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

	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	South Shore Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Karekare Auckland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	11	11	10	9	17	7	12	16	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2398	853	1400	1916	2376	1703	1086	398	211	1548	1318	495	2104	1703	439	681	6396	1490	700	989	1161	1695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:34AM 3.47		1:03PM 3.22	1:35AM 3.26			2:38AM 2.49				11:37AM 1.49		1:08AM 1.57		1:27PM 1.41	2:06AM 1.52		3:15PM 1.87		3:02AM 1.49	3:35PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.51	6:57AM 0.68		7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89	3:37PM 0.39	8:21PM 0.52	9:08AM 0.59	4:35PM 0.41	9:50PM 0.74	5:30AM 0.09	5:46PM 0.10	6:50PM 0.17	6:58AM 0.11		7:48PM 0.22	8:32AM 0.40		8:55PM 0.65	9:22AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	7	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	9	13	8	11	12	13	14	13	13	12	10	17	16	12	16	12	15	17	16	17	15
Low °C	15	9	13	8	9	11	13	10	10	13	11	10	17	16	10	14	11	14	16	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	17	7	11	4	8	10	11	13	11	11	12	10	16	14	12	14	10	15	16	15	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.5 ESE	0.4 SW	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	16	11	11	10	9	6	7	12	16	15	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	15	8	-	11	10	9	13	10	10	12	12	12	9	-	-	12	15	13	7	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	-	2.5 W	0.7 NW	-	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	10	10	9	-	-	5	5	-	13	5	-	12	12	-	7	7	-	12

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	South Shore Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Three Points East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 E	2.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.1 S	3.5 S	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2398	4819	2655	2631	2770	3288	1005	1286	1108	1327	1123	1166	1112	4209	1238	1121	1130	1544	541	603	582	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 3.44				12:34AM 3.47		8:35AM 2.38		12:59PM 2.57			9:11PM 1.72				10:31AM 1.55				11:02PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			6:23PM 0.51								7:33PM 0.43			4:37AM 0.07				4:53PM 0.27				5:33AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	9	11	8	8	10	10	11	13	12	12	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	7	8	5	5	7	8	8	11	10	10	11	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	0.2 NNW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	8	8	10	16	16	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SE	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	1.7 E	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	1.8 S	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.5 S	0.2 NNE	1.2 S	0.2 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	9	11	9	17	16	8	8	14	10	8	14	14	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	3.5 S	-	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 SE	-	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	10	-	9	10	9	10	-	9	-

	Tuesday 21											Wednesday 22
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	South Shore Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Three Points East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.3 ESE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.5 ESE	3.5 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 S	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 S	1.4 NNW	5.0 S	4.5 S	5.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2339	2344	2398	2521	4686	4819	341	1901	2077	416	2575	2361	2208	1302	5979	4774	3485	5563	422	9239	5497	5920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 3.44																					9:44AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)																3:31AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	3	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	15	9	13	12	9	11	8	8	13	11	13	12	12	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	15	14	7	10	9	7	8	4	4	12	7	9	8	9	11	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.3 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 S	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 NNW	3.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.0 E	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	9	16	18	8	15	16	-	-	11	-	8	8	8	10	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 SW	3.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	-	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	5.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	3	10	9	3	10	8	8	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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