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

	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Three Points East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Scott Point Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Spirits Bay Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 S	4.5 S	2.4 SSE	0.8 E	4.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.4 W	1.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.5 NE	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	9	11	12	10	12	12	13	11	12	10	12	11	12	13	10	14	12	14	14
Energy(?)	5613	8765	1323	223	4886	1607	926	1530	1045	1261	1379	635	630	1102	599	2049	2492	570	1152	1946	1391	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 2.19		6:31AM 1.70	6:53PM 1.65		7:09AM 2.05		7:10PM 1.54	7:47AM 1.71		8:46PM 1.66	6:04AM 2.02	2:42PM 2.12	3:59AM 2.08		2:53PM 2.76	8:45PM 1.70		3:55PM 3.12		4:29AM 2.96	3:40PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.10	12:47PM 0.08		12:57AM -0.02		1:34PM 0.03	1:21AM -0.02		2:26PM 0.13	3:02AM -0.03	12:25PM 0.15		9:41PM 0.07	10:06AM 0.32		2:40AM 0.18	10:06AM 0.46		10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	10	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	22	23	12	13	16	15	17	21	17	21	20	15	20	20	16	20	19	12	14	16
Low °C	17	14	19	19	10	12	16	13	15	20	15	19	19	11	15	19	12	19	18	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	13	22	23	10	12	16	14	17	21	16	21	20	14	20	20	16	20	19	9	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.8 E	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.4 W	1.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.5 NE	1.7 WSW	-	1.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	12	11	9	14	12	10	12	12	13	11	12	10	12	11	12	13	10	14	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	19	9	9	5	12	9	14	-	-	15	15	14	11	15	-	-	-	10	8	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 S	4.5 S	-	1.1 SW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	3

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SW	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	949	6754	12640	4384	3340	1281	1652	1180	1046	1056	1119	2493	1995	4492	3238	863	1256	1544	1295	1298	1213	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 1.42				6:10AM 2.03				6:37PM 1.85						12:18PM 3.00				12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)				12:12AM 0.01				12:05PM 0.02							7:26AM 0.15			6:59PM 0.10				6:00AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	16	14	12	14	12	15	23	23	19	15	14	12	10	13	17	12	13	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	11	13	11	15	23	23	19	15	12	11	8	13	17	11	12	15	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.2 SW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	16	9	14	12	13	14	9	18	18	17	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	3.0 SW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	11	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04										Friday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNW	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	5.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	7	9	12	6	6	12	8
Energy(?)	1001	3814	5613	5708	8465	9815	5694	7269	6767	5006	12054	122	260	131	213	217	191	456	221	229	255	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:35AM 3.64
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	18	18	15	16	15	13	13	14	12	11	11	10	11	14	12	12	14	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	18	14	17	17	12	15	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	8	9	14	10	11	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	3.0 SSE	0.5 NE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.3 NE	4.0 S	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	11	11	9	12	9	7	12	12	7	9	12	6	6	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	-	19	19	20	-	-	9	-	-	9	7	12	19	19	13	7	19	11	12	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	5.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8

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