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

	Wed	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	8	8	12	12	13	7	12	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	9	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1003	808	540	265	212	473	464	572	492	715	539	926	1156	878	1085	1014	524	615	465	73	175	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 1.91	9:09AM 2.88		9:54PM 3.20	11:00AM 2.03	2:48PM 2.43	2:52AM 2.15		3:12PM 2.04		4:01AM 2.08		11:22PM 2.97	7:20AM 1.68	5:27PM 2.50	12:25AM 3.45		5:47PM 2.00			3:56PM 2.16	1:50AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39PM 0.81		4:46AM 0.40		8:28PM 0.03	9:04AM 0.12		10:02PM 0.60	10:16AM 0.09						8:13AM 0.31		12:03AM 0.06	9:49AM 0.24		7:49PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	17	13	12	12	17	19	17	19	20	19	21	22	19	23	22	16	21	20	19
Low °C	16	13	14	17	13	12	11	17	17	15	18	20	18	19	21	19	20	21	14	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	17	11	10	11	17	19	16	19	20	19	21	22	19	23	22	16	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W
Period (s)	11	10	9	8	8	12	12	7	10	12	9	9	11	16	15	14	13	13	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	8	8	12	7	8	6	13	12	20	12	18	17	11	11	11	15	13	-	12	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	5	-

	Wed	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.5 NNW	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	8	8	13	7	7	6	14	12	7	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1055	1276	1112	1040	1021	545	646	685	624	527	235	500	240	77	233	205	629	537	568	575	641	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							1:21PM 1.90				2:12AM 1.98		9:17AM 2.94		2:48PM 2.43				2:52AM 2.15			10:22AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.16		3:09AM 0.87						7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40		10:47AM 0.07						6:30AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	14	19	22	12	19	15	9	10	11	12	19
Chill °C (?)	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	10	10	10	14	19	22	10	19	15	8	8	10	11	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.5 NNW	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	7	7	8	6	12	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	8	7	14	7	8	21	20	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	-	-	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	8	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	7	-	-	6

	Wednesday 31				Thursday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	2.1 N	1.8 N	1.9 N	1.7 NNE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 WNW	1.8 NNE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	9	9	14	14	8
Energy(?)	1126	1126	882	943	1021	870	1118	1059	1064	844	699	1052	301	237	621	482	908	742	711	295	294	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:36PM 2.84																	1:21PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	17	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	18	19	14	18	18	16	16	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	13	16	17	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	18	19	14	18	18	16	15	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 N	1.8 N	1.9 N	1.7 NNE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 WNW	1.8 NNE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	9	9	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	12	14	8	8	13	12	8	8	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	2	-	8

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