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

	Wed		Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Whatipu Auckland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	19	17	20	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1024	1848	1065	2394	2976	2355	4304	3716	4058	1928	1991	807	1007	706	1117	358	1981	1923	1627	799	1018	1463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:50PM 2.18		4:13AM 1.87			6:20AM 2.17	6:42PM 2.16			6:02PM 1.84	3:56AM 2.45	6:39AM 1.82		9:47PM 1.70	7:38AM 1.84			8:35AM 1.85		7:29PM 2.74	7:13AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 0.88	10:19AM 0.50	1:14PM 0.44	1:09AM 0.42	12:41PM 0.63		1:11AM 0.57	8:34AM 0.50		9:51PM 0.50	12:53PM 0.51	2:30PM 0.65			3:30PM 0.63	12:24AM 0.68		1:31PM 0.52	1:48AM 0.46		1:28PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	4	3	7	-	-	6	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	2	1
High °C	13	10	20	10	10	21	14	16	16	18	16	18	21	17	20	20	17	19	17	12	13	14
Low °C	13	8	18	9	9	21	14	15	16	17	15	17	19	15	19	18	15	17	17	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	20	9	8	21	13	16	16	18	16	18	21	17	20	20	17	19	16	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.7 W	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.4 WSW	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	19	9	11	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	8	9	12	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	17	8	-	-	8	12	6	7	7	6	7	18	6	16	5	10	13	12	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	9	9	8	8	8

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Whatipu Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	18	14	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14
Energy(?)	800	1268	2042	2139	1553	1103	3345	1777	1137	2297	1026	2976	3197	1404	2772	1600	2911	3886	4510	3512	4420	4125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:50PM 2.18				5:35AM 2.17			1:18PM 2.44	4:22PM 1.88							3:05PM 2.86	5:03PM 1.83			3:04AM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 0.35	12:42AM 0.37				11:53AM 0.62			8:12PM 0.45	10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	7	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3	1	1	1
Temp. °C	14	14	9	10	10	10	13	14	20	10	17	9	10	9	12	14	19	11	13	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	13	7	9	7	8	12	13	20	9	17	7	8	9	11	13	19	10	13	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	19	9	9	17	16	16	15	10	14	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 S	-	0.1 S	1.0 SW	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 S	0.2 N	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	19	8	18	17	8	16	-	10	18	-	17	-	-	8	-	4	-	21	12	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.6 W	-	0.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 NNW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	4	9	-	15	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 24										Thursday 25
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Whatipu Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	10	19	18	18	10	18	8	17	11	17	17	16	16	16	11	16	10	18	20	20
Energy(?)	302	550	2890	1053	1299	3721	2513	4893	815	2005	656	1848	1848	2005	2117	965	945	813	1857	1348	1163	1155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:33AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	13	12	12	14	14	11	19	9	16	8	9	10	10	9	17	9	15	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	10	9	12	12	10	19	6	16	5	6	8	7	6	17	7	14	13	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	8	19	19	18	19	18	9	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	11	16	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.3 SE	1.2 W	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	19	-	12	8	8	13	18	12	17	11	17	17	9	-	11	10	-	18	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	2.1 W	1.5 W	-	2.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	10	7	6	18	10	18	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	-	8	9	9	-	-

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