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

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	8	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.1 N	3.0 ENE
Period(s)	11	14	14	15	15	13	16	15	17	16	15	14	13	14	12	11	11	10	12	12	10	10
Energy	1202	4024	5521	5771	5687	8724	4609	3990	7135	6141	3657	2168	1235	1208	546	354	284	1253	2718	3224	1619	1668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 1.76		2:08PM 1.31	12:29AM 1.66		12:54PM 1.70		4:03AM 1.35	4:27PM 1.62		4:46AM 1.54			5:31AM 1.55	5:58PM 1.66	10:52PM 3.16	11:13AM 3.13		10:36PM 3.12	6:18AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.31		7:55AM 0.17		6:12PM 0.31	6:33AM 0.29		9:16PM 0.53	10:17AM 0.25		10:43PM 0.45	11:00AM 0.48	2:52PM 0.34	11:28PM 0.47	11:46AM 0.49			5:03AM 1.04	5:24PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	39	-
High °C	8	8	6	12	13	8	11	11	12	13	13	12	14	18	13	15	16	14	14	14	15	18
Low °C	8	7	4	10	11	8	9	11	11	12	12	11	13	16	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	8	6	4	12	12	5	8	8	11	12	13	12	14	18	12	14	15	13	13	13	14	18
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:19	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.1 N	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	15	15	13	16	15	17	16	15	14	13	14	12	11	11	10	12	12	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	16	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	9	11	-	8	10	9	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	10	10

	Tuesday 26							Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	9	6	9	5	9	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	16	15	15	15
Energy	1201	1150	1202	1169	4024	5159	5453	5521	5010	5019	5771	6080	5687	5025	7398	8724	5887	10628	4609	9620	3990	7841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 1.47		8:25AM 1.86					11:28PM 1.76					2:08PM 1.31								12:54PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)						5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31	7:55AM 0.17				6:12PM 0.31				6:33AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	8	8	8	7	6	5	7	4	10	12	13	11	8	8	5	9	9	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	8	6	5	4	2	5	0	10	12	12	11	5	5	2	7	6	6	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	-	11	12	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	14	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Taipa Bay Northland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	9	6	9	5	9	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 ENE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1017	4096	1201	1205	1173	1150	1107	1208	1202	1239	1005	1169	1169	4043	4024	4205	4424	5159	5159	5356	5453	5444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 1.66								8:25AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	14	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	13	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	13	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 ENE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	15	13	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	3.0 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	11	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

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