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

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16
Energy(?)	5844	2931	1011	1019	1218	3409	3298	3436	7051	7260	6098	5275	3133	1279	1684	1799	5418	3074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:48AM		12:10AM	11:08AM		2:00AM	8:34AM		8:28PM	8:41AM		11:22PM		2:15PM	11:55PM	9:40PM	1:30PM 10:51PM	12:27AM
Low Tide / height (m)		5:47PM		5:09AM	1:40PM	7:57PM		2:31PM 1:12PM	2:33AM		2:46PM		8:00AM			6:05AM		6:23PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	1	-	19	4	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	10	14	19	12	12	14	13	12	12	9	15	19	18	16	18	15
Low °C	9	8	8	14	18	10	11	12	8	9	10	8	11	16	18	13	16	12
Chill °C (?)	10	5	8	13	19	10	10	12	11	10	10	6	14	19	18	16	18	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	1.4 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 S	1.5 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	5	7	10	-	10	-	11	-	10	10	17	16	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 NW	2.2 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.5 E	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	5	-	5	13	-	14	13	-	-	6	7	-	5	-	-

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	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
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5844	3257	2931	1279	2127	1011	1280	1338	1019	1005	1218	3461	3254	3409	5374	3597	3298	3348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:48AM 1.67			7:02PM 2.84				7:28AM 2.57									10:29AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 0.64			1:50AM 1.04				1:36PM 0.55	4:05PM 0.41	6:27PM 0.34			4:23AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	8	1	-	-	-	3	4	14	5	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	9	8	8	18	8	16	13	14	14	19	12	10	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	6	5	8	18	8	16	12	13	13	19	11	8	9	10	10	9	12
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	9	5	5	5	6	7	-	10	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 E	-	3.5 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	-	12	6	5	13	13	13	13