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

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	4.0 S	1.4 N	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	16	17	16	16	15	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	11	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1057	1343	3175	633	645	1525	1732	788	1367	1053	1310	990	928	1158	1250	790	550	8182	1096	4441	2188	1974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.88	3:36AM 2.06	5:20AM 2.82		7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81		8:58PM 1.82	9:21AM 1.86		11:23PM 2.31	9:03AM 2.56		9:38PM 2.56	10:01AM 2.74		9:02PM 2.27	9:46AM 2.82		9:47PM 2.36	12:04PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 0.71	11:42AM 1.16	1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63		2:35PM 0.47	3:14AM 0.60		1:16PM 0.42			2:35PM 0.85	3:45AM 0.46		2:52PM 0.51	3:14AM 0.44		3:38PM 0.38	3:57AM 0.33	5:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	19	14	12	18	20	21	21	16	20	12	17	15	22	22	19	23	11	9	19	10	10	13
Low °C	18	13	9	17	19	20	19	16	20	11	16	15	20	21	18	20	11	8	18	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	19	13	12	18	20	21	21	15	20	11	17	15	22	22	19	23	8	6	18	6	7	12
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	-	3.0 S	1.7 E	-	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	14	16	17	16	16	15	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	-	14	8	-	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 N	0.4 W	0.9 NNW	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	18	-	9	9	13	7	6	8	16	12	16	16	16	8	-	-	-	14	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.6 SSW	4.0 S	0.6 S	3.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	13	4	13	-	-

	Tuesday 24					Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Fri
	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	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1044	568	824	532	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1092	1287	1562	1171	1018	1008	1692	1625	1504	1401	1504	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:56PM 2.13	4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83								6:28AM 2.37				5:45PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24AM 0.42	10:51AM 0.49				12:36AM 0.56								11:06PM 1.10				11:27AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	19	18	12	11	10	9	12	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	20	21	21	21	20	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	18	12	11	9	9	12	17	17	17	17	18	15	15	20	21	21	21	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 W
Period (s)	12	9	12	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	11	12	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	8	8	8	8	12	12	-	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24																Wednesday 25
	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	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 WNW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	10	18	18	18	14	14	13	11	13	10	11	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	16
Energy(?)	1059	595	1057	285	655	707	707	1655	1343	1418	291	768	523	531	479	553	512	467	619	493	452	840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					3:36AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)				10:26AM 1.04		12:01PM 0.41										10:54PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	18	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	14	17	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	17	18	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 WNW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.7 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	9	12	10	7	7	7	14	14	13	11	13	10	11	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	16	12	16	11	11	11	18	18	17	16	17	19	5	18	18	20	20	20	5	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	0.9 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	3	17	-	11	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	-

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