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 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	9	6	5	5	7	4	9	9	9	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NE	0.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	15	13	14	14	14	11	13	14	14	14	12	21	18	10	10	16	16	14	18	18	18
Energy	1830	118	4343	6307	3978	5216	690	1155	4256	8466	9337	2240	4069	5821	1091	1230	4101	2889	2070	521	822	861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 1.40		12:27AM 1.39			12:20AM 1.53			11:12PM 1.65	11:34AM 1.66		6:46PM 2.47	6:56AM 3.25		9:56PM 2.02	10:21AM 2.12		8:19PM 2.64	8:53AM 3.44	2:25PM 1.92	9:10PM 3.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33AM 0.48	3:23PM 0.45	6:14PM 0.35	6:51AM 0.35	5:57PM 0.47		6:57AM 0.25	12:05PM 0.67		5:24AM 0.30	5:30PM 0.24	12:51AM 0.46		1:35PM 0.26		4:09AM 0.20	2:08PM 0.07	2:33AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	7	16	13	16	9	14	12	10	11	13	17	17	13	11	12	13	13	8	13	11
Low °C	14	14	6	15	10	15	8	11	10	9	10	12	16	17	10	9	12	12	12	8	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	17	2	14	12	16	8	14	9	7	9	11	16	16	12	9	10	11	12	6	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	3.0 S	0.5 E	2.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	10	-	14	14	11	13	11	14	14	12	14	18	9	10	16	10	14	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	-	-	-	11	-	26	22	19	17	21	-	13	-	10	10	11	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	1.3 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	2.4 S	-	2.4 S	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	13	14	8	-	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	16	-	2	-	4

	Sat	Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Shag Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	5	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	14	14	12	12	14	14	15	9	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	4356	3794	12041	1277	1177	1257	1517	1560	1763	10662	10308	6397	5891	6001	3159	5295	5213	3567	3066	1014	6127	2959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:14PM 1.50				11:12AM 1.44				9:36PM 1.54							7:29PM 1.69			5:26AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:53PM 1.19				6:05AM 0.36			5:36PM 0.31				3:38AM 0.50		10:36AM 1.07				10:56PM 0.69				11:36AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	12	11	14	15	17	15	15	14	5	5	6	15	17	14	10	8	14	14	10	11	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	8	14	15	17	15	14	13	1	1	2	15	16	14	8	5	13	12	10	9	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 W	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 S	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	15	12	12	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	-	-	7	14	14	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.3 N	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	4	13	-

	Saturday 09					Sunday 10
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Shag Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	5	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	1.4 NE	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	13	10	13	13	13	12	5	13	11	14	14	14	12	11	15	14	14	11	11	10	13	15
Energy	4736	437	4456	1843	1831	35	169	719	1971	3456	3985	14151	3857	4086	6227	3924	3869	3714	3714	2026	3408	5423
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 1.52																			3:49PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)										3:09AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	11	14	15	14	14	14	15	10	9	8	15	16	15	8	8	17	17	16	9	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	8	13	14	12	12	12	12	6	5	4	13	14	13	4	4	16	16	14	4	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 NNW	3.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	0.9 WNW	-	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	13	9	12	13	7	14	10	10	15	15	11	-	-	15	15	-	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	16	13	10	13	13	12	15	13	12	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	3.0 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	4	13	7	7	6	5	4	11	4	14	14	12	11	15	14	14	11	11	10	13	15

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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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