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

	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	8	15	15	14	13	21	12	22	7	13	14	8	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	10	13
Energy	7248	697	2104	1182	2356	1189	3735	949	1074	1987	8467	5631	925	2990	1257	2162	3116	777	3516	3278	1322	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.86	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86			7:54PM 3.04		4:04PM 1.54	8:36PM 3.17	8:50AM 3.22		9:08PM 2.98	9:48AM 3.12		9:12PM 2.35	9:45AM 2.81	12:19PM 2.01	12:36AM 2.02		3:23PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45PM 0.23		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		6:02AM 0.24	1:42PM 0.65	2:04AM 0.66	9:02AM 0.46		2:45AM 0.56		2:47PM 0.26		3:44AM 0.60	3:03PM 0.36		3:43AM 0.33		6:34PM 0.35	9:04AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	16	17	15	17	14	17	19	13	10	10	13	8	13	13	11	15	16	14	15	19
Low °C	11	13	13	15	14	16	14	17	17	10	8	8	12	7	10	11	10	10	16	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	12	16	17	15	16	12	17	19	10	6	9	11	6	12	13	11	14	16	13	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	15	14	13	-	12	12	17	-	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	-	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.2 N	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	7	-	12	-	24	22	12	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	2.0 W	0.3 ESE	-	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	2.2 S	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	21	3	-	7	13	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	18
Energy	7248	6040	4814	3898	3062	3364	1006	1274	1299	1513	1265	1008	1178	1093	1401	1380	1279	588	1049	1450	1318	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 1.86			6:35AM 3.00		1:37PM 1.57		7:04PM 2.92				7:39AM 2.97					10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.23				5:15AM 0.26							12:57AM 0.55				1:07PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	18	15	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	12	11	12	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	18	15	11	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	8	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	8	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 W	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	16	7	-	9	-	13	-	-	-	12	12	18	20	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	4

	Sunday 26											Monday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	12	8	12	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	8	11	13	13	13
Energy	16189	7248	7248	6670	6123	6040	486	556	605	363	697	697	414	1833	686	422	498	1205	554	1872	1016	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:03PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)					4:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	15	16	16	12	12	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	4	9	12	12	-	12	19	7	7	17	14	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	8	7	-	-	8	-	-	4	4

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