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

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herbertville Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.1 SE	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	12	17	15	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	219	346	789	742	307	827	200	194	522	612	365	8	1246	4925	1033	2366	3849	3525	1751	2063	868	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:25PM 1.40		12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64		1:35PM 2.60	2:00AM 2.70	12:19PM 2.17	3:39PM 2.07		4:08AM 2.20	6:00PM 1.80	3:31AM 2.47	6:32AM 1.92	2:41PM 2.26	3:20AM 2.23	8:45AM 1.95		9:24PM 1.75	10:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			10:06PM 0.13	6:45AM 0.32		7:07PM 0.30	7:35AM 0.28		7:56PM 0.23	6:07AM 0.11		9:49PM -0.02	10:24AM 0.06		9:07PM -0.06	12:48PM 0.07		9:02PM 0.00		3:21PM 0.26	3:32AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	-	-	2
High °C	17	17	14	14	9	11	17	18	16	22	24	11	15	17	12	18	18	16	8	10	17	16
Low °C	15	16	12	12	8	10	15	17	14	21	23	9	14	16	10	14	17	7	7	10	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	12	6	9	17	18	16	22	24	8	14	16	12	17	18	15	6	8	17	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.1 S	1.4 SW	-	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	8	17	-	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	11	14	5	8	6	9	12	4	8	15	12	10	-	13	-	-	-	7	-	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	1.2 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	-	10	7	7	-	3	3	4	-	8	6	6	15	-	-	12	13	-	12	-	2

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	12	14	8	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14
Energy(?)	229	537	550	510	826	789	1019	1325	1179	326	614	1150	1281	766	1229	754	558	520	612	577	610	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:48PM 1.45			12:18AM 2.53				10:49AM 2.01	1:58PM 2.00							12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.27			6:18PM 0.40				6:45AM 0.32					8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	16	14	12	13	13	15	11	9	8	8	9	10	10	15	18	18	17	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	16	12	10	11	11	14	11	7	7	8	7	9	8	15	18	18	17	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 NW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	12	14	11	9	10	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.8 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	14	4	9	15	15	14	-	-	-	13	6	5	8	6	8	9	21	9	14	13	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	5	4

	Monday 03																Tuesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	9	7	10	10	7	8	8	16	10	10	10	10	-	10	14	14	11	12	11	12
Energy(?)	195	478	219	267	244	274	301	336	346	177	249	248	221	106	0	106	82	81	176	139	135	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:57AM 2.42												11:02PM 2.17				3:53AM 1.62	4:36AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			9:33AM 0.18							4:11PM 0.31			7:19PM 0.13	8:47PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	15	12	14	15	16	17	17	12	18	17	15	18	13	16	11	11	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	12	14	15	16	17	17	11	18	17	15	18	9	15	8	9	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 NE	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	12	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	5	15	5	9	10	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	4	13	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	15	15	15	10	-	10	14	14	9	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	1.2 NNE	4.0 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	9	-	9	10	7	6	6	2

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