2026 Event Calendar
January
11-17 January – National Championships, Gisborne (NZ Grom 5000)
23-25 January – Connect Group SISA Grom Comp, Westport (NZ Grom 3000)
31 Jan – 1 Feb – Billabong Grom Series pres by Oceanbridge Event 1, Mount Maunganui (NZ Grom 4000)
February
7-8 February – NZ Festival of Longboarding pres by Mount Longboards and Mojo Handshapes, Papamoa (NZ Longboard Series)
14-15 February – Billabong Grom Series pres by Oceanbridge Event 2, Whangamata (NZ Grom 4000)
17 February – Taranaki Secondary School Championships, New Plymouth (NZ Grom 2000)
20 February – Point Surf Team Club Round (NZ Grom 1000)
28 Feb – 1 Mar – Billabong Grom Series pres by Oceanbridge Event 3, Piha (NZ Grom 4000)
March
7-8 March – Benchmark Homes Canterbury Women’s Champs, Sumner (NZ Grom 3000, NZ Surf Series 1000, NZ Longboard Series)
7-8 March – Aotearoa Maori Surfing Titles, Taranaki
14-15 March – NZ Women’s Surf Festival, Pauanui (NZ Grom 4000, NZ Surf Series 2000, NZ Longboard Series)
14 March – Hawkes Bay Boardriders Club Round (NZ Grom 1000)
20-22 March – Ray White Duke Festival of Surfing, New Brighton (NZ Grom 4000, NZ Longboard Series)
21-22 March – Wellington Regional Junior Championships, location tbc (NZ Grom 2000)
21-22 March – Oakura Boardriders Club Round (NZ Grom 1000)
24-26 March – NZ School Surfing Festival, Muriwai
April
3-5 April – South Island Championships, Dunedin (NZ Grom 4000, NZ Surf Series 2000, NZ Longboard Series 1000)
11-12 April – Kaikoura Grom Comp, Kaikoura (NZ Grom 4000) – Enter Here
11-12 April – Gathering of Stoke, Gisborne (NZ Longboard Series) – Enter Here
15-19 April – Backdoor King and Queen of the Point, Raglan
25th April – New Zealand Club Championships, Whangamata – Download Entry Form (Entries close Monday 20th April
24-26 April – Canterbury Men’s Championships, New Brighton (NZ Grom 3000, NZ Surf Series 1000, NZ Longboard Series)
May
2-3 May – Sequence Surf Gisborne Junior Pro, Gisborne (NZ Grom 4000) – Enter here. (Entries close Monday 27th April)
14 – WSL Rising Tides and Corona Cero New Zealand Pro Practice Day, Raglan
15-25 – WSL Corona Cero New Zealand Pro, Raglan
30-31 – Egmont Honey Taranaki LQS, Taranaki – Enter Here
August
4-5 – Raglan Surf Academy School Championships, Manu Bay, Raglan (back up dates 6-7 August)
September
4-13 – ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. El Salvador
26-27 – Sticky Johnson National Primary School Championships pres by Skullcandy, Gisborne
28 Sept – 2 Oct – National Scholastic Championships, Gisborne
November
13-19 ISA World Longboard Championships, El Salvador
Please note: Events published as TBC are subject to change
If you have had any problems with registering or have missed out on entering a competition and would like to be added to the waiting list please email Gavin Bisman – gavin.bisman@surfingnz.co.nz with name, division and competition details. You will be contacted if and when a spot becomes available.