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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	14	13	16	15
Energy(?)	6553	7005	6576	6791	3030	5411	7664	4370	3062	3034	3178	1127	2020	3035	1063	1091	4456	4757	4369	4690	11028	7962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:34AM		9:30PM	9:59AM		10:26PM	10:55AM 8:34PM		11:21PM	11:19AM		9:49PM	7:26AM 3:00AM		8:07PM	8:29AM	1:21PM	11:46PM		12:59PM
Low Tide / height (m)		9:00PM		3:16PM		3:55AM	4:11PM		4:50AM	5:06PM		5:13AM	12:44PM			4:21PM	2:15AM		6:24PM		6:21AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	16	1	3	12	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
High °C	8	12	10	11	10	12	12	11	12	18	17	14	18	12	15	15	13	17	18	15	15	14
Low °C	8	11	10	10	9	12	12	10	10	17	16	11	17	10	14	15	12	13	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	3	8	7	7	8	10	10	9	11	18	16	14	18	12	15	15	11	16	18	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	3.5 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.0 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	14	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	10	10	12	-	-	10	10	18	11	-	-	22	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	13	14	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-

	Thursday 01	Friday 02	Saturday 03
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 S	2.1 SW	5.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6553	1391	6344	7005	7952	7361	6576	6263	6791	7347	7347	3030	3564	3409	5411	4762	7664	7392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:05PM 1.73					9:03AM 1.53										4:54PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)					2:58AM -0.01					3:16PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	10	-	6	-	-	1	1	2	4	8	7	-	-	-	-	1	2	2
Temp. °C	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	3	9	4	7	8	8	7	6	6	7	8	6	9	9	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 E	1.9 SSW	1.0 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	14	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	-	12	-	11	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 S	-	5.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	11	-	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	14