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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Karikari Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Black Swamp Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.5 NE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.4 NE	3.0 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 N
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	12	10	10	12	12	14	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	9	9
Energy(?)	1720	127	3599	3243	913	917	1113	901	530	578	1623	969	528	1346	1458	2194	1352	1015	1555	3841	704	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 1.53		7:05AM 2.00			5:08AM 2.08	2:24PM 2.24		5:47AM 2.13	6:09PM 1.97			3:00PM 3.26	3:17AM 2.62		2:41PM 3.05		5:58AM 1.90	3:22PM 2.53		4:59AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 0.06		12:51AM 0.18		1:45PM 0.05	10:49PM -0.01	11:27AM 0.11		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17		9:47PM 0.07	8:48AM 0.86		9:06PM 0.26	8:30AM 0.74		11:41PM 0.29	12:08PM 0.48		10:18PM 0.73	11:07AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	20	23	13	15	16	17	16	19	19	21	17	17	19	20	17	23	19	18	23	13	19	21
Low °C	17	20	12	13	16	16	16	18	11	19	16	16	14	20	13	21	18	17	21	12	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	10	14	15	17	15	19	19	21	17	17	19	20	17	23	19	18	23	12	19	21
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:19	-	-	9:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.0 ENE	1.4 SW	2.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.5 NE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.4 NE	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 N
Period (s)	11	9	10	9	10	10	12	12	8	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	0.7 N	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	-	0.2 E	0.6 N	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 NNE	-	1.3 N	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	5	-	9	14	14	-	13	14	14	13	13	12	-	3	13	12	11	16	-	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	3	-

	Friday 05					Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1461	1069	1283	1037	1067	1854	3677	4303	3243	2450	2014	2124	1293	1294	1318	1010	1147	1076	1070	1189	1134	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:37PM 1.85										12:51AM 3.43					2:29PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		12:05PM 0.02								10:11AM 0.09						6:00AM 0.29				6:14PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	20	20	16	13	12	9	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	20	20	19	16
Chill °C (?)	16	22	20	20	16	12	10	8	12	15	13	15	16	15	16	16	18	16	20	20	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	6	12	13	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	16	11	9	12	9	9	9	-	18	17	16	13	13	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	8	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05																Saturday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	16	7	7	7	9	11	11	11	7	7	10	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1717	1186	1720	1597	1911	115	164	975	1659	1554	1584	2073	495	622	616	365	428	2980	3095	592	608	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:23PM 2.05							10:56PM 3.51			1:21AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	18	19	26	24	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	11	10	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	18	19	26	24	16	15	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	16	8	7	17	17	16
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	-	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	16	16	16	16	-	11	11	11	7	7	-	-	7	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	5	12	-	9	9	9	-	17	17	16	12	12	-	-	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 NNE	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	16	7	7	7	9	4	4	2	-	-	10	11	-	-	-

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