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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Maori Bay Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NE	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	5.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	13	10	12	13	13	12	15	14	12	16	15	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	345	3525	1286	1633	3239	1156	4374	2305	7623	3576	3602	2989	2884	3263	2646	3818	2905	2843	1238	1831	1969	2114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 2.82	12:40AM 1.55	4:30AM 2.51		7:01PM 1.74	7:06AM 2.84		7:43PM 2.89	7:37AM 2.60	12:14PM 1.95	1:03AM 2.31	9:40AM 1.97		9:38PM 3.17	10:38AM 1.96		10:57PM 2.05	11:20AM 2.00		11:01PM 3.32	11:22AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:20AM 0.64		6:33PM 0.18	10:58AM 0.72	12:39PM 0.70	1:23AM 0.66		1:25PM 1.23	2:01AM 1.09			6:55PM 0.89	3:26AM 0.43	4:02PM 0.51		4:26AM 0.41	4:48PM 0.41		5:09AM 0.34	4:53PM 0.72		5:13AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	8	7	8	7	10	10	11	9	10	10	12	10	10	9	14	9	10	11	9	11
Low °C	12	11	6	6	8	6	6	8	10	8	9	9	10	9	8	7	13	7	8	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	4	5	4	8	8	8	7	8	7	10	8	8	7	13	7	10	11	7	10
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 SW	0.8 NNE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	13	8	12	13	13	-	15	14	12	12	15	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.4 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 W	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 E	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	9	-	7	20	-	-	8	18	17	16	10	-	-	-	18	5	-	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NE	-	-	0.6 ESE	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	5.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	10	8	-	-	12	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19	Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 NNE	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 W	1.4 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	9	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	13	12	8	12	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5296	1758	3350	3187	4129	4066	1229	1435	1141	1392	1273	683	1120	1156	1146	3201	4374	4287	3521	2328	1836	1456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			12:18PM 1.59	3:57PM 2.60				5:49AM 2.83					6:51PM 1.80				7:41AM 1.75				7:43PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		10:45AM 1.16								11:22AM 0.70		4:44PM 1.02			12:48AM 1.19				2:00PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	11	10	10	6	7	8	11	5	6	7	6	8	6	6	10	10	8	5	4
Chill °C (?)	8	10	13	9	8	8	4	5	6	11	2	4	5	4	8	3	3	8	9	6	3	2
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 NE	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	0.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	16	16	9	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	13	9	13	12	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.4 S	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.8 W	0.6 N	-	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 W	0.2 NNE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	8	9	7	11	11	16	8	-	6	4	13	8	7	13	10	20	-	-	-	-	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 NNE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.5 SSW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	-	12	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 NE	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	16	17	6	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5686	1826	345	911	4597	4075	1714	1751	1730	2224	3090	1400	1770	3943	1212	4129	4360	4066	3735	1334	1191	1378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				9:43AM 0.63		11:20AM 0.64													12:01AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	9	6	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	9	9	10	11	8	11	10	10	9	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	6	4	10	8	10	10	11	12	12	11	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	8	7	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 S	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	16	17	9	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.1 SE	1.1 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.7 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	14	13	6	19	19	8	8	8	7	9	9	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-

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