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 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kaka Point Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	14	14	14	13	11	14	9	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1369	2917	2642	1041	1929	1959	2241	1671	236	1506	520	798	1971	1516	1774	1594	1279	878	686	690	485	867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:01PM 2.43	1:17AM 3.51		1:33PM 3.54	2:00AM 3.37		2:19PM 3.34	2:50AM 3.20		3:16PM 3.12	9:14PM 1.78	5:20AM 2.82	4:40PM 2.52		5:43AM 2.84	6:05PM 2.89		6:58AM 3.03		7:25PM 2.99	7:45AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		7:14PM 0.38	7:31AM 0.51		7:56PM 0.53	8:18AM 0.71		8:42PM 0.73	9:14AM 0.94		3:42AM 0.42	11:42AM 1.16		11:06PM 1.10	12:02PM 1.17		12:26AM 1.16			1:45AM 0.99		1:18PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	19	16	19	16	15	20	20	18	22	14	15	19	17	20	21	21	20	15	19	16	10	20
Low °C	18	15	17	16	12	19	19	17	19	13	15	18	17	19	19	21	19	15	17	14	10	18
Chill °C (?)	19	15	19	15	14	20	20	18	22	13	15	19	17	20	21	21	20	14	19	16	7	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	14	9	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	10	9	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	18	18	9	8	8	12	12	12	6	4	4	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	-	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3448	2390	2931	2917	3137	2867	2642	2524	2424	2185	5471	1406	3324	1450	1227	2329	2241	2108	1881	1558	1494	1150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:17AM 3.51				1:33PM 3.54		7:06PM 1.85		2:17AM 2.97				2:19PM 3.34				2:30AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 0.38				7:31AM 0.51								8:33AM 0.69				8:22PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	16	15	16	17	19	19	18	11	12	14	12	16	20	20	19	18	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	16	14	16	16	19	19	18	9	12	14	11	16	20	20	19	18	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	16	17	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	-	13	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21										Sunday 22
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3697	1512	1369	1795	2400	2390	2653	2653	2931	2782	1571	1628	3381	1877	1875	2997	3000	2867	2828	2507	2530	2542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													1:34AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)							7:14PM 0.38												7:11AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	11	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	15	15	9	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	9	9	9	6	8	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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