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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Karekare Auckland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Henderson Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	5	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NNW	4.5 S	4.0 S	1.6 SE	1.6 W	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 NE	2.0 NNE	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	14	11	11	14	11	12	12	10	12	6	16
Energy(?)	978	6144	8662	499	1112	1562	1079	926	823	1174	1405	270	2456	1592	1266	792	1807	2035	360	1239	597	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:01PM 3.42	7:21AM 2.28			7:28AM 1.76		7:39PM 1.61	8:08AM 2.06		8:07PM 1.54	8:07AM 1.80	6:27PM 1.85	9:42PM 1.63				7:59AM 1.85			4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 0.07	4:47PM 0.54			1:38PM 0.55	12:20AM 0.07		1:27PM 0.15	1:54AM -0.04		2:26PM 0.13	2:19AM -0.02			3:57AM -0.00	9:23AM 0.44	1:24PM 0.19	10:37PM 0.18		2:03PM 0.27	10:01PM 0.40	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	29	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	16	14	23	15	16	17	16	17	21	20	13	17	19	19	19	19	16	20	19	12	12
Low °C	17	16	12	19	15	11	16	15	16	19	19	9	14	19	17	15	18	12	19	18	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	14	12	23	13	15	17	16	17	21	20	11	16	19	19	19	19	15	20	19	11	11
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	3.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 NE	2.0 NNE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	11	11	14	11	12	12	10	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	1.0 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	-	9	9	16	9	15	14	14	13	-	-	15	14	-	12	-	-	13	12	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	0.8 NNE	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	12	12	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	4.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 SW	2.1 SSE	2.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	11	10	11	12	12	13	10	11
Energy(?)	683	639	594	966	867	6589	12459	3387	3340	1302	1949	1050	595	1381	1070	1616	3892	5749	5128	3683	1084	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						5:10PM 1.42				6:10AM 2.03						12:31AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		4:23AM 0.58		12:38PM 0.59				11:52PM 0.21				12:05PM 0.02								10:11AM 0.09		6:34PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	10	9	15	19	19	15	14	14	14	12	17	22	26	19	16	13	12	9	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	7	15	19	19	13	13	13	13	11	17	22	26	19	16	12	10	7	13	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSE	2.3 W	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	11	10	12	13	12	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	10	11	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	15	9	12	9	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.9 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	3.0 SW	0.5 N	-	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	11	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	-	11	12	12	13	-	-

	Thursday 04
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.4 NW	2.4 NNW	4.5 S	0.7 NNE	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 S	4.5 S	2.5 SE	0.3 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	12	6	8	13	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	327	346	465	777	923	3718	113	3107	6666	5253	5734	4868	1193	13	4898	279	12	75	12	158	602	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:46PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)											11:29AM 0.23							6:06PM 0.00		8:39PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	9	15	15	11	14	13	14	14	15	16	15	13	19	16	14	17	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	14	14	7	12	10	11	11	12	14	14	13	18	14	14	16	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	0.4 ENE	2.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.5 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	15	6	9	21	9	13	9	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	15	9	19	16	6	8	6	13	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.4 NW	0.4 SSE	4.5 S	1.8 SSW	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 S	4.5 S	2.5 SE	-	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	3	10	7	10	11	11	11	11	10	-	12	6	-	7	-	5	8	8

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