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

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NE	1.3 E	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 W	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	13	13	12	12	7	8	9	18	17	16	15	14	14	8	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	139	560	137	482	287	435	388	537	717	837	720	1034	878	1143	954	872	453	106	494	478	251	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	15	15	15	18	12	18	19	16	20	20	18	21	21	19	22	17	16	22	20	18	20
Low °C	22	14	15	15	17	11	18	19	15	19	20	18	20	20	18	20	17	14	19	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	24	14	15	15	18	11	18	19	15	20	20	18	21	21	19	22	17	16	22	20	18	20
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.3 E	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 W	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	9	6	13	8	12	12	10	12	9	9	17	16	15	14	14	8	12	12	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 N	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	13	5	7	12	20	12	9	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	14	10	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	3	12	5	4

	Thursday 01					Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	0.9 SE	2.0 NNE	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	9	14	9	8	13	14	6	12	14	12	10	12	20	11	11	7	12	10	8
Energy(?)	1035	216	585	685	614	559	263	532	332	219	524	257	554	257	530	604	641	706	537	1079	1057	717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	25	14	12	11	11	14	16	13	16	17	16	14	10	10	12	13	19	19	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	22	25	13	11	9	10	14	16	11	16	17	16	14	8	8	11	12	19	19	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 E	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	7	9	9	9	8	13	7	8	10	7	12	10	12	12	11	11	10	7	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SE	0.5 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	13	12	14	7	7	21	20	20	19	12	12	12	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	2.0 NNE	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	0.1 SE	1.6 S	1.8 S	-	1.6 S
Period (s)	4	-	7	-	-	8	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	7	-	8

	Thursday 01																Friday 02
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	1.1 SE	1.0 NE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 NNE	1.6 W	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	7	9	9	8	15	6	14	14	13	13	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	973	286	139	760	775	545	491	759	392	491	594	532	542	167	614	610	360	381	379	353	313	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	22	16	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	18	15	15	12	12	13	12	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	22	16	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	18	15	15	11	11	13	11	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.1 SE	1.0 NE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 NNE	1.0 N	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	1.7 W	1.1 NNE	1.0 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	8	9	6	9	9	13	13	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 N	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	8	15	13	15	8	8	8	10	10	7	7	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	5	7	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

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