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

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Maori Bay Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	9	9	14	14	13	7	12	9	17	17	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	12
Energy(?)	3891	1369	2917	2642	1094	1123	2093	2304	1764	288	347	468	600	611	1755	1846	1585	1261	640	1082	604	2562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 2.43		5:24AM 2.39	1:33PM 3.54	2:00AM 3.37		2:19PM 3.34	2:50AM 3.20		3:16PM 3.12	3:56AM 3.02	5:55AM 1.74	6:05PM 2.80		5:43AM 2.84	6:20PM 2.80		6:58AM 3.03		7:25PM 2.37	8:05AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00AM 0.36		11:27PM 0.40	11:49AM 0.43		7:56PM 0.53	8:18AM 0.71		8:42PM 0.73	9:14AM 0.94		9:38PM 0.96	12:17PM 0.64		11:06PM 1.10	12:02PM 1.17		12:26AM 1.16		1:14PM 1.10	1:37AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	16	19	16	15	20	19	17	18	19	15	17	20	13	22	21	19	16	17	11	13
Low °C	12	18	15	18	16	12	19	18	16	15	18	14	16	19	12	20	20	18	16	16	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	20	15	19	15	13	20	19	16	18	19	15	16	20	12	22	21	19	15	16	9	11
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	9	14	14	13	7	12	9	17	17	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 W	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	9	8	-	14	8	-	-	11	16	8	8	11	-	-	12	8	7	5	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SW	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 E	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	5	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	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 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3891	3697	3448	4844	2931	2917	3137	2862	2642	2524	2424	2185	3116	1406	1047	1067	1286	2477	2304	2241	1031	1764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:01PM 2.43			1:17AM 3.51				1:33PM 3.54				2:15AM 3.27				2:19PM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00AM 0.36			7:14PM 0.38				7:31AM 0.51				9:43PM 0.39				8:33AM 0.69				8:50PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	18	14	16	16	15	16	18	19	19	18	13	12	13	12	16	20	20	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	15	18	12	15	16	14	16	18	19	19	18	12	12	13	11	16	20	20	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	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 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	8	11	13	14	14	13	13	13
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	0.1 N	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	16	16	8	8	8	9	9	9	14	14	9	8	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	6483	6371	3891	4005	1198	1262	1262	1512	1369	1890	2400	2390	3127	1713	1903	1758	2025	2917	2873	3137	1770	2997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:53PM 3.68													1:17AM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 0.36										8:24PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	13	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	12	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	11	13	12	12	14	16	16	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	-	8	8	8	8	16	9	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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