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

	Fri	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15
	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	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	The Box Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	5	6	5	4	9	9	5	9	8	6	9	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NNE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SW
Period(s)	7	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	12	14	13	14	13	13	12	14	15	15	14	13	12	14
Energy	760	1211	1702	3644	279	8066	8270	4699	5890	3992	1188	8914	9688	3448	2183	4896	7039	5052	9275	5887	1891	1493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:42PM 1.58			12:42PM 1.44	1:12AM 1.57		2:06PM 1.49	2:49AM 1.62	11:06AM 1.51		11:34PM 1.63		1:37PM 1.32	1:58AM 1.60	8:43AM 2.02		12:48AM 1.79		12:57PM 2.00	10:43PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 0.88	8:19AM 0.41		10:52PM 0.71	8:50AM 0.66		6:54PM 0.44	7:35AM 0.47		8:12PM 0.44	4:58AM 0.36	5:17PM 0.30		7:19AM 0.45		7:33PM 0.46		3:08PM 0.30	6:34PM 0.16	6:41AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	13	15	13	8	14	12	15	14	11	9	11	13	10	9	12	10	11	12	13
Low °C	16	16	16	10	13	11	7	12	10	15	11	9	8	10	11	9	8	10	9	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	13	15	10	5	13	10	14	13	8	6	9	11	6	6	10	8	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.6 S	1.3 NE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 S	0.3 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.2 ENE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	14	13	8	13	14	12	14	13	11	13	13	18	10	15	9	14	13	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.2 N	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	11	7	7	10	15	12	-	14	14	-	-	26	22	20	10	14	10	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NNE	-	-	2.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	1.0 S	4.0 SW	-	-	5.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	14	4	14	13	7	12	-	-	14	12	-	12	14	-	15	14	13	12	-

	Fri		Saturday 09							Sunday 10								Monday 11
	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	6	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	9	7	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.5 S	3.5 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	16	9	11	16	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1061	1695	5065	7180	3544	1347	1592	1921	2021	1866	7802	1039	2736	1076	3240	2561	3021	6187	8286	6194	11896	6259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:01AM 1.63		11:52AM 1.46								11:12AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)									6:31PM 0.41			3:33AM 0.48				5:16PM 0.49		11:58PM 0.68		3:38AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	12	12	14	18	19	16	14	13	11	10	12	16	16	13	10	9	6	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	9	14	10	11	13	18	19	15	13	12	9	8	10	16	16	13	8	7	2	5	5	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.8 S	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 SSE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	0.2 N	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	9	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	11	16	15	11	7	7	7	-	-	10	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.5 S	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	3.5 SSW	0.5 N	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	17	9	-	16	11	-	-	-	7	6	14	3	14	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	13	13

	Friday 08					Saturday 09
	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	6	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	9	7	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.7 S	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.9 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	13	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	16	10	10	13	13	13	10	9	15	9	10	14
Energy	661	513	4998	5535	1280	512	546	566	828	828	182	474	386	36	94	64	3235	3904	525	3644	4243	2247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						11:39PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				9:48PM 0.71													10:16AM 0.65				2:16PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	17	12	12	13	15	16	15	13	12	14	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	11	11	18	17	17	17	17	16	10	10	13	12	14	12	11	9	12	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.1 ENE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	-
Period (s)	13	11	13	13	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	13	9	9	11	11	10	15	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	17	10	17	17	11	11	11	14	11	11	16	5	5	11	13	13	15	-	15	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	1.7 S	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.9 S	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	17	9	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	8	10	9	7	9	10	14

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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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