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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	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
Rating	6	7	9	9	10	8	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	6	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	16	15	16	16	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	6217	8633	11490	11101	8556	6432	5965	4448	5071	3819	3663	5636	7106	6983	4581	1945	3170	3094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:00PM	7:19AM		10:38PM	11:02AM		11:33PM	9:20AM	12:34PM	12:25AM		12:50PM	1:16AM	4:03AM	4:06PM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:24PM	1:12AM		1:45PM		4:53AM	5:16PM		5:59AM		6:09PM	7:14AM		7:01PM	10:20AM		11:14PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	10	9	12	11	12	13	10	8	10	11	9	9	10	9	12	12	12
Low °C	9	10	9	11	10	9	13	9	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	10	8	10	11	7	5	8	8	6	6	7	6	12	10	10
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	2.4 SSE	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	12	17	15	16	16	13	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	13	12	-	-	-	-	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	0.7 NW	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	14	14	15	16	-	-	-	14	-	4	-	13	13	14	-	-	5	-

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	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
Rating	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	10	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1037	4111	6217	7099	8633	8488	10299	11490	14282	14726	11101	12411	8556	8727	7257	6432	8322	6910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			6:09AM 1.75					9:39PM 1.80				10:03AM 1.75					12:46AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		3:04AM 0.42			12:38PM 0.43	3:24PM 0.31				4:16AM 0.29				4:21PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	9	10	10	9	13
Chill °C (?)	13	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	8	6	7	6	8	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.4 SSE	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S
Period (s)	11	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	17	17	15	15	15	14	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-