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 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	18	16	16	14	13	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	6718	7322	3053	3447	7176	3232	3010	3034	3221	1127	2020	3035	2362	5434	4741	4528	3972	4065	5145	7273	7326	5192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:03AM		9:30PM	9:59AM		10:26PM	10:55AM			6:18AM		7:06PM	7:26AM		10:43PM	11:23AM		11:31PM	4:22PM	12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16PM	2:58AM	3:55AM	4:11PM		4:50AM	4:33PM	12:08AM	9:23AM	12:44PM	1:16AM		1:54PM		5:06AM	5:09PM		6:21AM		7:05PM	6:26AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	10	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	18	17	14	18	12	13	15	13	16	18	15	14	12	10	12
Low °C	11	11	9	12	12	9	9	17	16	11	17	10	10	14	12	13	17	14	13	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	10	10	9	10	18	17	14	18	12	12	15	12	15	18	14	12	9	8	12
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:20	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	3.5 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	18	16	16	14	13	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.9 NE	-	1.1 SW	1.0 N
Period (s)	11	10	12	-	-	10	11	18	-	-	-	22	19	18	-	-	15	-	6	-	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	-

	Friday 02	Saturday 03	Sunday 04
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	7662	7409	6718	6660	7322	7493	7519	3053	3447	4314	3447	6069	7176	7176	4981	3232	3898	3508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:03AM 1.53						4:00AM 1.95				4:54PM 1.90	7:41PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58AM -0.01					3:16PM 0.02						10:27AM 0.33					2:04AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	3	7	10	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	-	14	-	-