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

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	Sat	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Black Swamp Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	9	7	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	8	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SE	3.5 N	0.4 ESE	1.9 NNE	4.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	15	18	12	11	13	16	17	16	16	12	12	12	9	13	9	10	18	12	14	15
Energy(?)	18828	11613	3801	5724	1288	973	992	2751	1058	1220	755	1043	806	721	2050	77	1013	3691	2475	3196	4863	2237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 1.44	6:49AM 1.58		12:13AM 1.77	10:33AM 1.78		11:16PM 1.55	11:46AM 1.66		7:01PM 2.86	7:20AM 2.83		7:43PM 2.36	11:47AM 2.01	3:05PM 1.57		3:37AM 1.42	3:52PM 1.57		4:26AM 1.41	3:51PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 0.78	6:12PM 0.78	4:09AM 0.66	5:01PM 0.59		5:18AM 0.52	12:41PM 1.20	1:17AM 1.21		1:37PM 1.04	1:53AM 0.69	5:28AM 0.45		9:29PM 0.52	9:34AM 0.51		10:19PM 0.50	10:26AM 0.47		12:05AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	1	4	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	8	7	15	11	8	9	6	8	9	10	11	12	10	14	13	8	16	11	11	10	7	9
Low °C	4	4	13	8	6	6	5	6	9	9	9	11	9	12	12	6	15	10	9	10	6	5
Chill °C (?)	5	5	14	10	7	7	4	7	8	10	10	11	8	13	11	6	15	8	8	8	4	6
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.9 NNE	0.7 N	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	17	15	18	12	11	13	16	17	16	16	12	12	12	14	7	9	8	13	12	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.8 N	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	11	11	21	-	10	18	11	-	11	11	11	9	9	18	16	13	14	8	18	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	3.5 N	0.3 WSW	1.6 NNE	4.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	9	2	9	10	8	6	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	18	17	14	17	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	16	14	11	16	15	14	14	12	16	14
Energy(?)	13948	8029	12020	9348	9681	8364	6963	6088	8975	9542	7512	6942	3376	3079	1238	2403	2006	1205	1352	1039	1069	1131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						9:58AM 1.55						5:03AM 2.64		9:14AM 1.75	12:57PM 1.56				1:16AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 0.71	5:38AM 0.71				4:07PM 0.61		10:50PM 1.40							7:21PM 0.56				6:34AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	6	6	7	4	7	8	6	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	11
Chill °C (?)	4	6	5	4	0	5	7	6	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	1	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	16	18	17	15	17	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	16	14	11	16	15	14	14	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	19	10	11	11	11	11	-	8	-	-	-	10	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 WSW	2.1 S	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	17	16	14	18	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	11	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	15359	7635	12205	3305	18639	18783	18621	18835	4670	4669	4485	4199	2704	709	8427	8427	14908	4753	5685	4957	3463	5966
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:45AM 2.69									12:14PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	9	8	8	6	6	7	13	13	12	12	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	10
Chill °C (?)	4	5	7	6	5	4	4	5	11	11	10	10	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	5.0 WSW	1.9 S	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	4.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	16	17	16	15	18	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	15	14	15	15	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	1.7 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	18	10	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	15	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	16

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