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

	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Waipu Cove Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	6	4	4	5	4	5	7	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	6.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 E	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	9	11	12	12	14	10	12	12	11	12	9	11	9	15	13	12	14	14	15
Energy(?)	2798	17630	1426	1108	1026	1970	1061	7199	1502	2030	1894	1627	243	510	5105	333	653	1390	2472	3744	2879	5785
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:46AM 1.49						1:37AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24PM 0.45	8:03AM 0.52					7:11PM 0.46		3:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	57	8	26	1	-	-	14	7	7	2	-	-	2	1	-	23	2	1	13	7	4
High °C	21	21	19	17	18	18	16	15	11	13	11	13	16	10	12	15	12	14	15	13	14	14
Low °C	20	20	17	16	17	18	13	12	11	12	8	10	15	9	10	14	10	11	11	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	17	18	18	15	14	10	11	11	13	15	7	10	15	11	14	14	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	-	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 E	0.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	9	9	11	12	12	14	10	12	12	11	12	10	11	9	15	13	12	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	-	1.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	13	-	9	8	-	5	4	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	18	11	8	16	-	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	6.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 SW	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	8	9	4	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	3	9	11	4	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipu Cove Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raneika Beach Hawkes Bay	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	9	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	5.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 W	5.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.8 W	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	9	9	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2798	3749	3989	4314	1096	1129	11622	690	1108	1330	8986	1026	1845	2100	1970	1016	1238	1138	1628	1077	1382	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	mid-flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 1.40				12:07AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.45				8:53AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	2	13	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
Temp. °C	21	20	20	21	19	19	20	18	17	15	19	17	18	17	18	20	19	12	12	13	10	9
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	19	19	20	18	17	15	19	16	18	17	18	20	19	12	11	13	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	5.5 ENE	0.1 S	1.6 E	1.8 NW	5.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.8 W	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.7 W	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	9	9	-	12	8	11	-	-	4	4	5	11	5	-	4	16	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	2.1 E	2.1 ENE	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	9	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Saturday 11											Sunday 12
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipu Cove Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raneika Beach Hawkes Bay	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	9	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	5.0 NE	0.2 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 WNW	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.1 W	0.1 SW	1.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	6	6	14	12	7	10	11	7	7	8	8	6	8	11	13	9	13	13
Energy(?)	2460	2720	2798	3255	360	375	12364	17	438	792	1231	1149	1162	1130	1096	380	1120	318	8	491	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.40											12:07AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)						5:47PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	17	17	13	17	17	19	19	19	17	19	12	13	13	15	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	16	16	12	16	16	19	19	19	16	19	10	12	12	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	5.0 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.6 WNW	0.1 S	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	0.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.1 W	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	10	14	12	12	10	7	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	6	-	12	13	12	12	9	9	8	9	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 ESE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	0.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.8 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	6	7	3	11	7	7	8	8	6	8	4	-	-	-	-

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