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

7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tue
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Scott Point Northland	Mangahume Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	6	5	5	7	7	9	8	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	10	10	11	10	17	17	12	13	11	11	12	12	13	16	14	16	14	12	13
Energy(?)	681	469	770	1397	500	1008	535	1630	1027	1117	1073	5137	1800	3911	4420	4364	7640	6373	7381	4310	1248	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 1.59		3:28AM 1.46	4:47PM 1.38	10:38PM 1.92	4:53AM 1.50		11:08PM 2.08	11:05AM 3.19		6:10PM 1.62	6:30AM 1.49		6:56PM 1.64	6:19AM 1.36		1:58AM 2.06			1:14AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			10:07PM 0.53	9:29AM 0.63			11:09AM 0.45	12:22PM 0.63		4:53AM 1.04	12:15PM 0.26	12:26AM 0.37		12:38PM 0.33	1:15AM 0.31		12:40PM 0.20	7:55PM 0.35	8:18AM 0.18	12:22PM 0.23	7:03PM 0.28	7:31AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	3	13	2	2	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	13	11	14	12	13	14	11	10	15	16	13	13	11	10	14	14	10	9
Low °C	9	11	9	11	11	10	11	12	11	12	10	9	12	15	12	13	10	9	11	12	8	7
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	9	13	10	13	11	12	12	9	7	15	15	11	12	9	9	14	14	9	7
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:26
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SW	2.5 N	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.2 SSE	1.8 WSW	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 W	1.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	10	11	10	17	17	9	13	11	11	12	13	13	16	14	16	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.4 NW	1.1 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	9	13	13	11	13	7	8	17	20	14	18	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	2.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	2.0 E	-	4.5 ENE	1.4 NNE	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	12	-	11	6	12	12	-	-	-	16	14	-	-

	Tuesday 08					Wednesday 09								Thursday 10

Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	2.4 NNE	0.8 S	1.2 E	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	8	13	13	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	10	17
Energy(?)	681	580	469	384	297	770	219	513	1397	1294	500	934	1083	1008	565	997	535	1484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				3:02PM 1.59		9:56PM 1.85		5:06AM 1.88		9:42AM 3.03		4:38PM 1.59				4:05AM 1.33		11:48AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	8:43AM 0.64													10:52PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	9	12	11	10	10	11	8	13	11	11	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	10	11	7	11	9	10	8	9	5	13	9	10	9	9	10	9	10
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	9	13	8	13	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	10	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.1 W	0.8 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.2 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 E	0.3 S	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	9	6	16	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	9	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 E	-	2.4 NNE	-	1.1 SE	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.1 NE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	4	9	-	9	-	8	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7

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