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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	6.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	13	15	16	15	15	14	13	11	12	22	17	14	13	14	15	12	13	14	15	14	15	15
Energy	8018	7248	1459	1519	1286	2250	1401	1088	937	1047	1466	12954	4852	6621	5758	1174	2056	3334	3333	2801	970	1860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	glass	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		11:56PM 1.86		12:18PM 1.85	12:41AM 1.86			8:36PM 3.17	3:45AM 1.56	4:53PM 1.59	9:13PM 3.27	9:27AM 3.25		9:43PM 3.03	10:23AM 3.10		10:03PM 2.75	10:16AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 0.20	2:41AM 0.45				6:02AM 0.24		6:23PM 0.22	6:45AM 0.23	3:19PM 0.88	2:45AM 0.56	9:53AM 0.53			3:22AM 0.51	3:23PM 0.23		4:20AM 0.64	3:53PM 0.23		3:35AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	16	17	16	17	14	17	19	11	10	9	11	14	12	13	11	10	15	12	14
Low °C	12	11	12	13	15	16	16	13	17	17	10	8	9	9	13	8	12	8	8	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	13	16	17	16	17	12	16	19	7	6	7	9	12	12	13	11	9	14	12	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	15	16	15	15	14	13	21	12	12	12	-	13	14	15	12	13	14	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	7	-	-	15	24	22	17	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	1.3 WNW	6.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Sunday 26							Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	9	9	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	12	12	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	4384	3705	10102	8146	3184	6040	5046	4105	3062	3147	1244	1328	1026	1513	1265	1008	1122	1093	1401	1107	1071	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:51AM 1.84					11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:04PM 2.92				7:39AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.52	4:38AM 0.25				4:45PM 0.23				5:15AM 0.26							12:57AM 0.55				1:23PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	4	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	13	9	10	11	11	12	11	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	12	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	7	-	9	-	13	-	-	-	26	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	9	9	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13
Energy	4056	609	4384	5051	1014	4167	4690	5091	5735	5735	503	377	352	467	437	456	380	849	598	512	526	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:42PM 1.60	1:20PM 1.55					6:05PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)					4:44AM 0.94							11:52AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	18	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	15	10	11	12	10	10	9	10	10	12	17	16	18	15	15	16	14	17	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	18	20	20	20	20	8	8	20	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	12	3	12	12	3	12	13	13	13	13	-	-	5	-	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	-

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