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

	Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	8	11	13	12	15	14	12	16	15	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	13	15
Energy(?)	1286	1671	5838	1284	3098	2059	803	4180	3803	2336	3297	1314	2911	4718	2770	1286	985	1921	885	1286	1442	805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:24AM 1.75		6:26PM 2.81	7:06AM 2.84		7:02PM 2.62			9:21PM 1.89	9:15AM 3.04		10:13PM 1.98	10:38AM 1.96		9:10PM 2.95	10:45AM 3.21			5:03AM 1.46	3:47PM 2.42	10:23PM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 0.65		12:39PM 0.70	12:48AM 1.19		12:38PM 0.69	1:19AM 0.65	5:48AM 0.22	2:58PM 0.55		3:01AM 0.95	3:27PM 0.96		4:26AM 0.41	3:07PM 0.29		4:34AM 0.71	4:53PM 0.72	9:15PM 0.72	11:15AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	9	8	10	11	8	10	10	11	10	12	11	11	14	9	10	11	11	11	12	10
Low °C	6	11	9	6	10	8	7	9	9	9	9	12	10	8	13	9	9	10	10	8	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	11	7	6	7	9	5	8	8	8	8	12	9	9	13	8	10	10	11	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 NNE	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	8	8	11	13	8	15	14	12	16	15	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.3 N	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.3 S	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	8	6	13	12	13	-	12	20	18	16	10	18	-	13	7	7	17	16	18	-	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 18	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 S	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	12	9	8	10	10	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	9	14	13
Energy(?)	4229	4066	3663	1434	1140	1392	1301	1029	1093	1284	1493	1048	3305	3319	1684	1512	1378	1093	3029	1406	3467	5731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:49AM 2.83					6:51PM 1.80				7:41AM 1.75				7:43PM 2.89		12:05AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 0.65			11:22AM 0.70		4:26PM 0.38			12:48AM 1.19				12:14PM 0.71						6:21AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	6	7	11	11	6	8	7	8	7	6	10	8	9	5	4	8	4	8	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	4	5	11	10	4	6	4	6	4	3	8	4	8	2	1	5	0	5	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 S	0.1 NE	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	12	9	8	10	10	12	12	10	10	12	12	8	10	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.2 NW	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	-	1.4 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	8	8	6	6	9	13	12	-	-	20	19	8	13	-	24	16	-	8	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 SE	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	12	9	14	10

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	15
Energy(?)	3927	4565	4229	1311	1309	1517	1481	2718	1373	3315	1138	1386	3126	2949	1473	1219	951	979	584	148	484	1837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												5:49AM 2.83	6:24AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	11	10	10	8	7	9	9	8	9	10	6	6	10	10	13	14	10	11	5	13	5	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	8	4	4	7	7	12	13	9	10	1	12	2	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	18	11	8	8	8	8	9	11	8	8	8	7	7	5	-	8	7	9	15	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10	-	-	10	10	5	4	4	4	-	3	4	6

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