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

	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	9	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	13	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	12	10	11
Energy(?)	2723	3910	2642	5662	3237	533	5283	3193	3348	1804	3098	1109	1499	591	1675	563	2581	647	1289	942	1580	1770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 3.40	11:25AM 3.32		11:47PM 3.11		12:11PM 2.97	1:17AM 3.05		1:18PM 3.12	1:34AM 2.77		1:24PM 2.24	2:49AM 3.09			11:54PM 1.75		12:08PM 1.42	12:35AM 1.52		1:38PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			5:21AM 0.17	5:43PM 0.19		6:16AM 0.18		7:05PM 0.20	7:12AM 0.66		7:22PM 0.37	7:07AM 0.40		8:22PM 0.97	9:11AM 1.02	5:28PM 0.08		6:02AM 0.08		6:19PM 0.11	7:34AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	12	2	11	1	6	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	17	15	18	15	15	16	12	8	10	14	13	14	13	11	15	15	13	13	15
Low °C	15	12	14	16	14	15	14	14	15	12	7	8	12	11	13	13	9	14	14	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	16	14	18	15	13	15	9	5	8	12	11	12	12	10	15	15	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 WNW	2.5 S	0.7 WSW	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	10	8	8	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	1.4 NW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	-	8	12	-	8	22	9	18	9	9	9	9	-	13	-	12	12	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	2.2 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	11	10	9	10	8	-	-	10	9	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	8	9	9	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 S	2.2 S	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	5130	3175	3517	3517	3082	4206	3351	1060	1455	1038	1474	3513	4094	2205	1783	1877	1115	7269	8998	8438	1186	1541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18			11:06PM 3.44								11:00PM 2.51							8:48PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 0.49				5:27AM 0.04				5:48PM 0.27					6:01AM 0.45		2:46PM 0.13					3:41AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	1	1	3	1	-	2	2	4	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	17	15	14	13	15	15	13	16	14	18	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	13	12	12	13	17	14	13	12	14	14	13	15	14	18	14	13	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 S	2.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NW	-	0.1 N	0.4 S	1.2 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.9 E	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	9	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	12	10	9	8	11	-	8	-	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	1.4 SW	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	11	11	5	10

	Sunday 19											Monday 20
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	8	9	9	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	5180	3144	2723	2827	2120	4144	3827	3665	3470	3597	3013	5615	4788	5138	5159	134	9	164	146	124	290	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18																			7:25AM 1.53	8:18AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	16	17	15	14	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	12	12	13	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	16	14	15	16	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 N	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	1.6 NNW	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	3	3	4	-	-

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