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

	Sat		Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	6	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	8	6	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	9	12	12	15	16	16	15	14	13	21	12	22	10	13	14	17	16	13	14	15	14	14
Energy	1168	3164	3634	5622	1459	1818	1289	1322	1401	3816	670	1193	4326	7219	5154	542	1070	532	1434	809	2603	2907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 1.81	7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86		12:33PM 1.75	12:41AM 1.86	11:42AM 2.39	1:02PM 1.86	1:22AM 1.85	9:47AM 3.16			9:19AM 2.94		9:47PM 3.34	9:45AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)		1:40AM 0.52		2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45	5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		6:17AM 0.21		6:23PM 0.22	5:37AM 0.50		7:06PM 0.23	3:39AM 0.87	3:02PM 0.44	10:30PM 0.50	3:15AM 0.35	3:38PM 0.40		3:43AM 0.33	4:07PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	14	13	14	15	16	14	16	14	17	17	11	10	10	17	13	13	13	13	15	17
Low °C	17	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	14	14	16	16	11	8	8	14	12	9	11	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	14	12	11	14	15	16	13	16	12	16	17	8	7	8	17	12	13	12	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 S	2.0 SSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	3.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	20	13	-	16	16	15	14	13	-	12	12	18	11	14	17	16	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	14	-	7	13	-	-	6	22	12	-	-	12	6	13	8	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	9	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	21	3	-	10	13	-	4	3	-	-	-	11	-

	Saturday 25			Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	13	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	1168	1344	3376	3826	4436	4062	5929	7987	6656	6319	5046	5320	3242	3159	1244	1332	1026	1435	1265	1008	1122	1093
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:30PM 1.81					10:35AM 1.79				9:47PM 2.25			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:04PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)					1:40AM 0.52	4:22AM 0.29				4:59PM 0.20				5:15AM 0.26							12:57AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	1	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	13	15	14	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	13	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	13	11	11	13	15	14	15	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	13	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	7	-	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 25											Sunday 26
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	13	13	14	13
Energy	1173	1218	1168	1191	1262	2046	2046	2366	414	407	2847	2646	3093	3243	429	516	405	501	488	421	524	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)											10:10PM 1.85							5:26AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	15	14	14	14	10	14	11	14	14	14	12	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	16	17	17	16	19	19	13	12	12	12	9	13	9	14	14	14	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.1 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	9	12	12	20	20	20	20	13	14	12	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	22	11	9	9	9	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	5	5	12	3	3	12	12	12	12	-	7	4	7	7	7	-	7

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