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

	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	10	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	12	13	16	14	14	14	15	15	14	17
Energy(?)	3746	1376	2004	1622	1834	1211	1086	1412	3425	3354	3962	5399	6402	7348	10707	10569	6852	7522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:03PM	11:50PM		12:51PM	1:21AM		1:50PM		5:04AM	5:55PM		6:14AM		7:05PM 2:53PM	7:24AM	5:25PM
Low Tide / height (m)				6:04AM		7:11PM	7:43AM		10:59PM 8:39AM	11:33AM		12:10AM		12:45PM	1:19AM			11:19PM 5:59PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	12	15	13	17	15	14	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	14
Low °C	15	16	15	11	14	10	16	15	14	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	12	15	11	16	14	13	8	8	6	6	7	6	7	8	12
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	12	13	16	14	13	13	12	16	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	24	-	-	-	9	13	12	-	8	-	-	-	15	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	13	16	14	14	14	15	15	-	-

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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	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3167	3336	3746	3181	1376	1172	2293	2004	1477	1548	1622	1887	1834	1734	1452	1211	1021	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:19AM 2.11	12:06PM 2.62					3:06AM 1.84				3:45PM 1.83			1:15AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)							6:19PM 0.79					9:27AM 0.47				9:56PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	11	12	15	14	11	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	11	11	10	12	15	14	9	8	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5