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

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	7	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	11	8	10	9	8	9	8	12	16	10	10	15	13	10	12	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2806	657	2432	5241	1629	3787	2547	810	819	808	1897	2874	2074	2349	683	833	598	3445	3681	4083	6255	2289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:31AM 2.56	12:05PM 3.44	12:34AM 3.47		1:03PM 3.22	1:35AM 3.26			10:09PM 1.72		3:31PM 2.47		4:07AM 3.01	4:41PM 2.87	1:09AM 1.58		12:16PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.52		2:14PM 1.44	2:49AM 1.45	3:02AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			6:23PM 0.51	6:57AM 0.68		7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89	4:56PM 0.06		9:11AM 1.02		9:37PM 1.09	10:25AM 1.05		6:51PM 0.17	6:26AM 0.11		7:48PM 0.22	8:30AM 0.65		8:33PM 0.22	9:22AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	1	2	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	11	16	9	12	13	13	11	13	14	12	15	18	13	15	16	12	13	11	11	14
Low °C	15	13	10	14	8	11	11	12	10	12	14	11	13	16	11	14	16	10	11	11	10	14
Chill °C (?)	17	15	8	15	5	9	11	11	9	11	12	10	14	18	12	15	15	9	13	10	10	14
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	0.6 WSW	3.0 S	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SW	0.4 E	-	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	10	-	10	9	10	13	12	9	9	9	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 S	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	7	16	8	-	-	10	10	11	13	20	10	14	13	15	9	16	15	14	13	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 WNW	2.5 SW	2.4 W	-	3.5 W	-	-	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	11	8	10	9	8	9	5	12	16	-	10	-	-	10	12	13	12	12	-

	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Three Points East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.0 S	2.3 ESE	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	9	9	9	11
Energy(?)	3668	2268	2806	2433	4324	2836	3187	1040	1732	5898	1183	2165	1937	1799	3159	1009	1196	3957	2147	1377	1240	1124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					12:05PM 3.44			9:20PM 1.74					1:03PM 3.22			9:11PM 1.72				10:22AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			6:01AM 0.45				6:23PM 0.51		2:35AM 0.06		7:11AM 0.37							4:37AM 0.07				4:56PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	17	17	15	15	13	7	14	12	16	15	15	11	8	7	11	11	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	17	16	14	14	12	4	12	9	15	13	14	8	6	4	8	10	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	1.2 SW	0.9 WNW	2.0 S	2.3 ESE	3.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 E	1.7 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	12	9	10	10	11	16	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 N	0.1 SW	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	15	8	11	16	16	7	9	13	8	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	0.4 SW	2.1 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	3	8	11	9	10	10	10	11	8	8	10	9	9	9	9

	Tuesday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Three Points East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 NE	2.5 SE	2.3 WSW	4.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	0.7 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4072	2879	2761	2511	2401	2268	2234	262	1011	2806	3371	2433	2298	4270	205	2157	1622	819	634	792	3360	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:05PM 3.44									9:20PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)							6:01AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	8	16	11	17	17	17	16	8	8	13	12	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	5	16	8	17	17	16	16	4	4	11	10	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 NE	-	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.5 S	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	0.6 E	2.4 SSE	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	-	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	2.1 S	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 NE	-	0.1 S	0.9 NE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	20	20	20	12	12	12	10	-	12	9	12	12	12	7	-	16	7	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SE	-	4.0 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	2.0 S	-	-	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	11	-	9	8	-	-	10	10	3

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