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

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	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	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	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Three Points East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	8	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 ESE	3.0 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	11	11	10	11	13	18	16	14	16	13	14	14	10
Energy(?)	3245	2857	2320	4460	2545	1336	2624	1651	1457	8453	2724	1664	676	393	1242	3816	1541	711	1948	2125	1581	1545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:46AM 1.27		10:36PM 1.67	10:56AM 1.02		12:49AM 3.36			12:15AM 1.57	12:45PM 0.90		1:29AM 1.52		2:40PM 0.89	12:34AM 1.63		3:59PM 1.05	1:08AM 1.57	4:12AM 1.44	5:21PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		4:06AM 0.20	3:38PM 0.11		5:22AM 0.26	4:41PM 0.25	6:38PM 0.49	7:01AM 0.31	5:31PM 0.39		7:24AM 0.47	6:08PM 0.49		8:58AM 0.48			10:16AM 0.42		6:50PM 0.17	11:09AM 0.34		10:56PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	21	19	17	20	18	10	11	12	11	11	20	11	12	10	12	16	15	12	14	11
Low °C	14	13	21	17	15	19	17	9	11	11	11	11	17	8	11	7	8	16	10	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	20	11	21	18	17	20	17	7	8	9	9	8	20	9	10	8	11	16	13	10	13	9
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	2.5 W	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.1 NE	2.2 SSE	2.3 ESE	0.6 WSW	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 E	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W
Period (s)	9	14	13	12	12	12	10	10	14	11	11	10	11	10	12	16	14	16	13	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.9 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.2 E	-	0.1 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	13	12	10	12	14	8	10	10	10	10	13	18	-	-	13	9	-	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	-	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	13	12	-	11	11	8	9	11	11	-	-	2	-	16	7	4	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	7	9	7	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	6705	9257	6869	7840	7604	7862	1390	1684	4729	4318	4460	4093	3459	3432	3542	1047	3194	1687	1401	2504	2325	2123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:37PM 1.89									10:22PM 1.84				10:32AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)					4:23AM 0.22			5:37PM 0.01					5:00AM 0.29			3:08PM 0.21	4:18PM 0.21				6:03AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	16	14	19	14	15	19	19	18	17	17	19	20	15	19	18	13	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	15	12	19	13	15	19	19	17	16	16	18	20	14	18	18	11	16	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.9 S	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.9 E	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	12	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	10	8	-	11	13	13	13	15	15	12	7	12	12	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	0.9 WSW	3.0 SSE	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	16	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	4	11	9	11	10	10	10

	Sunday 19						Monday 20
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	7	9	7	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.2 N	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.3 NE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	12	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2625	1976	2159	2269	2729	2976	3429	3060	2555	2555	6452	2166	2166	5934	5934	484	5936	5878	268	6068	6061	6091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:46PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)													4:06AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	21	21	20	15	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	20	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	21	21	20	14	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	20	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.3 NE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	17	17	15	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	12	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 N	0.1 NE	-	0.6 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	9	9	11	9	9	8	8	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	-	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.2 N	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.0 N	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	13	8	13	12	8	13	13	13

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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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