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

	Thu		Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Shag Beach Otago	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 W	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	22	20	18	20	16	12	13	10	10	11	6	9	12	13	12	12	13	13	16
Energy(?)	1438	887	176	445	903	1243	885	1994	6272	4888	2804	1448	666	229	28	437	4295	3036	3221	4111	3732	1644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:45AM 1.44		2:10PM 1.55	2:33AM 1.44		2:58PM 1.57	3:24AM 1.47	10:05AM 3.04		11:32PM 2.15		2:27PM 2.01	12:17AM 2.29		2:56PM 2.35	3:17AM 2.43			11:17PM 3.36		1:25PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 0.41	7:46AM 0.44		8:24PM 0.40	9:27AM 0.32		9:08PM 0.40		4:13PM 0.68		8:12AM 0.04			8:42AM -0.02		9:03PM 0.01	9:48AM -0.02	6:50PM 0.09		7:14AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	3	7	3	-	-	3	8	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	11	10	9	14	9	14	13	9	13	15	14	16	10	10	14	15	13	17	19
Low °C	10	11	8	10	8	9	12	8	11	12	9	9	15	8	15	9	9	12	15	12	13	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	8	8	9	13	7	14	11	5	12	15	13	15	7	10	12	14	12	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	7:24	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 SSW	0.7 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.4 E	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.2 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	9	7	18	20	9	12	13	10	10	11	6	9	12	13	12	12	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.7 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	4	10	13	20	7	8	16	16	16	18	10	18	9	6	-	-	12	13	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NNE	0.4 NW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	10	-	4	6	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	19	10	12
Energy(?)	1438	1293	1140	1220	1064	684	621	528	307	298	670	1432	1581	1327	1243	1249	1329	1492	1954	1052	3013	5226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:25PM 1.54				1:45AM 1.44							12:32AM 1.70				12:44PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 0.41				7:46AM 0.44		2:41PM 1.09					4:24AM 0.37								4:27AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	5	2	2	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	13	13	11	10	6	6	8	9	8	9	7	7	10	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 E	2.0 W	1.5 NW	2.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	13	20	20	19	18	18	18	8	8	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	5	12	11	10	11	10	14	14	21	13	16	10	7	7	7	17	17	19	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	-	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02										Friday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	9
Energy(?)	1338	1407	1438	1438	1438	841	944	929	227	198	435	1060	956	384	553	496	486	671	471	621	440	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:25PM 1.54																				9:02AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)							7:45PM 0.41										5:42AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	10	10	13	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	6	8	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	5	5	5	7	7	4	7	7	7	4	6	15	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 S	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	14	5	4	11	11	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	5	5

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