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 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	4	8	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	5	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	10	14	16	12	15	17	14	16	13	16	10	12	16	19	18	18	17	16	14	14	15	18
Energy	2110	521	1102	7958	11127	8772	8627	6490	6898	3267	3630	1115	3783	8518	9895	3348	3222	1393	1248	1000	2390	1191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 3.04	10:44AM 1.46		10:56PM 1.36	6:00AM 1.73	4:08PM 2.43	9:20PM 1.67	3:31AM 2.06	12:21PM 1.26	7:39PM 1.84		1:07PM 1.63	9:57PM 2.31	9:04AM 2.01		8:06PM 2.70	7:38AM 2.96		8:12PM 3.07	9:00AM 3.14	1:34PM 2.12	8:47PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:49AM 0.45	4:47PM 0.27					10:00AM 0.44		1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21				2:35PM 0.40	2:17AM 0.31		2:00PM 0.48	2:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	10	10	14	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	17	13
Low °C	15	12	13	8	8	10	9	13	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	16	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	7	9	13	10	14	11	11	10	12	12	12	10	12	13	14	12	13	17	13
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:29	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	9	16	13	15	17	12	16	13	16	10	12	16	14	18	18	17	16	14	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	1.8 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	21	14	14	-	-	-	14	-	11	-	16	9	16	19	19	-	-	-	8	7	5	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	3.0 SW	-	3.5 S	-	3.0 S	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	5	4	12	15	-	14	-	13	-	10	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	17	10	16	18	14	14	16	16	18	12	17	13	15	16	17	15	16	14	16	16	16	15
Energy	1619	2110	812	985	521	1021	1102	619	616	7958	9671	10466	11127	13303	8772	9478	8737	8627	9311	9908	6490	7254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 1.55					10:44AM 1.17				10:56PM 1.36								9:20PM 1.67		4:17AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.42				4:47PM 0.29				5:23AM 0.24		10:07AM 0.66		5:12PM 0.61						10:41AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	11	11	12	15	15	12	15	9	8	9	8	13	14	10	10	11	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	14	10	10	10	15	14	11	13	6	6	7	6	13	13	9	9	8	13	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	17	10	16	18	9	14	16	16	18	13	17	21	15	16	17	15	16	12	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	-	1.8 SW	-	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	21	4	4	14	18	14	14	9	-	22	-	-	16	-	-	16	14	-	16	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	2.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	12	17	13	15	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	18	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	16	16	17	18	17	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	16	16
Energy	3773	1619	1619	1619	2207	2110	2198	1946	812	873	931	985	952	517	521	575	1021	1021	1021	1102	1102	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 1.55															10:44AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)										3:35AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	12	15	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	16	16	17	18	17	9	9	15	14	14	14	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	21	21	21	21	4	4	4	4	4	14	14	9	18	18	18	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	10	10	10	-	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	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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