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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Bethell's Beach / Te Henga Auckland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	9	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 ESE	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.4 S	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	12	12	12	15	16	14	14	7	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	469	2770	1850	2198	5314	2589	7214	5512	3749	2565	556	979	1060	446	1070	1885	6070	4760	2306	1631	2114	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 2.14		10:43PM 3.38	5:52AM 1.75	12:21PM 2.29	12:40AM 2.24		1:13PM 2.32	1:31AM 2.25		3:28PM 2.55	12:41AM 3.17		1:29PM 3.23			4:01PM 2.03	2:58AM 3.03		4:19PM 1.81		4:11AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 0.40				6:34PM 0.05	7:00AM -0.02		7:26PM 0.11	7:49AM 0.01		6:31PM 0.06	8:42AM 0.10		9:11PM 0.34	8:46AM 0.43		8:41PM 1.02	9:22AM 1.00		10:27PM 0.64	10:37AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	9	2	1	5	13	-	2	5	-	5	3	5	2	2	-	-	-	3	2	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	11	12	12	13	15	14	17	12	13	13	16	15	12	13	15	13	13	16	17
Low °C	11	12	10	9	11	12	11	15	14	16	12	12	13	15	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	9	12	11	12	15	12	16	12	12	12	15	14	10	13	14	13	13	16	17
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	3.5 S	0.2 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.1 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	11	12	12	12	12	15	16	14	14	11	9	9	9	7	8	10	12	11	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	0.9 NE	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.7 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	-	15	14	18	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	8	16	-	9	-	18	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	1.1 NW	2.5 ESE	-	-	0.9 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	2	11	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	7	-	-	5	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	8

	Friday 17							Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	5	5	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3335	1956	1660	1359	3659	3448	2033	1850	1968	2263	2198	1446	2499	2862	5292	8329	4563	4136	4017	6286	5233	3192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)									12:01AM 2.25			10:46AM 3.34	12:25PM 2.33			11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27				12:20PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 0.50		11:14AM 0.22		5:49PM 0.04					7:40AM 0.25			5:13PM 0.40	6:40PM 0.05			5:32AM 0.44				5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	9	2	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	3	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	13	18	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	15	12	12	9	10	8	12	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	18	12	12	10	9	8	8	7	15	11	11	8	8	7	12	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.2 N	-	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	10	10	16	15	15	15	14	10	18	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	5	5	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	8	11	13	13	10	11	8
Energy(?)	3790	2426	2262	1041	694	589	2452	2071	1945	1945	1901	1764	1841	1514	2770	2820	1848	1020	855	4577	4663	1887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						5:25AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	-	1	3	3	2	3
High °C	10	11	11	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	12	15	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	10	7	6	6	7	8	9	11	14	10	13	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	13	11	13	13	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	0.8 N	0.1 N	1.9 W	3.5 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	4	10	11	8	-	6	6	10	11	8

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