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

	Fri		Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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
Rating	5	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 E	2.1 E	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	12	11	11	14	14
Energy(?)	3110	7976	6242	5375	5020	3746	1376	2004	1597	1599	1422	1249	1184	3998	3197	1087	3549	4232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:36AM		4:53PM			2:47PM	3:00AM		12:48PM	12:38AM 10:31PM		1:58PM	2:20AM		1:57PM		3:35AM
Low Tide / height (m)	5:01PM	7:33PM	7:51AM		11:15PM	8:33AM		8:57PM 7:33PM	6:49AM		6:20PM	6:57AM		8:05PM	7:59AM		9:19PM	10:07AM 5:25AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	23	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	8	12	16	16	17	16	15	14	16	12	12	19	14	16	20	9	10
Low °C	17	7	10	16	16	16	16	14	12	14	10	9	17	13	14	15	7	8
Chill °C (?)	17	5	10	15	15	17	16	14	14	16	11	10	19	12	15	20	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:41
Sunset	5:49	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 E	2.1 E	3.0 WSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	12	11	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	13	12	13	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.9 S	-	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	7	-	-	14

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating	5	7	10	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	3110	7298	9173	7976	7461	6885	6242	5338	5375	5199	5512	5020	3289	3336	3746	3181	1376	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)												11:08PM 2.24				11:19AM 2.11	12:06PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 0.42	10:27PM 0.43			7:51AM 0.36			5:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	8	7	7	7	7	10	12	16	16	16	16	12	15	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	5	4	3	3	4	8	10	15	15	15	16	11	15	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-