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 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Karekare Auckland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	2	2	4	8	3	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 SW	0.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 W	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	11	13	18	7	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	12	11	11	13	6	9	8	11
Energy(?)	683	183	218	321	192	1225	91	11053	5196	1987	5064	2018	3397	2679	1064	237	985	79	281	915	401	1680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 2.56		9:40AM 1.76		2:08AM 1.69	10:26AM 1.79		2:07AM 1.61				5:06AM 1.39		12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93		12:57AM 1.95	6:24AM 1.38	3:47PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40PM 0.98		1:18AM 0.91		3:57PM 0.54	7:45PM 0.35	4:19AM 0.57	2:03PM 0.77	7:40PM 0.36	7:32AM 0.45	3:22PM 0.88	10:51PM 0.30	11:20AM 0.34	6:06PM 0.42		6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38		12:44PM 0.29		9:51PM 0.35	7:37AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	2	4	5	-
High °C	21	15	18	22	13	12	24	12	11	12	16	13	19	19	15	19	12	13	13	13	11	18
Low °C	19	15	16	18	12	9	22	12	8	11	16	11	18	18	11	17	10	10	12	12	10	17
Chill °C (?)	21	13	18	22	12	11	24	10	10	10	14	12	19	19	14	19	9	10	13	11	10	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.8 ENE	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	7	7	11	13	9	7	16	16	15	15	13	14	13	12	7	5	10	10	15	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE	-	0.8 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	9	8	17	12	18	10	-	8	8	6	11	-	-	10	11	10	13	12	15	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	-	0.5 N	1.6 WNW	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.3 W	1.9 SW	-	1.7 SSW	2.2 W	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	6	-	-	16	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	2	11	-	6	9	8	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.9 NE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	11	8	13	12	7	7	18	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	15
Energy(?)	683	615	549	663	1122	1110	623	205	309	741	331	533	651	1225	4322	6409	7783	7685	502	2201	2007	6650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65				10:07PM 1.76				10:26AM 1.79	3:41PM 1.27			10:49PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40PM 0.98					3:30AM 0.56				1:41PM 0.97		9:19PM 0.27			4:19AM 0.57					7:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	22	16	17	17	15	14	17	19	22	26	21	10	9	9	9	11	21	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	16	17	17	14	13	16	19	22	26	21	8	7	7	7	9	21	10	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	11	14	7	12	6	7	9	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	14	8	-	4	9	9	16	11	10	18	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	2.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	8	4	2	8	13	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	15

	Sunday 14																Monday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	10	7	10	11	9	12	12	5	5	14	14	14	14	13	5	14	14	14
Energy(?)	756	683	683	359	397	32	451	373	3	381	546	64	70	1195	1122	1046	1007	849	68	666	661	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:51PM 1.69									9:16PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	15	16	15	18	20	16	17	20	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	13	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	15	16	13	18	20	15	16	20	17	15	17	17	15	15	15	12	16	17	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	10	7	10	11	8	12	12	7	6	14	14	14	14	13	8	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	9	16	-	9	16	20	7	7	15	14	14	14	-	7	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	0.3 WSW	1.0 NE	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	2	5	3	-	5	5	3	-	-	3	3	5	-	-	4

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