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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Airport Rights Wellington	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.1 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	19	11	10	12	13	12	13	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	11	8	14	14	14	13
Energy	314	227	237	1896	1095	1754	2793	4329	4833	8050	5025	3123	1324	1948	1450	1007	1689	1087	3436	3533	4074	10199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:27AM 2.67		12:53PM 2.39	2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78	4:24PM 2.51			1:00PM 1.56	1:24AM 1.61	8:25AM 1.86	1:06PM 1.61	11:10PM 1.99	11:53AM 1.77		12:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 0.22		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28			10:33PM 1.02	6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24				5:33AM 0.31	3:23PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	18	14	14	11	11	12	12	8	9	17	15	14	15	14	8	14	8	9	10	8
Low °C	14	15	16	14	14	8	8	10	11	7	6	15	13	13	13	13	7	14	7	7	9	8
Chill °C (?)	14	18	17	14	14	9	10	11	11	6	9	17	14	13	14	13	5	14	5	9	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.1 WSW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	10	12	13	12	13	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	11	10	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	20	19	19	12	10	7	13	-	6	-	12	9	8	10	20	10	16	5	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	1.5 WSW	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	13	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	10	8	-	-	14	13

	Wed	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	8	16	13	13	19	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12
Energy	202	314	269	977	227	228	237	3277	1997	1896	1424	1320	1095	1078	1754	1467	3395	2793	1009	4076	4329	3746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 3.29	4:38AM 2.39			12:53PM 2.39	3:02PM 1.97			2:49AM 3.17									5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23PM 0.39				6:48AM 0.22				8:34PM 0.96						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	10	14	15	18	18	13	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	8	8	9	15	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	8	13	15	18	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	7	9	5	6	7	15	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	16	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SW	1.1 NNW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	20	20	12	18	19	19	19	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	7	7	-	13	9	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 NE	-	0.7 N	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	4	3	-	4	3	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	13	-	12	12	12

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	16	8	8	13	13	8	13	13	19	19	19
Energy	206	203	202	313	213	314	282	212	269	308	382	977	540	655	227	227	566	228	205	238	237	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:27AM 2.67	1:47AM 3.29											12:53PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	6:28PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	15	13	15	14	10	10	10	11	14	11	11	15	16	14	18	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	12	14	13	8	8	8	9	13	9	9	15	16	13	18	19	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	16	8	8	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.5 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	4	20	20	5	20	20	12	12	12	12	18	12	15	19	19	12	19	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	8	3	3	-	-	-

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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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