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

	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	5.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	12	14	14	16	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	12	13
Energy(?)	4124	4767	2246	1643	1386	799	302	5104	4136	2907	3682	277	1438	1716	1320	905	1346	1111	592	1022	627	2764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 2.30	9:35AM 1.84		8:20PM 2.93	8:42AM 2.86		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:11PM 3.43	5:40AM 1.35		6:22PM 1.38	6:46AM 1.36		7:30PM 1.60	4:56AM 1.64	1:48PM 1.95	2:08AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM 0.52	3:45PM 0.51	2:33AM 0.38		2:47PM 0.34		3:12AM 0.25	4:27PM 0.74		4:45AM 0.70	4:05PM 0.39		11:54AM 0.20		12:39AM 0.20		1:20PM 0.35	1:44AM 0.38	11:10AM 0.37		8:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	18	29	2	-	-	7	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	3	3
High °C	12	11	11	9	15	13	11	13	11	10	12	10	10	14	13	14	15	14	12	13	9	8
Low °C	9	9	11	7	9	10	8	12	11	8	12	9	7	14	12	14	14	12	11	12	8	7
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	7	14	11	8	10	10	9	10	8	10	13	12	13	15	13	11	11	9	5
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.3 S	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	16	14	12	12	14	10	16	14	11	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	22	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.4 SW	-	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	2.4 W	-	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.1 N	-	-	1.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	13	14	13	-	10	13	14	-	9	13	9	-	-	8	5	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	-	5.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	1.9 N	1.9 NNW	-	-	2.5 ENE	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	-	-	3	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	8	-	-	9	12	13

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.5 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	8	14	13
Energy(?)	918	6514	5119	6546	5387	3831	3287	3102	1530	1256	1036	1175	1029	1228	1097	1039	1025	1092	606	1218	3571	4652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 1.86			7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15			4:00PM 1.44						11:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89						2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	7	6	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	8	7	9	15	14	12	9	7	7	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	0	5	3	6	6	10	11	10	8	7	7	5	7	14	12	10	8	4	4	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	8	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	15	15	14	15	14	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	8	14	13

	Thursday 18					Friday 19
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1075	9121	8945	3772	4192	3688	3688	4851	4199	3903	3785	4378	3955	741	826	720	813	1076	1076	5	476	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				1:15PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89							1:48AM 0.54	2:47AM 0.97						8:34AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	8	12	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	9	9	8	8	10	9	11	10	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	5	4	9	8	8	8	8	6	4	4	7	7	4	4	7	5	8	6	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	17	17	16	16	10	13	13	13	15	15	12	12	14	12	15	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	17	17	-	-	16	-	-	-	10	10	12	12	15	12	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	2	-	-

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