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

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Owahanga Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	The Box Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	9	7	5	5	4	4	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NE	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	2.5 S	1.7 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	14	14	13	11	14	14	14	14	20	14	17	14	16	15	12	13	19	18	16
Energy	631	4549	3682	4055	5682	2298	1040	12108	8413	8965	1193	3624	3912	5050	1434	1516	2044	1502	890	863	894	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:08AM 1.43		12:27AM 1.39		12:15PM 1.22	2:04AM 1.96	5:41AM 2.68		11:12PM 1.65	8:38AM 1.86	1:32PM 1.35	9:09PM 1.91			9:56PM 2.02	7:48AM 3.41		8:39PM 3.38	4:30AM 1.74	4:58PM 1.82		4:55AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44PM 0.43	6:14PM 0.35	5:57AM 0.26		7:41PM 0.70		4:57PM 0.31					8:41AM 0.17	3:47PM 0.23			2:08PM 0.07	2:50AM 0.32	10:45AM 0.24		9:31PM 0.11	11:08AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	7	9	11	16	10	14	12	10	11	14	16	10	17	10	13	14	7	16	12	11	12
Low °C	15	6	8	10	16	8	10	10	9	10	12	15	9	16	9	12	12	6	15	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	2	5	9	15	10	14	9	7	9	12	15	8	16	9	11	13	6	15	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	4.0 SW	2.5 S	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	12	11	14	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	14	10	15	12	13	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 E	1.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.5 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	14	-	-	-	10	11	11	22	19	9	20	10	9	9	16	10	20	23	19	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	13	13	14	-	-	-	14	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 10							Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	3AM	6AM	9AM	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Owahanga Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	9	5	4	4	4	3	5	9	9	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	2.4 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	12	15	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	12
Energy	11434	4481	1177	1275	1050	702	3346	10853	10578	6220	6862	6336	3190	5230	5135	4348	3112	1011	1348	1057	2442	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:19AM 1.16				9:36PM 1.54					12:21PM 1.22		7:29PM 1.69			5:26AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33AM 0.48	6:05AM 0.36													11:00PM 1.06			7:16AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	15	17	17	15	14	5	5	6	8	11	11	10	9	15	14	11	11	15	14	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	15	17	17	14	13	1	1	3	5	9	10	8	7	14	12	11	10	15	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 W	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	12	15	12	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	1.3 NE	1.1 SSW	0.1 N	1.1 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 S	-	0.3 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	-	12	-	11	14	13	9	-	5	10	10	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.4 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	-	4	4	6	14	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 10
	1AM	2AM	3AM	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Owahanga Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	9	5	4	4	4	3	5	9	9	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NE	0.4 SW	1.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 W	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 NE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	12	15	13	12	9	14	14	14	15	14	12	14	14	15	15	9	16	16	12	14
Energy	7492	3982	1475	115	669	1443	1363	4333	4510	3924	773	3665	700	3483	3483	5423	7568	2199	333	513	6294	3492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																3:49PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	12	16	15	15	14	15	8	6	8	15	8	18	8	8	17	17	15	16	16	8	9
Chill °C (?)	8	11	15	13	13	12	12	4	1	4	15	4	17	4	4	16	16	13	15	15	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	2.2 NE	0.6 NW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.5 W	2.3 SW	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	-	15	-	12	-	-	13	15	-	12	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	12	15	8	15	-	-	13	-	16	-	-	-	13	-	16	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 W	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SW	0.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	0.6 SW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	3	6	4	7	9	14	14	14	-	14	3	14	14	15	15	9	-	3	12	14

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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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