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.

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bog Works Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Three Points East Cape	Midway Beach - Surf Club Gisborne and Mahia	Red Island Hawkes Bay	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	13	7	7	11	10	11	12	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	572	292	279	596	392	298	387	1735	1488	194	3589	2219	1537	1399	1678	7786	9651	3877	5187	2048	1825	1647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:22PM 1.81		6:15AM 1.85		9:57PM 1.63	11:22AM 1.79		10:52PM 1.72	11:03AM 1.77	1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		2:44PM 2.19	3:17AM 1.73	5:08AM 1.38	3:26PM 1.63	12:47AM 1.97	10:09AM 2.41		1:22AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 1.00		11:40PM 0.94	12:34PM 0.99	3:40PM 0.71		5:14AM 0.75	6:55PM 0.47		5:01AM 0.68		7:38PM 0.39	10:09AM 0.42		8:53PM 0.28	11:27AM 0.29			4:03AM 0.42	4:22PM 0.41	7:12PM 0.15	7:33AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	22	20	15	20	18	17	23	16	13	21	16	16	17	18	15	20	22	16	23	15	18	18
Low °C	20	17	13	17	18	16	22	16	11	18	15	15	17	17	14	16	20	14	20	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	22	20	15	20	18	16	23	14	12	21	15	16	17	18	14	20	22	15	23	14	18	18
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	1.2 NW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNE	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	2.2 SE	3.0 S	1.2 E	3.0 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	12	9	11	9	8	12	7	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 NE	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 SSE	0.4 E	-	-	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	7	8	9	9	13	8	-	15	18	13	8	12	12	10	11	-	-	13	16	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	7.0 SSW	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	-	6	7	7	-	10	11	5	14	-	-	-	-	13	12	11	11	10	10	10

	Wednesday 11					Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	2.3 NE	3.0 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	6	8	11	13	13	11	11
Energy(?)	572	537	529	434	456	279	633	700	417	403	724	771	559	756	519	307	1125	2528	591	560	1709	1534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:22PM 1.81	8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61					12:54AM 2.11	1:17AM 1.57			10:07AM 1.64				10:52PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 1.00						5:49AM 0.61				6:07PM 0.54	8:04PM 0.45				7:14AM 0.49		1:41PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	22	22	15	13	14	13	18	23	21	19	19	15	17	16	18	14	22	21	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	22	15	13	14	12	18	23	21	19	19	14	17	16	18	13	22	21	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	7	6	8	12	8	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	9	4	8	5	6	-	7	9	9	11	13	9	9	8	-	13	13	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 NW	-	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	2.3 NE	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	5	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	11	-	-	11	-

	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	7	10	12	11	11	11	14	12
Energy(?)	549	580	572	572	331	284	406	328	292	289	303	303	28	131	94	175	35	104	488	478	168	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											5:15PM 0.58		7:18PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	21	16	17	14	16	20	19	15	14	16	13	13	16	13	14	19	19	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	21	16	17	14	15	20	19	14	12	15	11	11	16	11	14	19	19	13	12
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	8	10	8	11	11	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	8	12	11	12	15	16	16	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.0 NE	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	7	-	4	-	2	5	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None