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

	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	7	5	4	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	15	16	10	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	13	14	18	18	16	15	16	15	14	14	15
Energy	3041	3267	3329	1028	3524	3286	1138	3055	1047	1093	1130	1177	1509	1616	5967	11920	7753	6852	4271	3495	8438	3345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:19PM 2.59	7:39PM 1.84			9:57PM 2.31	8:17AM 1.91		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:35PM 2.48		3:01PM 2.55	11:30PM 2.17	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	4:02AM 1.93	5:27PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21				2:00PM 0.80			2:00PM 0.48		3:14AM 0.17	2:20PM 0.33	2:49AM 0.34	8:42AM 0.01			4:13AM 0.09	4:22PM 0.27		10:18AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	13	14	12	15	15	11	9	10	13	14	14	10	10
Low °C	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	9	11	13	12	12	14	14	10	9	8	11	14	13	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	12	10	11	12	9	12	13	14	12	15	15	8	6	8	12	12	12	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	15	16	10	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	13	14	13	18	17	15	16	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	-	0.6 NW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	16	17	-	-	20	-	8	24	6	18	20	18	4	-	8	8	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	16	-	-	7	-	14	-

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	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	Nicks Point Southland	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W
Period(s)	15	13	13	16	16	16	10	13	17	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	16
Energy	3041	5246	3705	3267	3184	3163	3329	1262	1028	1141	3476	3524	1312	3486	3286	1074	1138	3196	3173	3055	1054	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)												9:57PM 2.31			8:17AM 1.91					10:52PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)			6:42PM 0.24		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21						12:18AM 0.53				2:00PM 0.80				2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	7	8	8	8	9	11	12	10	10	10	11	9	11	11	12	12	9	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	15	12	10	16	16	16	10	13	13	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.9 SE	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	10	13	-	-	12	16	10	17	17	10	-	20	-	-	-	20	9	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	13	13	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10											Thursday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10
Energy	7484	6990	3041	3093	5246	5246	5170	3498	3705	3513	3223	3267	3226	3226	3184	3226	3242	3163	3747	3631	3329	3076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							6:33PM 0.23							1:55AM 0.46			4:32AM 0.33			7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	11	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	12	12	13	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 S	-	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	12	-	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	10	10	10	10

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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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