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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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	2.3 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	10	11	9	12	11	8	8	20	18	16	16	12	7	15	15	13	9	14
Energy(?)	1128	3518	1792	1333	2293	2317	651	4882	2829	1207	1083	661	1426	1607	1299	157	83	224	161	481	1112	811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 1.77		10:42PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.85	2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85	11:07AM 3.14		12:04AM 1.96	11:43AM 3.27		11:06PM 3.01	12:13PM 3.23		7:29PM 1.49	8:14AM 1.54		8:10PM 1.44	8:58AM 1.58	6:03PM 1.73		6:23AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.69		4:56AM 0.64		8:19PM 0.30	5:01AM 1.00	5:53PM 0.47		5:37AM 0.86	5:54PM 0.76		6:06AM 0.41	1:22PM 0.26	1:35AM 0.22		6:52PM 0.01	2:23AM 0.16			12:22AM 0.17	12:39PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	-
High °C	14	15	14	20	18	17	12	13	14	16	16	12	13	14	12	21	23	18	17	14	15	19
Low °C	14	14	10	17	15	14	11	13	13	16	15	9	11	13	11	19	22	15	14	11	13	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	20	17	16	10	10	13	16	16	10	12	12	10	21	23	18	16	13	14	19
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 N	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	10	11	9	12	11	9	9	11	8	16	16	9	7	4	8	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	1.9 S	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	6	13	14	12	12	13	-	14	10	12	20	18	10	9	12	9	11	15	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	2.5 S	0.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	-	1.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.9 SW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	10	4	5	9	8	8	8	3	-	8	3	-	5	7	3	7	9	8

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Shingles West Coast South Island	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	11	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1910	3163	3027	3168	1578	1593	1517	3952	3227	1175	1166	2723	1646	3954	3528	2317	1009	1507	1003	1193	1713	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78						4:59PM 1.41				5:30AM 1.44			3:23PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 0.74								4:21AM 1.16						11:38PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	10	15	17	20	15	12	15	12	16	19	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	8	14	16	20	13	10	14	11	15	19	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	9	14	13	11	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.9 S	0.2 W	1.5 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	16	8	8	7	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	21	11	12	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	-	4.5 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	-	1.6 W	1.1 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	11	4	4	-	5	4	5	5	-

	Saturday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Shingles West Coast South Island	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 S	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	16	16	9	15	15	16	16	8	12	7	7	8	16	6	8	8	8	14
Energy(?)	1734	2244	1874	1874	906	917	586	3147	3027	816	1808	823	1511	112	112	232	1295	121	368	186	169	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																4:35PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 0.74																8:06PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	9	9	12	13	13	15	15	20	17	19	18	20	18	17	18	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	10	7	7	11	13	13	14	14	20	16	18	17	20	18	17	17	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 W	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	10	9	9	15	15	8	16	11	16	7	7	8	16	7	8	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	9	9	12	8	8	16	13	17	13	12	12	9	12	12	12	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	5	5	4	6	6	5	4	9	-

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