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

	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1474	1315	1281	6005	3416	1913	1415	2122	1579	1748	3325	2288	1014	1053	1086	970	1256	626	1421	1485	1468	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:29AM	4:44PM	2:17AM		2:36PM	3:08AM 1:38AM		2:23PM	2:57AM		3:20PM	3:53AM		4:18PM		4:45AM	5:09PM 12:49PM	9:41PM			11:30PM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27PM	10:44AM		8:09PM	8:25AM		8:56PM	9:14AM		8:54PM	9:10AM	6:48AM	9:47PM	10:08AM		10:44PM	11:01AM			1:26PM 11:51AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	16	15	17	18	16	17	16	16	19	19	17	19	19	18	13	12	14	11	11	11
Low °C	12	16	16	13	15	17	14	16	15	13	19	18	13	18	19	17	12	11	13	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	14	17	18	15	17	15	15	19	18	16	19	19	18	12	10	12	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	16	16	10	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	15	16	21	13	17	15	5	8	-	-	22	19	17	16	8	9	9	13	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	8	8	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Arawhata Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1120	1474	1498	1210	1315	1315	1281	1700	3937	6005	5357	3606	3416	3267	1913	1725	1582	1415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:53PM 3.20				1:20AM 2.94				1:45PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.34			7:41AM 0.25				7:12PM 0.47				7:32AM 0.24				7:55PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	15	16	17	16	17	16	14	14	13	15	17	18	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	17	16	12	12	12	15	17	18	18	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	4	9	15	15	9	16	14	21	21	20	19	13	18	17	18	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	-

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