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 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			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	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	5	9	9	5	7	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	2.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	3.0 NE	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	13	15	17	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	9	12	8	11	11	9	7	13
Energy(?)	804	990	5913	9533	5387	2186	7451	8227	6793	4216	3483	2255	1875	1615	397	788	876	625	2460	908	705	1387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:27PM 1.58	3:36AM 1.34		1:17PM 1.56	1:42AM 1.69	9:02AM 2.73		2:04AM 1.85		2:18PM 1.82			3:27PM 2.41	12:10AM 2.04	10:35AM 3.69		10:59PM 3.62	11:12AM 3.78		11:36PM 3.70	11:09AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 0.38	7:04AM 0.43		7:18PM 0.34		3:12PM 0.57	7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28		9:53PM 0.23	8:48AM 0.20			4:30AM 0.24	4:07PM 0.05		5:07AM 0.15	5:28PM 0.10		5:02AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	4	-	-
High °C	20	19	13	13	15	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	21	16	14	17	12	20	19	19	14
Low °C	19	17	13	12	15	18	18	19	17	18	19	16	17	20	16	10	16	10	20	19	19	11
Chill °C (?)	20	19	10	11	14	17	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	21	16	14	16	12	20	18	19	14
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	0.4 S	1.6 WSW	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	13	20	15	17	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	9	12	11	11	11	10	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	10	12	9	9	19	-	-	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	8	16	8	-	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	0.8 SSW	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	-	4	9	7	-

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	9	9	9	5	9	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	10	11	12	9	10	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	797	710	591	679	1799	3131	1317	1429	9533	10823	11813	3776	10356	3773	5640	6296	6862	8227	8762	8562	7528	6793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:04PM 1.27								1:01PM 1.64						7:55AM 2.03				9:06PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 0.42			6:34PM 0.43			1:53AM 0.90						7:03PM 0.37						2:59PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	17	16	14	11	14	14	13	12	15	15	13	13	12	17	18	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	15	13	9	13	13	11	10	13	15	11	12	10	17	18	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	8	10	8	12	11	13	9	10	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 NE	1.0 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	9	13	9	9	9	21	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 S	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14																Sunday 15
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	9	9	9	5	9	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.0 SE	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	10	13	8	8	10	10	11	10	12	13	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	933	532	804	505	1088	447	851	778	2559	2804	2961	1850	3779	1703	3095	1358	1262	1549	1572	1990	2015	1747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:36PM 1.49									9:19PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)							1:32PM 1.03												1:46AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	11	20	15	16	18	19	19	14	14	14	16	13	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	9	20	14	15	18	18	18	12	12	12	16	10	12	12	17	17	17	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	9	8	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	12	10	12	13	20	23	22	22	22	10	10	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	14	7	13	10	9	9	11	11	9	9	20	9	20	12	8	13	13	13	13	22	22	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SW	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	3	10	-	6	6	10	10	11	10	12	11	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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