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

	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 W	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	9	16	14	18	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	14	13	15	14	11	10	12	9	11	11
Energy	1197	1594	1105	1617	1018	1225	1367	1210	1009	524	972	644	1022	901	623	547	1443	545	220	877	554	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 1.49		11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		10:41PM 3.34	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26	11:33PM 2.77	11:56AM 2.53	2:53PM 2.17			5:16PM 2.38	6:34PM 2.00	4:10AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 0.13		10:40PM 0.19	5:04AM 0.08	2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04			7:38AM -0.02			5:53AM 0.10		10:34PM 0.46	7:05AM 0.60		12:58AM 0.24	10:36AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
High °C	12	13	13	8	17	11	12	16	14	13	12	10	12	14	13	16	13	10	12	16	15	11
Low °C	12	12	12	6	15	10	10	14	11	11	10	8	11	13	13	13	12	9	10	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	7	17	11	12	15	13	13	10	8	11	14	12	15	13	8	12	15	14	11
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	14	13	15	14	19	10	12	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	10	11	18	22	12	5	7	-	4	7	-	21	21	22	21	-	18	5	11	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	4	7

	Friday 15							Saturday 16								Sunday 17
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 S	1.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	9	16	16	15	14	14	14	19	18	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16
Energy	3037	2233	1197	1352	1594	1405	1160	1105	1022	1538	1617	2460	1018	2136	1039	1225	1230	1117	1367	1300	1210	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						4:29PM 1.53						11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03				9:24AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27AM 0.41			9:59AM 0.13				10:40PM 0.19		5:04AM 0.08			2:55PM -0.03	5:30PM 0.12				3:35AM 0.07				3:57PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	6	6	8	17	8	11	11	11	9	10	15	16	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	4	4	7	17	8	11	10	10	7	9	14	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	9	9	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	17	16	10	10	11	11	11	19	18	-	22	-	12	12	-	12	5	12	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	-	1.7 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	4

	Friday 15
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	3274	3076	3037	2557	2490	2233	2203	1208	1197	1221	1257	1352	1352	2084	1594	1536	1500	1405	1229	1187	1160	1147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	4:15PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:27AM 0.41								9:59AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	17	17	17	17	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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