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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.8 W	2.3 SW	5.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1043	534	673	631	336	1037	371	1606	3727	10163	2575	4655	4242	2585	945	1367	1502	756	833	736	668	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:11PM 1.71		8:32PM 2.85	12:50PM 1.85		3:19AM 1.68	4:23AM 1.52	4:30PM 1.53		12:59PM 2.25		1:24AM 2.24			12:09AM 2.00				6:43AM 1.39			11:44AM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.19	2:47AM 1.10	6:38AM 0.27	6:58PM 0.17	9:02PM 0.27	10:42AM 0.22		10:42PM 0.19	6:43AM 0.23	6:11PM 0.14	7:04PM 0.11	8:34AM 0.19	5:50PM 0.20		9:32AM 0.17	6:00PM 0.63	10:10PM 0.18	12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17	10:53PM 0.25	5:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	4	26	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	20	16	16	16	20	20	19	11	11	16	19	18	12	19	19	14	20	21	15	13
Low °C	17	19	18	13	16	16	19	19	17	9	11	16	17	16	11	17	18	14	18	18	12	10
Chill °C (?)	17	21	20	16	15	15	20	20	19	8	9	14	19	17	11	19	18	13	20	21	14	12
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 ESE	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	13	17	11	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.5 S	1.0 S	-	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	6	9	10	12	13	20	12	-	10	-	-	13	14	-	17	9	15	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.1 N	-	0.5 NE	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	5.0 SW	1.7 S	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	4	11	9	14	6	-	-	4	-	-	4	3	5	4	-	6

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	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.1 E	0.8 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 NNW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 NW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	11	16	16	10	16	19	18	12	17
Energy(?)	1437	1060	557	1127	1073	524	1002	721	749	1264	1035	5771	4370	1163	3039	5944	1057	1197	561	511	4599	3727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:11PM 1.71					3:24AM 1.54			11:23AM 2.10							9:52AM 3.11		3:49PM 1.38	4:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 1.07	6:05PM 0.22					9:25AM 0.16			5:34PM 0.23									8:02PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	18	13	12	16	18	18	20	14	15	14	15	16	16	11	16	16	20	19	10	18
Chill °C (?)	13	16	18	12	12	16	18	18	20	13	15	14	15	16	16	9	16	15	20	19	7	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.2 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.5 SW	1.8 NW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	16	11	11	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 E	0.5 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.6 WSW	1.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	14	14	13	13	6	6	9	18	9	8	12	16	8	12	11	19	18	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	2	7	12	9

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	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	6	5	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 NW	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	12	11	9	10	10	10	11	13	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	12	12	9	13
Energy(?)	1765	1581	1043	1876	1713	365	734	414	432	503	697	392	609	434	906	1055	381	88	588	692	426	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:54AM 1.79			2:36PM 1.58						8:57PM 1.83	9:07PM 1.76			12:43AM 1.83		2:43AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)										4:39PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	14	17	14	15	20	20	25	25	12	13	12	12	17	17	12	16	12	16	16	12	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	17	13	14	20	20	25	25	10	12	11	12	17	17	12	16	11	16	16	11	18
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 NW	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	1.1 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.1 NW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	12	11	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	8	14	10	7	10	12	12	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.4 E	0.5 SW	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 N	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	11	5	10	14	14	8	14	14	14	8	7	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 NW	1.4 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	4	6	7	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-

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