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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	16	15	8	13	11	12	22	12	13	14	17	16	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	2222	1185	410	1501	1194	809	1156	315	8918	3713	511	3021	1730	2200	2557	2550	2671	1901	1467	1230	1249	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:05PM 2.64		3:13PM 1.51	7:54PM 3.04	7:56AM 2.73		10:47PM 1.97	8:15AM 2.26		11:22PM 1.99	11:43AM 2.01		2:39AM 1.81			10:04PM 3.48	9:59AM 2.28		10:17PM 2.36	4:16AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.80	1:09AM 0.59	8:58AM 0.22		2:04AM 0.66		2:20PM 0.34			2:27PM 0.38		5:33AM 0.26	5:58PM 0.31	8:27PM 0.30	7:37AM 0.55	3:37PM 0.37		3:56AM 0.46	4:11PM 0.41		10:25AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	14	17	15	18	19	19	10	9	18	14	11	14	15	14	16	14	14	16	14	16
Low °C	14	16	12	16	14	17	18	11	8	8	16	12	9	13	12	12	15	11	12	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	13	17	14	18	19	19	7	7	18	13	10	14	14	13	16	14	13	16	13	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	15	9	13	21	12	12	12	-	14	17	16	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 N	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	-	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	12	12	-	24	22	17	-	10	12	8	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 W	-	1.8 W	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 W	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	11	-	11	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	11	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20	20	13
Energy	1120	1345	3081	1513	1054	1008	1299	1093	1179	1360	1181	1343	1013	1116	1552	1343	1156	1097	1050	1351	1443	6717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 3.00													10:13PM 1.97	12:41AM 1.86		7:36AM 2.22				8:01PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.56		8:28PM 0.23		12:57AM 0.55				1:07PM 0.53	3:56PM 0.29				5:37AM 0.50			1:49PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	18	14	12	12	12	13	18	19	19	18	18	9
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	14	14	13	12	13	13	17	18	14	11	11	11	11	18	19	19	18	18	6
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	7	14	7	10	8	12	12	12	20	20	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	8	7	9	11	13	-	-	12	12	12	20	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	2.0 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	7	-	-	3	11	-	8	8	8	13

	Monday 27																	Tuesday 28
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	10	16	16	7	7	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy	1015	1096	2222	1655	1676	1345	1344	2198	253	2106	2221	510	471	949	1182	846	2137	2630	2211	2079	2187	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)							12:37PM 0.52												12:42AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	18	17	17	15	14	15	16	14	17	16	17	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	14	15	16	15	18	16	16	14	13	14	15	13	17	15	17	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	10	16	16	10	10	12	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 S	-	1.0 S	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	16	8	11	11	8	16	7	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	8	-	7	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	7	-	-	-	7	-	-

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