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

	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	6	5	4	8	4	8	9	9	9	6	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 SW	2.1 W	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.2 S	3.5 W	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	18	17	16	14	16	13	11	11	10	12	12	13	15	18	18	17	15	10	14
Energy	1155	1190	1080	1760	5722	3187	5215	3880	1397	5135	3283	1201	7530	1393	7679	9459	8821	10453	5178	2081	3551	1276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71	11:04AM 2.14		11:30PM 2.17	10:02AM 2.64		1:00AM 2.26		12:46PM 2.26			5:32PM 2.01		8:17AM 1.44		9:22PM 1.91	9:52AM 1.75	4:24PM 1.97	9:47PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		4:49AM 0.24	5:08PM 0.18		3:59AM 0.05	5:36PM 0.61	6:54PM 0.18	6:37AM 0.21		10:37PM 0.11	6:57AM 0.59		11:35PM 0.14		2:26PM -0.02		3:46AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	12	12	11	16	11	10	10	10	7	11	9	8	11	13	9	14	12	11
Low °C	14	13	14	13	11	10	9	15	10	8	10	8	6	8	8	5	10	10	8	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	11	12	10	15	11	7	8	8	3	11	6	5	10	12	7	14	11	10
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 SW	2.1 W	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	17	16	14	16	13	14	21	10	12	12	13	15	18	18	17	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	18	6	18	8	8	12	-	-	12	11	20	12	16	-	-	-	-	12	11	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	12	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	4

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	13	14	13	14	18	18	17	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	15
Energy	1213	1155	1372	1461	1190	1534	1080	1435	1707	1760	1517	1113	5722	8476	3187	6282	5662	5215	4403	3850	3880	3908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 2.85							8:47PM 2.71					11:04AM 2.14				11:30PM 2.17				10:02AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:11AM 0.23													5:18PM 0.28				3:59AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	9	11	12	12	10	8	7	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	22	21	18	20	6	19	18	18	17	16	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	1052	1164	1213	1178	1172	1155	1184	1246	1372	1372	1399	1461	1442	1284	1190	1177	1177	1534	1168	1080	1080	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 2.85												9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)									2:11AM 0.23													3:40PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	24	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	22	22	21	21	21	18	18	18	18	20	18	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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