
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.
New Zealand Wavefinder
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | 1.5 E | 3.0 NNW | 1.7 ESE | 1.7 E | 1.8 WSW | 1.3 W | 2.2 ENE | 1.7 WSW | 4.5 ENE | 2.0 E | 2.3 E | 3.5 WNW | 4.0 WNW | 4.0 WSW | 4.0 W | 4.0 WSW | 3.5 WSW | 2.3 WSW | 2.1 SW | 1.8 WSW | 2.0 S | 3.5 W |
Period(s) (?) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
Energy(?) | 734 | 2091 | 576 | 646 | 1821 | 1015 | 1259 | 989 | 4775 | 1092 | 1340 | 4526 | 4823 | 6350 | 6326 | 5064 | 3625 | 1607 | 1180 | 1057 | 851 | 3730 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State(?) | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:15AM 2.54 | 5:40AM 1.49 | 5:33AM 1.35 | 1:18AM 2.05 | 1:49PM 2.03 | 12:32AM 2.85 | 12:56PM 2.72 | 1:14AM 2.85 | 8:08AM 1.32 | 9:41AM 1.59 | ||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:37AM 0.67 | 4:20PM 0.59 | 12:02AM 0.78 | 4:05AM 0.51 | 4:23PM 0.49 | 11:38PM 0.44 | 11:54AM 0.39 | 11:35PM 0.27 | 11:40AM 0.22 | 7:15PM 0.38 | 7:37AM 0.20 | 6:22PM 0.29 | 6:48AM 0.21 | 7:03PM 0.28 | 2:24PM 0.39 | 9:21PM 0.34 | 3:36AM 0.18 | |||||
Summary | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | risk thund- der | risk thund- der | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | clear | clear |
Rain (mm) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
High °C | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Low °C | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Chill °C (?) | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Sunrise | 7:20 | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | 7:26 | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | 8:15 |
Sunset | - | 5:17 | - | - | 5:17 | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | 5:08 | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | 5:22 | - | - |
Swell1 (m) & direction | 1.5 E | 3.0 NNW | 1.7 ESE | 1.5 E | 1.8 WSW | 1.3 W | 1.9 E | 1.7 WSW | 4.0 ENE | 2.0 E | 2.3 E | 3.5 WNW | 3.5 W | 4.0 WSW | 4.0 W | 4.0 WSW | 3.5 WSW | 2.3 WSW | 2.1 SW | 1.8 WSW | 1.3 SSE | 0.7 NNE |
Period (s) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
Swell2 (m) & direction | 0.1 SE | 0.4 WSW | 1.2 E | 1.2 ENE | 0.5 WNW | 1.3 NNW | 0.2 SSE | 0.2 WSW | 0.2 S | 0.1 S | 0.1 S | - | - | - | - | 0.9 WSW | - | - | 1.6 SW | 0.3 ESE | 0.4 SSE | 0.7 NNW |
Period (s) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
Wind waves (m) & direction | 1.1 SE | - | 0.3 NNE | 1.7 E | - | - | 2.2 ENE | 0.2 ESE | 4.5 ENE | - | 1.6 NNE | - | 4.0 WNW | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 S | 3.5 W |
Period (s) | 8 | - | 3 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 11 | - | 6 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 12 |
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