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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Twilight Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 NNW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 ENE	4.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.3 E	2.5 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	18	7	9	11	9	11	10	11	9	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	13	12
Energy(?)	176	189	559	906	586	3253	2143	1403	2186	1154	1082	938	1059	1496	928	957	1138	1583	654	764	1121	857
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:35PM 3.26	12:23PM 2.14		12:05AM 2.99		1:48PM 2.29		9:06AM 1.82	1:40PM 2.18	10:16PM 2.33	10:39AM 1.73		3:37AM 2.15			11:08PM 2.10	11:37AM 2.06			11:23AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 0.30		6:16AM 0.25	6:35PM 0.17		7:41AM 0.07		10:17PM 0.07				4:22AM 0.13	4:19PM 0.02	9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15	4:29PM 0.04		5:30AM 0.41	4:18PM 0.09	11:19PM 0.47	5:17AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	12	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	16	16	10	16	22	16	19	17	16	20	18	18	21	16	19	20	20	17	20	17	14	22
Low °C	15	15	7	16	21	16	18	15	12	18	17	17	19	14	17	19	18	17	16	15	11	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	16	22	14	19	16	15	20	18	18	21	16	19	20	20	16	20	17	14	22
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 ENE	4.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.3 E	2.2 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 E
Period (s)	10	7	9	11	9	11	10	11	9	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 N	0.4 S	1.4 E	0.5 N	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.6 SW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	8	16	16	14	10	10	14	11	14	6	18	21	12	18	12	11	9	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	1.6 S	2.2 S	1.0 S	2.5 S	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	2	-	-	-	7	8	5	9	6	4	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatea Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 E	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	1.5 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	8	11	9	11	11	12	9	11	10	11	11	13	13	10	10	9	12	13	10
Energy(?)	1443	1491	529	1055	1029	509	848	734	551	1080	696	1643	1373	1380	1207	1341	3058	1673	2335	713	1245	1191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 2.65					11:27PM 2.88							8:40PM 1.65		1:32AM 2.21		7:44AM 1.59			6:55PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				5:59PM 0.24					9:11AM 0.16										2:46PM 0.35		8:04PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	15	16	16	16	8	7	9	17	16	20	18	16	10	10	16	19	21	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	14	16	16	16	7	6	8	17	16	20	18	16	9	9	15	19	21	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 E	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 E
Period (s)	14	14	8	12	11	9	11	11	12	9	11	10	11	11	13	13	10	10	10	12	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	1.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 N	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	18	17	17	8	12	10	10	10	17	8	17	16	16	-	-	17	10	9	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	8	9	4	-	-

	Wednesday 18																Thursday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatea Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 NNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE	2.3 W	1.0 E	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	8	9	12	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	10	10	6	7	7	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1550	1729	176	1186	1105	229	822	1567	542	136	1137	223	93	111	926	960	114	240	242	112	848	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:47AM 2.05								7:52PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)											5:59PM 0.24								1:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	20	16	19	18	17	10	10	16	17	17	13	8	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	16	16	15	12	11	11	20	16	18	18	17	10	10	16	16	16	12	7	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	10	8	18	12	8	9	10	8	12	16	8	8	10	10	6	7	7	5	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	18	12	13	14	5	-	-	7	16	17	11	16	10	12	12	10	17	16	7	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	-	2.3 W	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	9	-	8	8	7	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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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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