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

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	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	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Tapuaetahi Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Waipu Cove Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 ENE	2.0 NNE	2.3 E	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.4 NNE	1.6 N	1.5 SW	1.2 NNE	1.9 ENE	5.0 NE	3.0 NNE	5.0 ENE	5.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	15	11	10	10	7	8	11	11	13	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	6	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1133	1425	971	1041	1624	397	942	823	841	1273	1277	1813	2117	1049	1609	1233	445	284	8201	3320	10643	11696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 3.02			12:12AM 2.39		12:40PM 2.95	12:51AM 2.25		1:10PM 2.36	10:34PM 1.78	3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		5:31AM 1.59	3:02PM 1.78		5:53AM 1.52	12:21PM 1.29	2:40AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 0.42		6:05PM 0.36	6:28AM 0.50		6:41PM 0.50	7:09AM 1.09			9:49AM 0.72		10:19PM 0.76			11:24PM 0.73			8:47PM 0.76	6:11AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
High °C	17	20	18	16	20	19	17	21	20	18	19	19	19	20	20	18	21	16	18	21	20	19
Low °C	17	18	16	15	20	18	15	19	18	15	17	19	18	17	18	17	18	14	17	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	16	20	18	15	20	19	17	21	20	18	19	19	19	20	20	17	21	14	17	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 E	2.0 NNE	2.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.4 NNE	1.6 N	1.5 SW	1.2 NNE	0.1 S	5.0 NE	3.0 NNE	5.0 ENE	5.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	15	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	2.2 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.0 N	1.0 NNE	1.4 N	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	0.9 NNE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	16	8	12	12	8	10	14	8	7	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	-	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	11	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	5

	Sun	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Bland Bay Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1004	1060	1313	1561	1425	529	1157	1072	590	1081	1125	1309	1499	875	1025	1116	1751	848	1397	3294	1246	1009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)										9:07PM 1.86	1:55AM 1.79				12:05PM 2.08			9:45PM 1.47				9:26AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.84			5:51AM 0.36					6:06PM 0.48				8:08AM 0.55	9:12AM 0.51			8:31PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	17	18	19	20	19	17	15	15	16	17	16	20	15	14	15	20	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	16	17	19	20	19	16	14	14	15	17	16	20	15	13	15	20	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 E	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	1.6 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.7 N	1.1 SW	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.5 NNE	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	1.4 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	6	16	-	8	-	8	8	-	13	12	12	12	-	8	14	14	12	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 W	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.8 NNE	3.5 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	10	3	4	3	8	4	-	-	8	8	9	6	6

	Sunday 05					Monday 06
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Bland Bay Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 E	2.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	9	13	13	13	12	8	13	12	10	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	993	1240	816	872	1074	670	961	1481	980	496	1139	1129	1045	816	612	392	982	163	678	117	99	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						11:49PM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.84																			1:40PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	15	15	15	15	15	8	19	17	19	17	19	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	17	14	15	14	14	14	5	18	17	19	17	18	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 N	1.6 NNE	0.9 E	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	10	13	13	13	12	15	8	9	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	15	7	8	8	-	15	13	12	9	15	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	-	0.4 SE	-	2.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	-	4	3	3	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	8	6	4	4

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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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