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

	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Karekare Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	15	13	15	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	14	18	18	14	14	14	9	9	8	14	13
Energy	1337	2587	4052	2643	851	1511	1321	822	902	770	729	833	281	262	877	489	978	1611	1155	701	633	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:27AM 3.25		9:47PM 3.34	5:58AM 1.57		2:59AM 2.04		2:18PM 2.36	2:30AM 2.29		2:56PM 2.30		4:40AM 1.67	3:36PM 2.22	11:45PM 3.30		12:10PM 2.50	12:24AM 3.17	3:13AM 1.77	1:11PM 2.67	1:38AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38PM 0.40			3:57PM 0.25	8:48PM 0.39	9:04AM 0.37		8:35PM 0.71	8:52AM 0.66		10:37PM 0.47	10:52AM 0.45			6:11AM 0.59		6:19PM 0.88	9:35AM 0.57		7:28PM 0.95	7:16AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	46	29	16	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	16	14	15	14	14	13	11	14	11	16	18	13	12	12	16	16	16	12	14
Low °C	10	11	10	12	13	13	13	14	10	10	11	9	11	17	13	12	12	15	16	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	15	13	15	14	14	13	10	14	11	16	18	13	10	11	15	15	16	12	13
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	15	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	14	18	18	14	14	14	9	15	8	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NE	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	17	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	8	9	10	13	13	7	-	14	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	5	-	9	-	-	-

	Friday 01							Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	16	13	14	14	14
Energy	1225	1225	1083	1058	1189	3671	3237	4052	3651	3199	3248	8009	6845	3475	2326	1079	1010	2157	1121	1321	1303	1171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)									1:19AM 2.38							10:06PM 2.89				10:55AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM 0.51		11:26AM 0.39			8:08PM 0.34				7:37AM 0.55							4:16AM 0.58	6:51AM 0.29			4:11PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	15	14	10	10	10	10	11	12	16	17	16	16	12	12	15	12	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	15	14	10	9	9	8	9	11	15	16	16	16	12	11	14	11	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	16	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	-	-	6	-	16	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	0.5 SE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	9

	Friday 01
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1126	1241	1225	2255	1437	1590	1590	2117	2275	2275	2345	2275	2532	2549	2466	1172	1172	2405	3220	1773	1773	1793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)														1:02PM 2.43								9:12PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)																3:23PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	13	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	12	11	19	14	14	16	11	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	13	8	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	12	11	19	14	14	15	11	15	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 S	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	4

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