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

	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	4	8	4	4	6	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 SW	2.5 S	3.5 W	1.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 NW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	9	11	9	12	14	6	8	9	11	8	10	8	14	13
Energy(?)	238	1191	1931	2331	8100	854	2868	4716	1759	3104	395	224	1184	189	1251	1402	1566	398	2296	240	3380	2333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 1.77	9:29AM 1.83		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84		10:44PM 1.86		2:28PM 1.70	3:20AM 2.27			12:06AM 1.94		3:47PM 1.73		11:43AM 3.05	3:06PM 2.18	12:47AM 3.15	11:49AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.37	3:26AM 0.73		4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56	5:26PM 0.46		8:15AM 0.44		9:09PM 1.02	8:57AM 0.43	6:40PM 0.38		8:31AM 0.74		10:27PM 0.95	5:31AM 0.42			5:42AM 0.70	6:03PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	14	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	15	2	2	4	1	-	2	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	12	14	11	11	13	15	17	15	19	16	9	10	17	19	19	18	13	13	15	19	20
Low °C	13	9	12	10	9	11	15	16	14	15	14	7	9	11	19	19	17	11	12	13	18	17
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	11	8	12	14	16	14	18	16	7	7	15	19	19	18	13	10	15	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	9:36	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:29	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 SW	2.3 S	1.2 SW	1.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	1.2 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	13	11	17	16	15	15	14	14	9	12	9	12	14	12	11	16	11	11	12	8	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.4 SW	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	18	8	8	-	8	12	-	14	-	7	10	8	9	14	14	14	9	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	2.5 S	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.6 NW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	9	11	-	-	-	6	8	9	-	8	10	-	-	-

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	5	4	4	5	7	8	9	4	4	3	4	4	7	6	4	3	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	304	3817	2676	1191	3026	6058	7029	9238	2331	2217	868	1908	1034	6622	5643	2066	711	2347	3053	1220	4250	3835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76					1:06PM 1.66								2:15PM 2.23			10:09PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)						4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07			4:13AM 0.71							3:13AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	12	12	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	9	7	10	12	13	13	17	12	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	22	12	12	9	7	7	11	11	11	9	8	7	5	8	10	12	12	17	10	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	3.0 N	2.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	10	11	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	3.0 WNW	2.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	1.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	-	1.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	10	18	13	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	9	11	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	14	-	-	2	13	-	-	-

	Monday 15										Tuesday 16
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	5	4	4	5	7	8	9	4	4	3	4	4	7	6	4	3	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	4.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	8	8	8	13	18	18	17	18	18	8	16	10	14	14
Energy(?)	284	6812	2921	238	465	465	509	2956	346	340	167	311	1143	3210	3026	619	387	1355	6475	1651	225	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	16	14	14	15	14	12	10	10	11	11	9	12	10	10	10	17	11	14	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	12	14	13	13	15	14	12	10	10	11	10	7	12	9	10	9	16	10	13	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	4.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.5 NW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	2.1 N	1.8 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	10	14	13	7	7	7	11	8	8	8	8	18	9	17	8	8	-	16	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.3 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	13	19	-	13	13	13	10	13	13	14	13	6	10	13	14	18	-	-	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	4.0 N	4.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	9	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	4

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