Surf Spoting Surf spots in New Zealand All surf reports New Zealand surf report: this week The best day this week is Saturday 24 Oct , with 9 of 31 spots rated Good or better for intermediate surfers. Updated 20 Oct, 01:03 UTC, from the forecast for 31 spots.
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By region Taranaki and Wellington (11 spots) Best: Saturday 24 Oct, 6 spots Good. Pick: Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Muriwai Beach (1.5 m, good around 07:00).
South Island (9 spots) Best: Today, 5 spots Good. Pick: Meatworks (1.4 m, good around 08:00), Cannibal Bay (1.5 m, good around 08:00).
Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne (8 spots) No Good day this week.
Northland (3 spots) Best: Saturday 24 Oct, 1 spot Good. Pick: Shipwreck Bay (1.1 m, epic around 11:00).
Day by day Today 8 spots Good or better. Swell 1.4 m at 10 s from SW.
Intermediate: Meatworks (1.4 m, good around 08:00), Cannibal Bay (1.5 m, good around 08:00), Lyall Bay (1.4 m, good around 18:00), Opunake Beach (1.3 m, good around 07:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (1.1 m, good around 07:00), Shipwreck Bay (0.9 m, fair around 08:00), Mokau (0.8 m, fair around 07:00) Advanced: Cannibal Bay (1.5 m, good around 08:00), Papatowai (1.5 m, good around 07:00), Meatworks (1.4 m, good around 08:00) Tomorrow 4 spots Good or better. Swell 1.4 m at 12 s from SW.
Intermediate: Lyall Bay (1.1 m, good around 13:00), Meatworks (1.1 m, good around 07:00), Nine Mile (1.0 m, good around 07:00), Opunake Beach (1.4 m, good around 17:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (0.9 m, good around 08:00), Lyall Bay (1.1 m, fair around 13:00), Nine Mile (1.0 m, fair around 07:00) Thursday 22 Oct 0 spots Good or better. Swell 1.3 m at 8 s from SW.
Intermediate: Muriwai Beach (1.3 m, fair around 07:00), Piha (The Bar) (1.3 m, fair around 11:00), Opunake Beach (1.2 m, fair around 07:00), Lyall Bay (0.9 m, fair around 07:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (0.9 m, fair around 07:00), Muriwai Beach (1.3 m, fair around 07:00), Meatworks (0.8 m, fair around 07:00) Friday 23 Oct 3 spots Good or better. Swell 1.6 m at 15 s from SW.
Intermediate: Nine Mile (1.2 m, good around 08:00), Opunake Beach (1.3 m, good around 07:00), Fitzroy Beach (1.0 m, good around 07:00), Cannibal Bay (1.0 m, fair around 20:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (1.0 m, good around 07:00), Muriwai Beach (1.2 m, fair around 18:00), Meatworks (0.8 m, fair around 19:00) Saturday 24 Oct 9 spots Good or better, 1 Epic. Swell 1.3 m at 14 s from SW.
Intermediate: Shipwreck Bay (1.1 m, epic around 11:00), Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Muriwai Beach (1.5 m, good around 07:00), Whale Bay (1.1 m, good around 10:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Whale Bay (1.1 m, fair around 10:00), Indicators (1.1 m, fair around 09:00) Advanced: Nine Mile (1.5 m, epic around 19:00), Muriwai Beach (1.5 m, good around 07:00), Opunake Beach (1.8 m, good around 07:00) Sunday 25 Oct 5 spots Good or better. Swell 1.3 m at 12 s from SW.
Intermediate: Piha (The Bar) (1.7 m, good around 07:00), Muriwai Beach (1.6 m, good around 07:00), Nine Mile (1.7 m, good around 07:00), Shipwreck Bay (1.1 m, good around 07:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, fair around 07:00), Meatworks (0.8 m, fair around 17:00), Shipwreck Bay (1.1 m, fair around 07:00) Advanced: Piha (The Bar) (1.7 m, epic around 07:00), Nine Mile (1.7 m, epic around 07:00), Opunake Beach (1.7 m, good around 07:00) Monday 26 Oct 2 spots Good or better. Swell 1.3 m at 12 s from SW.
Intermediate: Shipwreck Bay (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Opunake Beach (1.6 m, good around 07:00), Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, fair around 07:00), Nine Mile (1.5 m, fair around 07:00) Beginners: Fitzroy Beach (1.2 m, fair around 07:00), Shipwreck Bay (1.2 m, fair around 07:00) Advanced: Opunake Beach (1.6 m, good around 07:00) Ratings use the best daylight hour at each spot, on the same scale as the app (Fair, Good, Epic). Model forecast, not an observation.