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

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Colac Bay Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 W	5.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 NNE	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	14	14	12	10	11	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	9	10	13	13
Energy(?)	4767	2246	1643	1386	799	631	5104	4136	2907	1521	277	1438	1315	1320	905	1327	1111	254	1022	2522	2764	4963
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 1.84		8:20PM 2.93	8:42AM 2.86		8:59PM 3.05	10:19AM 3.14		10:35PM 3.24	9:56AM 3.34			5:40AM 1.35	12:47PM 2.08	6:22PM 1.38	7:14AM 1.62	2:40PM 2.38			4:47PM 1.63	12:44AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.44	2:33AM 0.38		2:47PM 0.34		4:10AM 0.76	4:27PM 0.74		3:49AM 0.38	4:05PM 0.39	11:34PM 0.21	11:54AM 0.20		12:39AM 0.20			10:49PM 0.32	9:18AM 0.62		6:39PM 0.35	6:59AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	3	39	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	3	-	15
High °C	11	12	9	15	13	11	13	11	9	14	11	9	15	13	15	15	15	12	15	18	8	8
Low °C	9	11	6	9	10	9	12	11	7	10	10	7	14	12	14	15	14	10	13	15	5	7
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	14	11	8	10	10	9	13	9	8	15	12	14	14	15	12	14	17	3	5
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	14	10	12	14	11	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	9	12	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.2 S	-	1.2 NW	1.5 N	1.1 N	-	0.1 W	1.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	10	-	-	13	14	16	-	10	13	15	-	9	9	9	-	24	8	4	14	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	5.0 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	1.9 N	1.9 NNW	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.5 NNE	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	3	3	4	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	9	10	13	-

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 NE	1.3 W	2.3 NE	4.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	13	15	8	14	10	12	11
Energy(?)	5119	4913	5387	3831	3287	3102	1530	1256	1036	1175	1029	1228	1097	1165	1025	1092	1257	1251	699	1113	4613	3267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15						12:30AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)					2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28		10:42PM 0.25			6:49AM 0.33			4:25PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-
Temp. °C	6	8	9	11	12	11	9	8	8	6	9	15	14	12	9	7	11	9	10	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	3	7	6	10	11	10	7	6	6	3	7	14	12	10	7	4	8	6	7	11	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	2.1 NE	1.3 W	2.3 NE	4.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	13	15	8	14	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	2.1 N	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	15	15	14	15	9	10	17	14	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 WNW	2.5 NE	1.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	12	8	9	-	-	-

	Friday 19
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	1.8 W	-	1.5 W	2.4 S	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	12	12	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	9	9	13	9	8	13	-	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6170	5862	4851	4416	7733	6546	3302	3100	3052	3400	3325	1104	1104	1697	899	974	1294	0	764	1642	2019	1424
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:00AM 2.97							3:30PM 1.62						9:18PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)																				7:24PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	11	11	10	10	5	5	7	10	11	9	9	8	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	5	6	8	8	7	7	2	2	4	8	9	6	6	6	7	7	9	3	7	4	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.3 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 S	1.5 W	2.4 S	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	14	10	10	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	-	14	13	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	-	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	16	16	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	15	15	10	-	14	10	14	10	15	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	2.4 S	-	2.3 S	2.5 S	-	0.6 NE	-	1.0 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	8	-	3	-	4	-	-

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