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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Long Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora Point Wairarapa	Maori Bay Auckland	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SE	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	12	8	12
Energy(?)	2655	2275	790	930	720	214	722	668	2871	335	3552	632	1093	955	1156	1120	648	508	530	539	830	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:19PM 3.86		12:31AM 2.96	12:49PM 3.10		1:44AM 3.19		1:01PM 2.36	1:47AM 2.76	4:32AM 1.96			6:39AM 2.20	2:17PM 2.10	11:52PM 1.66	9:01AM 1.56	5:23PM 1.70	9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51	6:03PM 2.59	7:28PM 1.56	11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.02		6:42AM 0.07		7:43PM 0.33	6:56AM 0.45		7:46PM 0.24	10:43AM 0.38	1:35PM 0.37	11:06PM 0.44						3:54AM 0.60			1:44AM 0.80	4:53AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	16	21	14	14	15	13	14	15	15	21	20	19	22	20	18	22	22	19	20
Low °C	18	20	16	14	21	13	12	15	11	12	15	13	20	19	19	20	19	17	19	21	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	16	21	14	13	14	11	13	14	15	21	20	19	22	20	18	22	22	19	20
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 W	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	17	10	7	17	7	7	-	-	15	14	13	13	12	12	-	-	13	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	2.2 SE	1.1 SW	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	10

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3749	3277	1349	1070	2267	1324	1461	1539	530	1364	1421	1581	1312	723	308	742	635	698	668	627	2262	3563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:08PM 3.04												12:45AM 2.33		6:32AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				6:29PM 0.02				6:18AM 0.35							3:40AM 0.20		8:56AM 0.29	12:47PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	18	19	14	12	13	14	15	16	12	10
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	18	19	14	10	12	13	14	16	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.3 S	0.1 NW	1.5 S	0.7 S	-	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.6 N	0.9 SE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	18	18	10	16	9	9	-	10	10	-	-	14	8	6	17	7	7	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	11	12	12

	Wednesday 04																Thursday 05
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	12	11	12	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	4830	4718	2655	2445	4196	3277	3878	3661	1349	577	606	560	559	2489	739	537	249	517	547	381	205	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						12:48PM 3.39					5:21PM 1.99										3:07AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	14	14	14	14	19	17	11	14	11	11	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	13	14	13	13	19	17	10	14	10	10	12	10	11
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	12	11	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.2 NNE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	10	17	16	18	21	10	21	21	11	13	10	6	10	10	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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