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

	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 NNW
Period(s)	12	13	14	17	16	15	13	15	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	12	14	13	13	13	13	8
Energy	2416	7343	4642	598	1067	1275	2723	3516	990	851	1624	1178	822	995	786	741	1000	632	181	455	619	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 2.23		1:43PM 1.87	11:22PM 1.99		2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86		10:34AM 3.24		10:52PM 3.36	11:07AM 3.18		11:16PM 2.79	4:20AM 1.93	4:47PM 1.97		3:44AM 2.13	4:18PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		2:10AM 0.46	7:41AM 0.22			8:04AM 0.26		8:27PM 0.30	7:37AM 0.55		9:09PM 0.35	4:31AM 0.56	4:46PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.65	1:37PM 0.48		10:31AM 0.49		9:52PM 0.82	10:11AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	9	17	14	13	12	11	13	14	14	13	16	15	13	15	12	13	17	11	13	15
Low °C	10	8	9	14	11	11	11	10	11	14	11	11	15	12	12	15	10	11	16	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	16	13	12	12	10	13	13	14	12	16	14	13	15	12	12	17	10	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:40	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 N	1.1 SW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	17	-	14	12	16	15	13	15	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	12	14	13	13	7	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.5 W	-	0.8 SW	1.0 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	17	12	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	12	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	6	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	20	20	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	1050	1392	1466	7343	7853	6401	5564	4927	3406	3647	3099	1067	1225	1145	1083	1055	1189	3728	3074	3516	3377	3155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									12:23PM 2.42			9:13PM 3.27									1:19AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49PM 0.44		7:21PM 0.22				7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51		11:26AM 0.39			8:08PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	9	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	9	13	12	11	11	14	15	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	18	6	7	7	5	6	8	8	9	7	12	12	11	11	13	15	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 E	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	20	11	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	6	-	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	21	21	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	18	18	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	953	1075	333	2416	1401	4895	5311	5824	4760	6687	7115	636	636	986	760	90	835	4839	4531	7431	4642	4301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 0.44			4:37PM 0.28			7:06PM 0.23							2:45AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	14	14	13	13	14	15	6	6	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	17	12	11	11	11	-	11	11	18	18	13	13	8	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	21	21	17	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	18	18	15	18	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	11	-	3	-	-	-	14	-	-

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