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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	12	12	12	16	11	11	9	13	14	10	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	10
Energy(?)	526	740	673	671	934	5571	1125	435	1433	709	3845	937	1848	1059	1298	1011	711	929	1010	1135	843	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 1.78		12:44AM 1.83		3:11PM 1.38	1:20AM 1.94		5:13PM 1.47		4:53AM 1.63	5:24PM 1.54	1:24AM 2.24	12:36PM 2.15	1:39PM 2.27	12:58AM 2.12			12:43AM 2.00	4:06AM 1.90		12:26AM 3.05	7:49AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 0.17		6:54AM 0.23			7:27AM 0.21		11:02PM 0.22	11:13AM 0.21		7:04PM 0.11	6:28AM 0.20			9:32AM 0.17	6:35PM 0.28		10:12AM 0.21	6:34PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	24	21	20	14	16	15	16	15	15	13	12	14	15	18	12	21	23	17	19	18	16	15
Low °C	20	21	17	13	16	12	16	13	10	12	11	13	15	17	12	15	22	16	17	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	24	21	20	14	16	15	16	15	14	12	10	13	14	18	11	21	23	17	19	18	16	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 NW	0.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 W
Period (s)	8	10	12	12	12	16	11	11	9	13	14	10	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.8 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 W
Period (s)	10	12	6	9	9	8	18	6	16	10	10	14	9	9	11	10	15	17	15	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	6

	Saturday 28							Sunday 29								Monday 30
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 NW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	19
Energy(?)	3573	1289	1437	1068	505	1117	1073	1026	1090	836	749	1405	1035	5749	3941	5571	3039	3155	4935	1003	1237	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:11PM 1.71	2:14PM 1.40				3:24AM 1.54			11:23AM 2.10										4:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 0.25				6:05PM 0.22					9:25AM 0.16			5:34PM 0.23				4:16AM 0.49	7:27AM 0.21		3:46PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	17	24	14	12	18	17	17	19	14	16	15	15	15	16	16	11	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	13	17	24	14	12	18	17	17	19	14	16	15	15	15	16	16	8	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	11	16	16	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.9 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.9 SW	2.0 NNW	1.0 E	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	16	8	14	14	6	13	13	6	9	18	9	18	8	16	10	12	16	16	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SW	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7

	Saturday 28
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	9	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	13	11	13	11	14	14	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4088	1717	2352	2144	660	2240	2174	766	738	439	440	629	732	520	714	1242	852	851	1164	405	485	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				8:32PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)								8:50AM 0.43							3:41PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	13	13	18	19	22	23	12	14	13	14	16	17	17	13	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	16	16	11	11	18	19	22	23	10	13	11	13	15	17	17	13	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.2 NW	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	9	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	13	13	13	11	14	14	10	8	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.4 E	-	1.1 SW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	12	12	15	13	13	10	11	-	14	8	8	14	13	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 NNE	1.0 N	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	8	7	7	5	6	5	6	5	-	-	5	-	-	-

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