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

	Wed	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nugget Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Charleston West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	9	5	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.2 S
Period(s)	14	14	15	17	16	14	14	13	14	12	8	10	10	8	10	9	10	9	10	12	11	10
Energy	8607	3469	14649	7095	6135	3171	2125	1215	1029	555	566	1992	1913	1298	1553	1375	1166	1031	1550	1355	1265	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 1.85		1:03PM 2.32		4:03AM 1.35	3:45PM 1.61		4:46AM 1.54			10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	3:33AM 1.57			6:03AM 1.33		6:39PM 1.42			7:41PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 0.52		9:33PM 0.27	10:17AM 0.25		10:43PM 0.45	11:00AM 0.48	2:52PM 0.34	11:28PM 0.47	4:28AM 1.04	4:47PM 1.06		9:38AM 0.35	5:04PM 0.47	12:04AM 0.30		12:24PM 0.29	1:04AM 0.27	6:18AM 0.48	1:34PM 0.28	2:05AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	27	-	18	-	-	2	10	4	2	13
High °C	6	14	12	12	14	14	11	14	18	14	14	14	15	16	15	17	17	17	15	12	17	11
Low °C	6	12	11	12	13	11	11	12	16	13	13	13	15	15	15	17	17	15	13	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	3	14	10	12	13	14	11	13	18	13	13	12	14	16	15	16	17	17	15	11	17	11
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	15	17	16	14	14	13	14	12	8	10	10	8	10	9	10	12	10	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 N	0.1 S	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	-	10	10	10	9	8	-	11	12	12	12	14	12	14	13	13	11	10	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	2.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	9	10	9	-	-	8	-

	Wed	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	9	9	9	5	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	3824	8607	9576	12843	3469	8375	14649	14145	11967	7095	8364	7198	6135	5190	3171	3027	3093	2125	1836	1408	1215	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:34PM 1.85				9:58AM 1.85	1:03PM 2.32					4:03AM 1.35				4:27PM 1.62				4:46AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)					8:36AM 0.52				6:40PM 0.36	9:33PM 0.27				10:17AM 0.25				10:43PM 0.45				11:00AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	6	6	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	11	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	3	3	6	12	10	8	8	9	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	11	11	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	-	-	11	11	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	-	14	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	9	9	9	5	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	15
Energy	9594	3875	3824	5197	8424	8607	8943	9439	9576	9790	9864	12843	13089	7752	3469	3752	8375	8375	4156	10491	14649	14719
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:34PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:12PM 0.31									3:46AM 0.41			6:52AM 0.28		8:36AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	6	12	13	9	11	14	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	5	11	11	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	4	12	13	7	10	13	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	-	-	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	14	14	-	-	15	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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