New Zealand Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

New Zealand wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the New Zealand region.

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New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	17	18	17	16	14	13	14	18	16	16	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	10	12	12
Energy	1104	3697	3732	1320	1194	1093	1133	1195	1429	1908	1146	1250	5462	4036	3147	2302	1782	1621	2241	1387	1051	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:13AM 1.67	10:26AM 2.41		8:06PM 2.70	7:36AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71	8:56AM 2.42		11:30PM 2.17	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	10:39AM 2.45		1:54AM 2.24	4:59AM 1.91	1:15PM 3.36	12:30AM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55	2:17AM 0.31		2:00PM 0.48		3:14AM 0.17	2:20PM 0.33			3:12PM 0.28		4:13AM 0.09	5:06PM 0.35		4:31AM 0.30	4:51PM 0.29	7:48PM 0.19	11:17AM -0.00		6:16PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	11	12	12	12	14	13	15	14	15	16	11	14	15	14	14	14	7	9	12	11
Low °C	7	10	10	12	11	12	13	13	15	13	15	15	9	11	15	13	14	13	6	8	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	12	12	12	14	13	15	14	15	16	10	13	15	13	13	13	4	6	12	10
Sunrise	-	8:27	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	17	18	17	16	14	13	14	13	13	16	14	16	15	14	13	13	10	10	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	-	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 S	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	17	9	-	24	7	18	20	18	16	25	-	8	-	9	10	10	12	13	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	7	12	10	12	-

	Thu	Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	16	12	16	16	14	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	3768	1104	1312	3246	3697	1216	3732	3292	3133	1320	1057	1137	1194	1304	1093	1012	1179	1133	1330	1282	1195	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:34PM 1.93												7:36AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			12:18AM 0.53								2:26AM 0.78				2:00PM 0.48					3:14AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	8	12	11	10	12	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	9	8	12	9	12	8	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	12	16	16	14	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	16	20	-	-	-	17	9	-	9	9	9	-	8	24	24	7	7	7	7	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11					Friday 12
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	11	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	17
Energy	1150	3566	3768	1233	1123	1104	1000	1022	1312	2061	3015	3246	3352	3199	3697	3490	3817	1216	1169	3681	3732	3839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 1.93														10:26AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	12	9	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	12	12	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-

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American Samoa	Fiji	Samoa
Cook Islands	French Polynesia	Tonga

New Caledonia	Queensland	Western-Australia
New-South-Wales	South-Australia
Northern-Territory	Vanuatu

Auckland	Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Macquarie
Bay of Plenty	Lord Howe Island	Raglan and West Waikato
Canterbury	Nelson Tasman Bay	South Coast New South Wales
Catlins	Nelson West Coast	South Island New Zealand
Chatham Islands	New South Wales Far South	Southland
Coromandel	New Zealand	Sydney North Coast
East Cape	Newcastle	Sydney South Coast
Gisborne and Mahia	Norfolk Island	Taranaki
Gold Coast	North Coast New South Wales	Wairarapa
Great Barrier Island	North Island New Zealand	Wanganui Manawatu
Hawkes Bay	Northland	Wellington
Illawarra	Otago	West Coast South Island

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