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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

	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	7	7	7	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 ENE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	6	10	11	12	13	13	13	7	9	9	13	14	14	16	13	16	17	16
Energy(?)	1527	788	288	381	268	214	478	922	1243	949	871	807	1455	1801	8101	5628	6044	5753	3195	4620	5326	3935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 2.38		3:43PM 2.30		4:25AM 2.28	4:44PM 2.06			1:54PM 1.44				3:14AM 1.48		3:53PM 0.94	3:16AM 1.66		3:48PM 1.25		4:30AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		9:04PM 0.81	9:35AM 0.97		10:08PM 1.02	10:51AM 1.15		11:24PM 1.11	7:29AM 0.48		12:54AM 1.26	8:42AM 0.45	6:20PM 0.47	8:52PM 0.44	8:47AM 0.33		8:53PM 0.33	9:44AM 0.28		10:19PM 0.27	10:48AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	16	15	20	20	15	23	20	21	16	16	18	15	15	15	17	19	18	19	20
Low °C	19	13	14	16	14	15	18	13	17	20	19	15	15	18	15	15	14	14	19	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	15	15	20	20	14	23	20	21	14	15	17	13	13	13	17	19	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	7:52	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SE	1.7 NE	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	5	6	11	7	8	13	8	9	9	22	14	14	14	16	13	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 S	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	7	10	13	10	10	10	12	12	13	8	13	15	22	13	11	9	9	17	17	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	-	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	13	6	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1:45PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Fields Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	9	12	11	12	12	7	12	12	7	8	13
Energy(?)	1079	1194	1063	1011	759	615	515	662	221	359	219	201	568	240	302	642	564	647	584	1168	1079	1143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 2.37				3:22AM 2.44							12:49AM 1.57				1:38PM 0.99					1:21AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 0.81				9:33AM 0.94			6:38PM 0.47								6:51PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	18	18	18	16	15	14	18	18	16	16	15	13	15	18	11	21	20	17	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	18	18	18	16	15	13	18	18	15	16	14	13	15	18	11	21	20	17	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	9	7	9	12	12	7	12	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.2 WNW	0.8 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.4 N	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 NE	0.8 SE	0.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	6	6	5	10	6	9	10	5	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 E	-	0.9 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	4	-	3	-	4	7	-	4	7	5	6	-	7	7	7	7	8	8

	Tuesday 10										Wednesday 11
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5:45AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Fields Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.3 N	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	8	14	8	12	7	12	15	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1061	1359	1341	1498	1056	984	933	1166	549	344	600	316	579	302	292	52	96	442	371	433	371	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:35AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	10	15	18	15	9	14	11	12	10	11	11	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	8	15	18	15	7	14	10	9	8	10	10	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	8	14	8	12	7	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	10	10	10	6	14	13	10	13	11	13	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 S	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-

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