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

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	10	10	9	11	10	11	11	10	7	12	9	8	9	17	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	2877	6682	3123	2697	3173	2877	1252	771	2803	2287	1806	1541	211	2320	995	1119	1033	926	2326	1965	1091	3582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:31AM 3.24		11:56PM 3.24			12:04AM 2.62		1:03PM 3.22	1:35AM 3.26		2:14PM 3.02	11:01PM 1.64	11:38AM 1.54	3:31PM 2.47	11:10PM 2.04	11:18AM 2.28	4:54PM 2.44		5:11AM 2.39	1:40PM 1.45	6:07PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)		5:46PM 0.01		6:06AM 0.14	5:48PM 0.10		6:22AM 0.30		7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89			5:33AM 0.11			5:12AM 0.45		10:47PM 0.66	11:34AM 0.59		12:13AM 0.69	8:05AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	2	3	-	3	1	-	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	17	11	12	13	10	12	13	11	13	11	13	9	16	16	15	14	13	15	15
Low °C	13	16	13	15	11	11	12	9	11	12	11	11	9	13	8	11	13	14	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	16	14	16	7	9	11	7	10	11	9	11	10	13	8	16	16	14	13	12	15	14
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	2.5 SSW	1.7 SE	0.5 E	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	11	9	11	10	11	11	10	7	13	16	8	10	9	14	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	9	16	16	11	12	10	9	9	10	10	8	14	14	13	-	-	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	0.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	-	-	2.3 SSE	-	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	4	10	-	-	10	-	12	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	10

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	4.0 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	8	8	9	9	8	11	9	10
Energy(?)	3339	2248	1387	1708	4820	4291	3818	2347	2697	2506	2844	1544	1082	2943	729	831	1291	950	663	3094	1028	3496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:29AM 3.21				11:13PM 2.73					12:05PM 3.44								12:59PM 2.57			9:54PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				5:37PM 0.01					6:01AM 0.45						2:31AM 0.10		7:11AM 0.37			4:02PM 0.02	7:33PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	5	3	3	-	2	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	15	17	16	14	13	11	8	8	10	13	14	12	10	8
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	15	14	14	14	13	15	16	15	13	12	8	5	5	7	11	13	10	7	6
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	0.6 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	1.7 SE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	16	8	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	2.0 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	-	8	-	-	12	12	20	12	12	12	11	11	16	15	15	16	8	16	9	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	-	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	8	8	9	9	-	11	9	10

	Monday 20																	Tuesday 21
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	3.5 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	4.5 S	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 NE	4.5 S	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	10	8	8	10	13	13	8	11	8
Energy(?)	3915	3116	2877	3023	7317	7207	7112	5711	5377	5105	5035	173	263	3468	184	184	5142	1702	1702	209	5084	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:43AM 2.69													11:44PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	13	14	14	15	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	8	8	12	14	14	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	14	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	12	5	5	8	14	14	14	7	11
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.7 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 NE	1.1 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	12	10	10	13	13	13	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	-	-	8	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.4 N	3.5 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	4.5 S	-	-	-	4.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	8	10	8	8	10	-	-	-	11	-

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