	10	9	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	2.1 N	0.6 WSW	1.6 S	0.8 NNW	0.9 S	1.9 ESE	0.5 S	1.8 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	7	11	10	11	9	6	8	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.3 E	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 N	1.0 N	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	-	-	8	12	6	7	-	6	7	7	8	16	-	12	6	12	13	9	14	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	3.0 SSE	0.2 ESE	2.1 S	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	1.5 E	2.0 E	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	4	9	3	8	9	6	9	9	-

	Thursday 25					Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	16	19	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	5678	1141	1683	2297	2488	2976	3197	3066	2733	2310	1056	4758	4383	3102	3472	3161	3349	3109	2723	2491	2161	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84				4:24PM 1.87			3:03AM 2.55				3:21PM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)						10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44			10:05PM 0.68			9:09AM 0.54				9:45PM 0.84	10:25PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	7	4	3	2	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	19	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	14	11	12	12	12	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	12
Chill °C (?)	12	19	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	14	10	12	12	12	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 W
Period (s)	16	11	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25																Friday 26
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	20	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1899	1100	2196	5425	5163	4936	4857	4779	2801	2558	1656	3955	2833	2282	1519	1509	1665	1745	1966	2089	2085	3317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:22PM 1.88										2:15AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)				10:19AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	11	19	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	17	18	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	9	19	13	13	13	13	11	12	9	9	9	12	13	14	14	14	17	18	17	17	17	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	11	10	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	2.1 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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