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

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Nugget Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	4	9	7	5	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	15	16	14	13	13	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	15	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	1027	1093	1158	1192	1119	1765	18175	1129	4213	3640	1245	8265	6673	3824	5634	1074	1092	4091	1658	1975	1281	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71			10:48PM 3.04	10:19AM 3.17			4:02AM 1.93	12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24	7:30AM 1.70			8:27AM 1.70		9:22PM 1.91	9:52AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00PM 0.48		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		8:46AM 0.65	3:12PM 0.28		4:13AM 0.09	5:36PM 0.61	9:40PM 0.10	10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19		1:15PM -0.04	10:17PM 0.36		2:34PM 0.21		3:46AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	13	14	14	10	16	12	13	11	11	10	11	9	12	12	9	12	13	10	15
Low °C	11	13	13	13	14	13	10	16	9	11	10	9	8	11	6	10	10	7	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	13	14	14	7	16	10	13	11	8	8	10	6	12	12	7	11	12	8	15
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	-	2.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	16	14	13	13	13	17	16	15	14	13	-	13	20	12	11	15	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	24	6	18	6	18	-	-	-	7	-	-	13	11	16	16	11	10	16	-	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	1.0 S	-	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	7	-	13	13	13	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13							Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15
Energy	1020	1137	1027	1329	1093	1012	1216	1158	1351	1181	1192	1180	1119	1420	1721	1765	1401	21286	18175	1225	1129	6543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91			8:47PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 0.78				2:00PM 0.48					3:14AM 0.17							2:49AM 0.34		8:46AM 0.65			5:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	15	11	10	16	16	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	15	8	7	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	24	24	7	6	7	7	18	18	6	19	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	-

	Saturday 13
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	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	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14
Energy	3080	3021	1020	1021	1217	1137	1105	1083	1027	1090	1112	1329	1109	1107	1093	1066	1093	1012	1052	1167	1216	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:38AM 3.21													9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 0.78											2:00PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	10	9	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	24	9	9	18	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	-	24	24	24	24	24	24	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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