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 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	13	13	12	14	14	14	10	11	18	7	16	14	13	16	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	219	526	250	783	1311	802	247	289	598	262	359	183	496	4528	2383	2366	834	1579	1430	1323	1802	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)					4:44PM 1.49	11:47PM 2.25	5:31AM 1.75	6:07PM 1.58	2:00AM 2.70		3:39PM 2.07	7:38PM 1.75	4:08AM 2.20	1:50PM 2.32			6:59PM 1.75				9:24PM 1.75	9:42AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:04PM 0.42	10:22PM 0.22	10:07AM 0.08			11:48AM 0.19		7:56PM 0.23	8:25AM 0.28		1:43AM 0.22	10:24AM 0.06		10:44PM 0.00	9:38AM 0.15		1:07AM 0.05	9:30AM 0.27	3:21PM 0.26	3:32AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	5	1	-	-
High °C	17	15	16	14	8	11	17	18	15	22	25	12	15	16	13	17	18	12	7	8	9	17
Low °C	15	15	15	11	8	10	14	17	14	22	22	9	13	16	11	16	17	7	7	8	8	17
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	12	5	9	17	18	15	22	25	9	15	15	12	16	18	11	6	7	8	17
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	11	13	13	12	14	14	14	10	11	12	6	-	14	13	10	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 E	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	14	6	9	-	9	12	8	7	15	18	17	-	10	-	16	-	-	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 E	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	1.3 NE	1.5 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	2	4	6	-	-	5	4	8	-	5	6	7	16	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03							Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	2.2 W	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.8 W	2.3 WNW	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	9	12	14	8	13	13	10	10	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1038	520	229	537	536	698	508	529	775	1197	783	229	674	1110	1302	1249	811	767	548	549	552	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:48PM 1.45								1:58PM 2.00			12:52AM 2.41	3:48AM 1.93					5:25PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54AM 0.27			4:48PM 0.21		10:34PM 0.14		6:45AM 0.32	7:45AM 0.05	11:19AM 0.41		5:42PM 0.07	8:07PM 0.04					11:05AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	16	16	16	18	17	16	15	13	13	14	22	9	13	8	8	9	10	15	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	10	15	16	16	18	17	16	14	11	11	12	22	7	12	8	6	6	8	15	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	9	12	14	10	13	13	10	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.8 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	16	19	14	4	9	15	5	6	14	-	6	8	6	13	7	8	9	9	21	8	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 NE	2.2 W	0.6 NE	-	-	2.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.5 NNE	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	8	-	-	9	8	9	-	-	10	6	5	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	3

	Monday 03
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	7	10	9	10	8	10	15	10	10	8	12	12	6
Energy(?)	1163	697	190	246	207	99	201	239	266	267	316	148	250	336	242	4	151	109	520	309	420	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:41AM 1.54										1:10PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:32PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	12	9	11	8	14	14	11	13	17	16	17	17	18	14	15	15	17	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	15	11	7	10	6	14	14	11	13	17	15	17	17	18	11	13	13	16	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	7	10	9	10	8	10	15	10	10	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	17	20	6	9	14	16	9	9	10	10	16	10	16	10	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.1 NE	3.5 WNW	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.8 W	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	8	4	4	8	6	6	6

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