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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	5	4	5	6	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 NNW	0.4 SW	2.0 NNW	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.3 NE	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	8	19	11	10	12	12	12	13	17	16	15	17	17	16	14	13	13	7	14
Energy	266	207	314	546	237	1800	1102	4082	3848	3372	5180	12216	5559	3074	3277	2529	1825	1203	836	780	1058	3036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:15PM 3.33	12:27AM 2.67		12:53PM 2.39	2:49AM 3.17		4:51PM 1.93	8:02PM 2.30	8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:58PM 1.71		1:00PM 1.56	1:24AM 1.61		1:57PM 1.54	2:02AM 1.38	10:23AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			6:11PM 0.11	7:45AM 0.22		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93		2:13AM 0.91		2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		4:34PM 0.28		6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24	7:42AM 0.22		7:50PM 0.22	4:05AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	15	18	13	13	11	12	12	11	9	9	9	11	14	14	14	17	18	14	7
Low °C	11	13	15	13	16	12	12	9	9	11	10	7	7	9	11	11	13	14	16	16	12	6
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	18	13	13	11	10	10	8	6	9	7	9	13	13	13	17	18	14	6
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 W	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 ENE	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	11	10	15	13	12	21	17	16	15	17	17	16	14	13	13	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	2.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	22	20	20	16	19	12	10	12	7	-	12	17	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.6 NE	1.9 NNW	0.5 NE	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	3	8	3	-	-	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	5	10	7	5

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.9 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	16	8	13	19	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12
Energy	562	526	266	244	207	206	313	314	308	720	546	207	237	314	3230	1800	3323	1500	1102	1030	4082	4204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:15PM 3.33				1:47AM 3.29	4:38AM 2.39			12:53PM 2.39									4:51PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			6:08AM 0.44				6:11PM 0.11				7:45AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	11	13	14	13	15	15	10	12	13	18	18	10	12	13	8	12	12	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	12	13	13	14	14	8	10	12	18	18	7	11	13	6	12	12	9	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 NNW	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 ENE	2.5 W	2.0 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	16	12	13	13	7	11	11	11	11	10	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NNW	1.7 W	-	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	21	21	22	20	20	4	20	20	12	11	16	19	19	16	11	12	-	11	10	7	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NNE	1.9 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 SW	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.6 NNE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	4	8	3	3	8	-	-	12	-	-	7	12	12

	Wednesday 20
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	510	554	562	554	503	526	290	278	266	266	261	244	257	208	207	233	206	206	206	209	313	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:15PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)							6:08AM 0.44												6:28PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	4	4	4	4	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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