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

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	7	6	6	5	5	7	8	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	14	15	16
Energy(?)	3949	2931	1824	1019	1367	3794	3943	4084	1426	5666	4527	3866	1060	1317	5659	6337	7222	5201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:10AM		12:27PM	11:30PM	10:33AM		8:53PM	8:52AM		11:22PM	9:25AM		2:33AM		12:13PM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:32PM		6:11AM			4:29AM				2:52PM		3:21AM	5:49PM	8:21PM	6:05AM 3:26PM		9:01PM 5:47PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	8	15	17	11	13	13	13	12	13	9	16	17	15	17	19	13
Low °C	9	8	8	14	16	10	12	12	11	10	10	8	12	15	14	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	10	6	8	15	17	10	11	11	12	10	11	7	15	16	14	17	19	12
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 W	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.7 N	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	5	6	-	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NNE	4.0 SW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.3 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	13	6	-	4	13	-	-	5	9	12	-	-	5

	Friday 19	Saturday 20	Sunday 21
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3101	4915	3949	3257	2931	1279	2170	1824	1280	1338	1019	1573	1367	3560	3204	3794	5756	5517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:48AM 1.67				10:51PM 2.14			7:28AM 2.57	9:52AM 1.80				10:16PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		3:10AM 0.62				4:45PM 0.64			1:50AM 1.04				1:55PM 0.75	4:05PM 0.41	6:27PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	13	12	9	8	8	8	8	16	13	14	11	17	11	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	11	10	6	6	8	8	7	16	12	13	11	17	10	8	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	11	13	12	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 N	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	-	9	9	9	13	-	-	5	5	5	12	6	-	10	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	2.3 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	-	12	6	13	13	13