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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Karekare Auckland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	2	5	6	4	4	4	4	7	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 SE	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	9	10	14	7	12	12	14	17	15	13	13	14	13	16	10	13	12	8	12
Energy(?)	2343	1946	2032	1192	991	539	262	2607	1221	1091	583	555	566	1929	2706	2287	1939	190	1847	2897	517	2767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:09PM 2.21	1:35AM 3.26	8:02AM 1.67		10:10PM 1.70	10:44AM 1.47		11:49PM 1.66		12:27PM 1.45	1:08AM 1.57		1:38PM 1.44	2:06AM 1.52	6:39AM 2.87		9:24PM 1.89			12:41AM 1.86	10:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			7:18PM 0.75		4:57PM 0.07		4:40AM 0.06	5:23PM 0.08		6:21AM 0.12		6:50PM 0.17	7:29AM 0.18		7:48PM 0.22		5:36PM 0.22		6:35AM 0.13	3:56PM 0.29	6:23PM 0.22	4:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	8	9	13	14	10	14	16	15	16	15	12	18	15	12	12	17	12	18	13	15	12
Low °C	15	7	8	13	11	8	12	14	14	14	15	11	14	15	11	9	16	11	18	12	13	9
Chill °C (?)	16	4	7	11	13	8	14	16	15	15	14	11	18	14	9	10	16	11	18	10	14	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.9 ESE	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	14	7	12	12	14	13	10	13	18	14	13	16	10	13	14	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	9	10	10	13	16	9	17	15	9	10	-	-	-	12	-	22	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 S	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	10	9	9	6	-	12	-	8	4	-	-	13	7	-	8	-	-	12	-	-

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Karekare Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.1 E	4.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 ESE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	16	13	12	12	16	16	15
Energy(?)	2343	1976	1745	504	3483	1122	1113	1347	1641	1078	866	1337	751	650	540	545	545	1943	652	6186	6651	4411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:03PM 3.22			9:11PM 1.72				10:31AM 1.55				11:11PM 1.68		3:14AM 2.91	8:25AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57AM 0.68							4:09AM 0.02				4:56PM 0.06						11:55AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	10	12	8	9	10	10	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	12	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	9	10	5	6	9	8	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	10	15	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	16	8	11	12	12	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.4 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	16	16	8	8	14	14	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	13	13	9	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	1.1 S	4.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	2.4 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	11	8	8	-	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	12	-	16	12	15

	Wednesday 22																	Thursday 23
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Karekare Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.3 S	0.9 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	11	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	8	18	18	10	17	9	16
Energy(?)	2637	2198	2343	539	226	2154	2186	3603	3166	3735	3505	4132	3839	3698	3458	705	466	161	343	156	398	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57AM 0.68									3:51PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	9	13	7	9	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	5	9	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	7	10	3	5	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	3	7	3	4	3
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	18	8	17	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.3 SW	0.8 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	11	8	8	8	8	15	10	13	10	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	-	-	1.3 S	4.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	8	11	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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