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

	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 W	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period(s)	15	14	13	11	12	22	8	13	14	17	16	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	9	10	12	16
Energy	1194	2108	1395	1282	809	900	2547	7239	5093	570	2339	2053	1295	2598	1816	3224	1138	1808	1340	1209	1029	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 1.58	7:27AM 3.08		7:41PM 2.63	8:07AM 2.88		8:01PM 2.23	8:15AM 2.26		12:42AM 2.39	11:48AM 2.05	2:04PM 2.13	1:19AM 2.38	9:26AM 2.29		10:03PM 2.75	9:59AM 2.28			4:17AM 1.62	4:23PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.23		1:42PM 0.65	1:45AM 0.46		1:49PM 0.44	2:10AM 0.46		2:47PM 0.45	6:41PM 0.54	5:39AM 0.25		7:20PM 0.59	3:22AM 0.43	3:37PM 0.37		3:56AM 0.46	4:11PM 0.41	9:52PM 0.41	10:26AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	15	18	18	11	10	10	18	12	14	15	16	15	17	14	15	18	14	15	17
Low °C	15	16	16	14	17	16	10	8	8	16	11	10	14	15	14	16	13	13	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	14	18	18	7	7	9	18	11	13	15	16	15	16	13	14	18	13	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	3.5 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	13	21	12	12	17	-	14	12	16	13	14	14	17	14	13	13	9	10	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 S	0.3 N	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	12	-	24	22	12	-	-	17	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20	20	13	13	14
Energy	3090	1513	1265	1008	1299	1093	1395	1360	1181	1065	1975	1410	1276	1397	1074	1004	1041	1351	1443	7239	7101	5803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 2.92				6:52AM 2.17					10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10		7:36AM 2.22				8:01PM 2.23		1:37AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					12:57AM 0.55				1:07PM 0.53					5:37AM 0.50			2:05PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	18	18	17	13	12	11	14	18	19	19	18	18	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	12	12	16	18	18	17	12	11	9	12	18	19	19	18	18	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 S	1.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	-	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	7	19	10	12	12	12	20	20	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	9	-	13	-	-	12	12	12	18	7	13	10	18	22	21	20	12	12	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	8	-	11	-	8	8	13	13	-

	Monday 27											Tuesday 28
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	8	12
Energy	2676	1978	1194	1153	1452	1933	2398	2306	2215	3009	536	1028	262	883	2187	1995	1547	1757	1640	443	73	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)							6:29PM 2.06				10:37PM 2.29								6:52AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	17	16	14	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	17	17	14	16	16	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	17	16	13	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	12	16	16	14	15	15	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	8	12	9	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	9	7	7	8	-	12	12	12	-	12	16	12	16	12	12	-	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.2 W	-	0.8 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	7	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5

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