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

	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thu
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	18	17	16	14	16	14	18	13	18	17	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	10	14	11
Energy	3421	3974	3315	2032	1618	1124	1617	1018	1122	1542	1042	1082	1006	1094	1071	1381	1172	1403	544	1330	595	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 2.23	7:48AM 3.41	4:15PM 1.49		11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		9:53PM 2.82		1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27		1:55PM 2.26	2:11AM 2.22		4:17PM 2.48	12:27AM 2.67	3:03AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		1:21PM 0.21	1:27AM 0.41			10:40PM 0.19	5:04AM 0.08	2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:57PM -0.06		6:44AM -0.04		7:12PM 0.16	7:38AM -0.02		8:06PM 0.23	6:08AM 0.17		6:11PM 0.11	9:28AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	17	13	13	8	16	11	12	14	14	7	9	11	11	13	12	13	14	14	17
Low °C	13	15	15	15	13	12	7	15	11	10	12	13	7	9	10	11	13	9	11	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	17	11	12	7	16	10	11	14	14	6	9	9	10	12	11	13	14	14	17
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.2 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	17	16	14	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	13	16	15	14	13	13	14	10	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	-	8	-	10	11	18	22	12	12	5	-	17	7	7	21	-	20	4	12	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	11

	Thursday 14							Friday 15								Saturday 16
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	18	18	13	16
Energy	6284	5732	3421	5194	3974	3116	3039	3315	2844	1567	2032	1594	1618	1510	1180	1124	1022	1062	1617	2460	1018	2162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:59AM 2.46				7:32PM 2.48				7:48AM 3.41			4:29PM 1.53				4:37AM 1.52		11:16AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)					1:21PM 0.21				1:47AM 0.50							10:40PM 0.19					2:55PM -0.03	5:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	16	9
Chill °C (?)	7	6	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	11	12	12	12	11	10	5	7	16	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	0.6 ENE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	10	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	18	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	18	-	22	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 14
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	6794	6547	6284	6237	6170	5732	5334	5183	3421	3421	7669	5194	5064	4020	3974	3791	3657	3116	3077	3039	3039	3001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				7:32PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)							6:28AM 0.22							1:21PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	12	12	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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