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

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	8	8	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W
Period(s)	12	12	15	8	9	12	13	15	16	15	16	13	8	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	16	10
Energy	270	1592	5960	988	1312	327	5272	6580	1459	2088	1503	1292	788	2794	2226	1157	419	5140	11657	14127	2879	1852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 1.54	3:31PM 2.47	3:05AM 1.69	6:41AM 1.83		10:34PM 2.24	7:51AM 1.84		11:21PM 1.78			9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97				2:07PM 2.40	2:26AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			7:40PM 0.29		1:08PM 0.39			4:45PM 0.23		6:35AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.47		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.32	4:37PM 0.28	10:22PM 0.26	7:42AM 0.22		8:20PM 0.88	8:04AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	17	18	20	12	11	13	14	16	15	15	15	13	18	15	10	12	12	17	13
Low °C	11	14	12	13	16	15	12	10	12	13	15	14	11	14	12	16	13	9	10	10	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	17	18	20	10	9	13	14	15	14	15	15	11	18	13	6	10	10	17	12
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	8	10	12	14	15	16	15	16	13	8	14	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	10	-	14	14	9	-	-	14	-	8	13	14	22	13	22	18	-	-	-	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	-	-	0.8 NW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	5	15	8	9	-	13	-	-	-	8	7	8	11	-	-	4	14	14	14	-	10

	Friday 24							Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	3AM	6AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	2.1 SE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 S	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	9	16	10	12	12	13	16	15	15	14	14	8	9	9	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	14
Energy	561	658	1535	2115	2685	3384	5538	4874	1160	1021	3319	1187	1312	1623	3472	3563	4290	1039	2920	9414	3144	5528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							6:19PM 1.81	9:06PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.21				7:30PM 1.81					11:00AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				11:55AM 0.38		3:07PM 0.86				4:32AM 0.32			1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52					4:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1
Temp. °C	11	11	18	13	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	17	18	16	15	14	14	13	14	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	18	12	13	12	12	11	9	12	11	17	18	16	14	13	13	12	13	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	2.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	9	16	10	12	12	13	16	9	15	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	11	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	10	13	13	18	-	9	9	14	-	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 SE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	1.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 N	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	12	12	13	16	15	-	-	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	3	12	14	-	-

	Friday 24
	1AM	2AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	2.2 SE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	9	16	10	6	7	14	7	13	10	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	8	13	13	13	16
Energy	571	684	1679	167	205	224	250	564	186	262	1692	2115	2337	2616	2685	2691	6858	147	400	3753	4030	4929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									8:44AM 1.68	9:57AM 1.69												9:06PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)												11:55AM 0.38						5:42PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	20	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	20	8	8	8	9	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 WSW	2.2 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	16	10	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	20	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	5	10	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	9	17	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	7	10	6	7	-	7	5	3	3	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	-	-	13	13	16

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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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