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

	Fri		Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.1 SW	6.5 NE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	1.7 S	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	7	7	12	13	11	10	13	12	9	9	11	8	10	10	9	18	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1279	1209	2019	311	893	8	24655	2405	733	1960	2037	933	1610	1625	266	691	1134	296	5183	3132	4750	2826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 1.78			1:09PM 1.40	1:46AM 1.49			2:52AM 1.64					1:53PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 1.05	7:50AM 0.50		7:24PM 0.45	8:03AM 0.52		8:32PM 0.56									8:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	5	-	-	7	-	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	7	8	-
High °C	22	18	21	18	19	18	20	18	13	13	13	18	13	10	13	14	12	15	13	11	13	13
Low °C	19	18	20	15	18	18	20	17	12	13	12	15	12	10	12	13	11	11	12	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	17	19	18	19	18	12	13	12	18	12	10	12	12	10	14	10	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.1 SW	5.5 NE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	0.5 E	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	8	12	13	11	10	13	12	14	9	11	8	9	10	9	9	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	-	1.9 W	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	8	12	9	-	16	17	16	13	15	13	13	12	12	8	11	-	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	6.5 NE	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 S	-	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	13	5	3	-	-	9	-	-	4	10	-	2	18	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Energy(?)	3009	1067	1589	1209	1490	1752	2019	4521	3075	4123	4374	1827	1145	1640	1001	1189	1085	1990	10040	2618	3426	3499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	high	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 2.20			12:53AM 1.51				1:09PM 1.40								12:27PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02PM 0.44				7:10AM 0.52				7:24PM 0.45				6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	7	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	15	17	15	20	17	18	17	19	18	18	13
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	14	17	14	20	17	18	17	19	17	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.1 S	2.1 E	5.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.5 NW	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.6 E	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	9	9	13	-	-	12	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	6	4

	Friday 10											Saturday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 NNE	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	6
Energy(?)	2768	990	1511	1114	1082	1075	1059	1411	1074	1074	1191	192	218	212	230	230	336	227	414	4822	213	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												11:20PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							6:34PM 0.43											5:40AM 0.34	6:10AM 0.32	7:15AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	12	14	11	14	13	13	14	14	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	10	13	9	13	12	12	13	14	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 NNE	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	13	9	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	4	4	13	4	4	8	7	4	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	11	5	6

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