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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7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Back Beach Taranaki	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 S	1.8 WSW	2.2 S	2.1 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	12	11	11	10	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	8547	4974	3277	2197	1001	2035	1584	1460	3008	1121	1354	1066	1116	1180	1944	1277	1956	4753	4658	4092	5668	3984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:42PM	12:22AM	12:37PM	1:59PM	3:37AM	10:48AM		1:37AM				11:51AM			12:01PM		12:12AM		3:58PM		4:57AM
Low Tide / height (m)		8:26AM		6:32AM		9:20PM	4:40AM	5:57PM	7:28PM	7:47AM	6:32PM	10:20PM	5:47AM	6:04PM	10:07PM	5:46AM	6:12PM		11:39AM		9:24PM	12:20PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	3	10	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	22	15	4	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	12	9	7	13	14	17	18	5	11	10	10	11	14	11	10	13	10	15	16	12	12
Low °C	10	12	8	6	12	13	17	17	4	10	10	9	10	14	9	9	12	7	13	14	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	6	13	14	16	18	0	10	8	8	9	13	9	8	12	8	14	15	9	9
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 S	1.8 WSW	2.2 S	2.1 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	12	11	11	10	15	7	7	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 N	0.2 W	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	14	-	11	10	8	13	10	7	13	7	-	10	19	-	12	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	14	14	14	14	13

	Thursday 31	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	8547	5659	4974	4343	3456	3277	2263	1208	2197	1939	1001	1309	2390	2035	1158	1693	1584	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)										12:42PM 2.00				10:28PM 3.33	2:17AM 2.35			10:15AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.31			6:15PM 0.32	7:41PM 0.60			5:07AM 0.31								4:01AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	12	12	11	9	13	13	6	7	12	8	14	13	6	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	7	12	10	11	9	9	12	12	5	6	11	6	14	12	3	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	9	18	14	-	-	14	9	-	-	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	0.4 NW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	15	6	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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