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2025 Surfing New Zealand Season Calendar

Having trouble registering or missed out on a competition?

Please email Dan  at dan.westerkamp@surfingnz.co.nz with your name, division, and competition details to be added to the waiting list.


January 2025

  • 12–18: 2025 National Surfing Championships, Taranaki
  • 24–26: Connect Group SISA Grom Series Event 2 (SNZ2000), Westport
  • 25–26: Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge – Event 1 (SNZ2000), Mount Maunganui

February 2025

  • 8–9: Billabong Grom Series – Event 2 (SNZ2000), Whangamata
  • 15–16: NZ Festival of Longboarding (SNZ1000), Papamoa
  • 22–23: Billabong Grom Series – Event 3 (SNZ3000), Piha
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March 2025

  • 15–16: Gathering of Stoke (SNZ1000 Longboard), Gisborne
    Event Info »
  • 21–23: Ray White Duke Festival of Surfing, New Brighton, Christchurch
    • SNZ2000 Groms & SNZ1000 Longboard
  • 25–27: NZ School Surfing Festival (Teams Event), Muriwai

April 2025

  • 5 (New Date): NZ Club Championships (Teams Event), Whangamata
  • 12–13: Kaikoura Grom Comp, Meatworks, Kaikoura (SNZ2000)
  • 18–20: South Island Surfing Championships, Dunedin
    • SNZ3000 Seniors & Groms
    • SNZ1000 Longboard
  • 25–27: Exit Surf Men’s Canterbury Championships, Christchurch (SNZ2000)
  • April 25 – May 1: ISA World Longboarding Championship, Surf City, El Salvador

May 2025

  • 3–4: Sequence Surf Gisborne Junior Pro, Gisborne (SNZ2000)
  • 3–4: Benchmark Women’s Canterbury Champs, Sumner, Christchurch (SNZ1000)

June 2025

  • (No scheduled events)

July 2025

  • 29–30: Raglan Surf Academy NZ School Champs

August 2025

  • (No scheduled events)

September 2025

  • 5–14: ISA World Surfing Games, Surf City, El Salvador
  • 20–21: Sticky Johnson Primary School Champs presented by Skullcandy, Gisborne
  • 29 Sept – 3 Oct: National Scholastic Championships, Taranaki

📌 Please Note: Events marked TBC are subject to change. Check back regularly for updates.

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