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

	Sat		Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	1.6 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	1.7 E	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	13	13	13	14	9	7	9	9	8	9	11	13	13	15	14	14	14	12	13	11
Energy(?)	15	2008	777	1059	967	708	1028	688	2896	2191	1183	3214	931	1302	1316	757	1150	834	1287	1060	43	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 2.03		4:11PM 2.09	3:15AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.87	2:26AM 2.48		2:42PM 2.42	2:59AM 2.41		2:27PM 2.64	2:55AM 2.67		3:23PM 2.61	3:49AM 2.51	5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51		6:53AM 1.52	1:33PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 0.31	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		8:20PM 0.52	8:33AM 1.03		8:52PM 0.67	9:17AM 0.73		8:45PM 0.98	9:14AM 1.11		9:29PM 1.07	12:03PM 0.77		12:34AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	19	3	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	17	18	17	19	17	19	20	20	18	16	20	18	19	15	17	16	19	18	19	17
Low °C	12	10	15	17	16	17	17	18	19	20	17	15	19	17	18	13	16	15	18	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	16	18	16	19	17	19	20	20	17	16	20	18	19	14	17	15	19	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNE	0.1 N	3.0 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 E
Period (s)	13	15	13	13	13	14	9	14	9	-	12	9	11	13	13	15	14	14	14	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.5 W	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.4 SW	0.8 N	1.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 N	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	-	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.1 SW	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	7	13	5	6	16	6	12	14	12	-	-	13	8	12	11	-	10	7	11	15	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	-	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	7	9	9	8	9	-	4	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	547	1103	3058	3642	3366	1254	1128	1336	1078	1614	1091	1060	1175	1389	1245	529	525	1068	1061	1134	1552	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				1:13AM 3.09								2:55AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36				7:26AM 0.74				8:51PM 0.51			4:20AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	12	11	10	10	10	20	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	10	8	8	8	20	19	17	17	17	15	15	17	19	19	17	17	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	1.3 E
Period (s)	12	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	16	13	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	16	-	7	6	6	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 04										Sunday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	0.1 SE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	16	13	15	15	11	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	547	581	1712	15	1935	1103	1184	628	441	588	395	423	268	264	260	215	267	2371	2677	2894	2942	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:26PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:57AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	17	13	13	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	15	14	17	12	12	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	15	15	11	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.7 N	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NNE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	14	-	7	-	16	16	14	5	14	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	16	16	16	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	-

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