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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nugget Point Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	6	5	5	4	7	8	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	17	12	15	17	18	15	16	14	14	14	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	16
Energy	3265	1028	1124	3522	3732	1320	1036	1093	1155	1310	1509	1766	20521	1138	5399	3834	3531	2310	6001	7225	7701	8067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	8:15AM 2.57		8:47PM 2.71			11:30PM 2.17	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	4:03AM 1.93	4:20PM 2.18		7:18AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 0.36		4:51PM 0.55	2:17AM 0.31		2:00PM 0.48			2:20PM 0.33		8:46AM 0.65	2:49PM -0.00		4:13AM 0.09	4:33PM 0.01		10:19AM -0.03		12:00AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	8	13	11	12	12	12	14	14	16	14	11	16	10	13	13	15	9	10	9	11
Low °C	11	11	7	12	10	11	11	12	14	14	15	14	10	16	9	12	11	14	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	12	8	13	10	11	12	12	14	14	16	14	8	16	9	13	12	14	7	7	7	11
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	15	17	18	15	16	14	14	14	18	18	16	15	15	14	14	16	-	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	17	16	-	17	9	9	24	7	21	20	13	-	24	8	6	-	-	13	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	6	7	7	14	13	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12								Saturday 13
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	10	13	17	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	16	16	16
Energy	3095	3193	3265	1262	1028	1141	4019	1124	1312	3486	3522	1216	3732	3299	3133	1320	1093	1168	1036	1109	1093	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											8:17AM 1.91								8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21						12:18AM 0.53								2:26AM 0.78				2:00PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	11	12	10	10	8	10	10	11	12	10	12	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	10	13	13	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	12	16	10	17	17	10	16	20	-	-	-	17	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	24	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 11
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	10	10	14	14	13	14	12	17	12	14	14	11	17	16	16
Energy	3226	3226	3095	3384	3242	3193	3675	3529	3265	1023	1008	1262	1091	1190	1028	1101	1155	1141	1150	3045	4019	3973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														1:07PM 1.63								9:57PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 0.46			4:32AM 0.33			7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	14	14	11	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	16	16	18	18	10	18	10	17	10	17	17	18	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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