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

	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	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	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	2.2 SE	0.4 NNE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 ESE	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	14	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	11	11
Energy(?)	447	1630	132	1205	1070	682	655	446	355	2220	3725	3366	3817	3327	4523	4222	2764	1450	1821	1739	1344	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.15	6:05AM 1.61	1:39PM 2.25	2:03AM 2.18	8:16AM 1.61		7:47PM 1.55	8:09AM 1.56		10:00PM 2.02	9:46AM 1.55		9:49PM 1.72	9:53AM 1.38		10:32PM 1.71	10:56AM 1.65		2:23AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 0.11		7:54PM 0.02		2:35PM 0.13	1:59AM 0.38		2:17PM 0.16			3:39PM 0.31			3:50PM 0.23		4:48AM 0.38	4:23PM 0.28	8:14PM 0.49	8:37AM 0.66	7:10PM 0.51	11:51PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	18	14	18	20	17	19	18	16	16	17	13	13	16	15	22	21	17	20	25	23
Low °C	11	13	17	12	15	20	15	18	17	14	15	16	11	11	16	13	20	21	16	18	25	22
Chill °C (?)	9	14	18	14	18	20	17	19	18	16	16	17	13	12	15	15	22	21	16	20	25	23
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	2.2 SE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 ESE	2.0 E
Period (s)	11	10	12	10	12	11	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	1.7 S	0.6 NNE	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.2 S	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	10	11	6	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	-	4.0 SSE	-	-	1.0 NE	-	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	-	12	-	-	6	-	4	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	7

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	17	16	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	9	14
Energy(?)	531	1946	1271	1269	5110	4141	1402	1265	1000	1027	2174	1530	1282	1025	716	611	549	520	696	529	912	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 2.19		7:27AM 1.62			6:53PM 1.53					7:49AM 1.71				8:19PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 0.08									2:03AM 0.14				1:29PM 0.13					6:09AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	14	16	15	14	11	15	12	12	15	19	19	17	16	19	16	15	21	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	11	12	15	15	14	10	15	11	12	15	19	19	16	15	19	16	15	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	11	17	16	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	-	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	-	-	5.0 S	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	-	-	1.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	-	9	-

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	0.9 NE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.0 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	11	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	19	19	7	15
Energy(?)	347	1425	1037	1156	486	447	1797	1650	1645	166	4577	4171	4068	2144	2631	3574	6419	1420	998	957	306	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)												7:00AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:25PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	13	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	26	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	12	10	10	12	11	11	16	15	15	26	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	0.6 NE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	0.6 E	3.5 SSE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	8	18	18	11	11	9	9	9	11	10	14	14	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 S
Period (s)	19	22	10	10	15	15	16	16	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	19	19	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	2.3 S	-	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	1.8 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	-	5	5	7	9

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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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