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

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	Sat		Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Henderson Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	9	9	8	9	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	9	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	2.5 N	1.4 SE	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNE	1.7 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	17	15	19	12	11	13	14	17	16	16	12	12	8	13	7	9	17	15	15	9
Energy(?)	14383	2195	11613	3943	9939	1265	1099	883	586	1079	1184	755	635	551	1683	715	240	693	2731	14947	5636	1112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:36AM 1.36	10:20AM 1.49		7:19PM 1.62		1:00PM 1.36	11:16PM 1.55	11:46AM 1.66		7:01PM 2.86	7:20AM 2.83		7:48PM 3.05	8:09AM 3.01			3:37AM 1.42	3:52PM 1.57		4:26AM 1.41	5:46PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 0.36	3:54AM 0.52	1:05PM 0.77	1:48AM 0.72	6:39AM 0.33			5:18AM 0.52	5:50PM 0.54	1:17AM 1.21		1:37PM 1.04	2:03AM 1.02		2:37PM 0.82	9:29PM 0.52	9:34AM 0.51		10:19PM 0.50	10:26AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	-	16	9	1	2	-	-
High °C	9	9	7	15	13	8	9	5	9	9	11	11	12	10	13	15	14	15	8	6	8	10
Low °C	7	7	4	14	11	6	6	5	8	9	10	10	10	9	13	12	12	15	7	5	6	8
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	14	11	7	7	4	9	9	10	10	10	7	10	14	13	14	4	2	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 WSW	1.4 SE	-	0.2 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	17	15	19	12	11	13	14	17	16	16	12	12	16	13	-	15	17	16	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 S	0.6 S	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.6 NNE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	21	8	10	10	11	9	8	11	6	9	8	-	11	-	-	13	-	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	2.3 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	2.5 N	0.8 NNE	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNE	3.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	4	7	9	8	15	-	-

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	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	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	18	17	14	14	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	16	16	11	11	15	14	13	11
Energy(?)	6844	3906	13994	8029	12020	9774	8101	8364	7291	6088	9379	9939	7864	6387	5252	1184	1099	1109	1877	1575	1044	1154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								9:58AM 1.55						5:03AM 2.64			12:57PM 1.56				1:16AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)					12:43AM 0.71	5:55AM 0.31				4:07PM 0.61		10:50PM 1.40				11:39AM 1.24			7:21PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	13	11	12	12	12	9	9	6	6	6	6	10
Chill °C (?)	8	6	4	5	5	3	4	5	7	6	11	8	10	10	10	9	7	4	4	4	4	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	18	17	15	15	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	16	16	11	11	15	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	11	-	19	10	10	11	11	11	-	8	-	-	8	-	10	10	13	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Saturday 02											Sunday 03
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	17	17	14	15	16	14	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9
Energy(?)	7429	5460	11885	15048	20035	1400	1400	17846	17846	17990	5057	5037	5037	4728	4670	862	9942	9942	9280	9042	8427	1475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)										9:21PM 1.51						4:00AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)						5:39PM 0.33													6:07AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	9	8	9	8	9	8	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	8	9	11
Chill °C (?)	7	10	5	5	6	5	6	5	4	5	12	12	12	12	12	4	5	6	6	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	17	17	14	16	16	14	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	10	11	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	10	14	15	15	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	16	16	15	15	9

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