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 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Maori Bay Auckland	The Box Northland	Beatons Southland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period(s)	16	14	17	16	13	16	14	18	17	18	17	16	16	14	16	15	14	13	14	11	12	11
Energy	6970	3445	3148	3260	1012	1618	1124	1617	2404	1225	1542	1058	1014	522	1059	1079	1252	808	594	2017	1395	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 1.72			7:37PM 3.27	10:25AM 2.16	4:15PM 1.49		11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		10:41PM 3.34	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	12:31AM 2.17		1:55PM 2.26	11:48PM 3.28		4:17PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 0.23	1:19PM 0.22	1:47AM 0.50	4:15AM 0.20		10:40PM 0.19	5:04AM 0.08	5:30PM 0.12		3:35AM 0.07	3:57PM -0.06		4:24AM 0.04		6:19PM 0.25	7:38AM -0.02			8:28AM 0.04		8:56PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8
High °C	10	9	15	15	8	13	13	8	9	11	12	14	14	13	8	8	11	13	11	16	16	13
Low °C	8	7	15	14	7	13	12	7	9	11	10	12	12	12	8	7	10	13	11	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	7	14	14	8	11	12	6	8	10	11	14	13	13	8	7	10	12	10	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	14	17	16	13	16	14	13	17	18	17	16	16	14	16	15	14	9	14	12	19	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	10	11	18	-	12	12	5	7	21	6	16	21	13	21	21	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	3	5	-	-	3	-	-	11	12	11

	Wed	Thursday 14								Friday 15								Saturday 16
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	8	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	18	18
Energy	7896	6970	6284	5329	3445	5194	3148	3808	3712	3260	2844	2233	1012	2037	1618	1508	1317	1124	1163	1088	1617	2460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 1.72							7:17PM 2.23							4:29PM 1.53				4:37AM 1.52		11:16AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)							1:19PM 0.22				1:47AM 0.50			9:59AM 0.13				10:40PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	7	16	15	16	15	14	15	15	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	6	5	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	6	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	0.6 ENE	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	1.7 S	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	10	14	14	11	13	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	1.7 S	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	15	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Karekare Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland
Rating	8	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	14	14	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy	8495	8476	7896	12001	11560	6970	6794	6547	6284	6237	6170	5329	5183	4032	3445	3089	7669	5194	5064	3205	3148	3002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)													6:28AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	16	7	8	16	16	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	15	5	6	15	15	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	18	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 SW	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	17	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	18	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 E	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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