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

	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Forestry Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	1.1 N	1.9 WSW	2.3 NW	3.0 NNW	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	6	7	9	11	12	11	11	8	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	13
Energy(?)	586	67	213	552	614	1522	3595	3298	1612	1260	493	668	989	1232	723	774	798	2179	1885	1001	1265	2688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:40PM 2.95	8:50AM 3.06		9:09PM 3.11	9:45AM 3.49		10:13PM 3.17	7:50AM 2.37		10:51PM 3.32	12:55PM 2.18		11:43PM 3.21	9:11AM 2.39		9:28PM 2.28	8:55AM 1.81		9:42PM 1.63	10:14AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 0.37		3:01PM 0.27	3:26AM 0.06		1:09PM 0.33			2:47PM 0.52		6:44AM 0.25				3:29PM 0.54	3:46AM 0.36		3:40PM 0.03	3:57AM -0.00		4:25PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	23	16	19	19	18	15	22	20	15	21	18	17	17	19	19	17	15	14	15	18
Low °C	18	17	22	16	16	16	18	13	19	19	11	19	18	16	16	18	19	15	15	12	14	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	23	15	18	19	17	13	22	20	14	21	18	17	17	19	19	16	14	13	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	3.0 NNW	0.7 NNE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	16	9	9	9	12	11	11	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 E	-	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	15	7	15	20	9	-	14	9	9	12	15	14	6	13	14	15	13	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 N	1.9 WSW	2.3 NW	1.5 SSW	4.0 S	-	0.5 W	-	1.5 SW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	7	5	11	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Forestry Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 N	1.5 SSE	1.7 N	1.7 NNW	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 S	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	3.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	10	10	10	7	6	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	816	718	574	579	531	308	301	298	461	544	1182	1522	1101	1211	1522	1133	971	3851	8569	3596	3503	3201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 2.99								9:03PM 3.18	10:42PM 2.09						5:32PM 1.61				6:18AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	2:36PM 0.53				2:34AM 0.18											12:38PM 0.59				12:12AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	7	4	1	2	7	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	17	16	16	17	19	19	20	19	15	13	12	13	16	19	18	20	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	17	16	15	16	19	19	20	18	14	12	11	11	15	19	18	20	13	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NE	1.1 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 SE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	9	10	10	10	8	6	6	7	8	15	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 E	0.6 WSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 N	1.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	13	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	12	17	15	16	20	8	11	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	1.4 N	1.5 SSE	1.7 N	1.7 NNW	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	-	2.1 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	6	6	7	8	9	-	8	5	8	10	11	12	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02										Wednesday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Forestry Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.6 E	0.4 N	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.5 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	16	10	9	9	10	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	9
Energy(?)	832	819	586	586	631	477	70	586	157	220	504	309	309	508	558	569	593	50	158	161	156	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 2.94									5:16AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36PM 0.53												2:36AM 0.17								10:34AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	19	19	19	18	18	15	20	20	16	11	10	15	20	20	20	16	20	22	23	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	19	19	18	18	15	20	20	16	10	9	14	20	20	20	16	20	22	23	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 N	1.0 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 N	1.1 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	8	9	16	8	9	9	9	16	16	16	8	16	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	0.6 SE	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	-

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