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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Karikari Beach Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Waipu Cove Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Taipa Bay Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 W	3.0 NE	2.0 N	2.3 ENE	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	9	14	12	12	10	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2868	926	1433	1031	919	804	1842	648	1386	760	1166	581	1020	3314	2039	1344	1212	1284	483	1542	1002	1756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 2.05			1:13PM 3.46	1:47AM 3.36		2:07PM 3.38	2:23AM 2.78		4:19PM 2.11	2:00AM 2.52	4:55AM 1.97	3:28PM 2.89	3:16AM 2.95		4:52PM 2.98		5:12AM 2.36			5:06AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.74		10:31PM -0.02	8:24AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.58	7:55AM 0.74		8:12PM 0.12	7:21AM 0.19		7:59PM 0.28	11:03AM 0.40		9:09PM 0.80	9:24AM 0.90		11:12PM 1.12	11:20AM 0.66	1:03PM 0.53	10:56PM 0.98	11:19AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	21	19	17	14	20	15	21	20	19	17	21	19	25	13	13	16	17	14	19
Low °C	14	16	16	20	18	15	13	19	14	19	19	16	16	20	18	23	12	11	15	17	13	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	21	19	16	14	20	15	21	20	19	17	21	19	25	12	11	14	16	14	19
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 W	3.0 NE	2.0 N	2.3 ENE	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	9	14	12	12	10	13	13	14	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.2 W	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.6 N	0.7 NW	1.0 E	2.0 NE	0.7 N	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	14	15	-	13	15	13	12	12	10	-	13	9	12	10	16	5	15	16	16	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	1.1 W	2.2 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	6	8	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	4216	2222	1690	1935	1293	1295	1192	1047	1066	1427	1118	1362	1800	1034	597	597	2471	2308	1871	2446	1163	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:51AM 3.43				11:54AM 3.05	2:29PM 2.28								1:52PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)		10:11AM 0.09										6:14PM 0.07	8:46PM -0.01			6:49AM 0.41	7:55AM 0.74				7:22PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	21	22	20	17	16	17	17	14	16	14	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	14	15	16	15	16	15	21	22	20	16	15	17	17	14	16	14	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	18	17	16	16	16	-	-	-	12	15	15	12	15	15	13	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Saturday 06																Sunday 07
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	5040	3221	2868	3976	922	919	855	864	1083	922	2160	970	451	846	854	797	1296	1295	1416	138	750	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:20PM 3.47												12:51AM 3.43		2:10AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)													7:52PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	19	16	19	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	13	16	16	16	15	16	19	16	19	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	16	-	15	12	15	14	14	17	17	15	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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