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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	9	4	8	5	5	7	5	3	5	8	5	7	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	4.5 NE	2.1 SSW	4.0 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.3 ENE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 N	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	10	12	11	9	11	14	13	9	19	17	7	20	17	14	13	13	13	13	12	14
Energy(?)	1043	2041	3766	1448	3663	1372	1619	2716	2370	187	1254	6641	294	2206	6191	604	8014	5108	1405	1680	1075	1579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:01PM 0.94				7:23PM 2.22	7:53AM 2.34			12:33PM 2.10		1:51AM 1.82		1:32PM 1.90	2:40AM 1.84	8:09AM 1.70	7:57PM 1.40		8:43AM 1.62	3:06PM 1.95	3:27AM 1.94	9:13AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 1.16		12:43AM 0.66	11:13AM 0.27		1:31AM 0.72		6:40PM 0.17	10:09PM 0.34	6:19AM 0.34	12:42PM 0.51	7:30PM 0.13	9:10AM 0.45		8:21PM 0.12		2:20PM 0.44	2:13AM 0.06			9:13PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	19	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	17	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	20	21	15	17	13	21	20	14	17	15	23	20	18	14	12	11	18	17	15	17
Low °C	17	14	19	21	15	14	13	20	17	12	15	11	20	19	17	13	11	10	14	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	20	21	13	16	12	21	20	13	17	15	23	20	17	13	9	8	18	16	14	17
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	0.2 ESE	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.3 ENE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	3.5 SSW	0.3 NNE	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	14	12	11	12	14	9	11	14	13	12	8	17	12	20	12	7	13	13	13	13	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 E	-	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.3 E	0.1 N	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	-	9	-	10	13	10	10	9	12	12	11	13	17	14	10	10	-	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	4.5 NE	-	4.0 ENE	2.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	-	1.7 N	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	10	-	11	9	3	-	-	4	8	-	7	11	10	-	13	-	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Awana Great Barrier Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kingston Norfolk Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NNW	2.2 E	3.0 N	2.2 E	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 ENE	4.0 NNE	2.2 E	1.8 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	9	10	11	11	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1401	1381	3586	1344	3477	3570	3454	3582	4630	1318	1074	3201	3369	3698	1340	7354	9901	11300	2131	1127	1037	9290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:01PM 0.94						10:28AM 1.97				11:21PM 1.83			5:35AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.31				12:10AM 0.73		5:21AM 0.29	8:40AM 0.38			5:39PM 0.21							12:52PM 0.39	6:05PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	24	14	25	16	16	16	13	22	17	22	15	19	16	16	14	13	20	20	12	12	19
Chill °C (?)	14	24	13	25	15	15	15	12	22	17	22	14	19	16	16	14	12	20	20	12	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	2.2 E	3.0 N	2.2 E	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.5 E	3.5 NE	2.2 E	1.8 SSW	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	9	10	11	11	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 N	1.0 SW	1.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	10	13	9	13	12	12	16	15	15	9	14	16	14	14	10	10	11	10	14	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.5 E	-	3.5 ENE	4.0 NNE	3.5 ENE	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 S	-	0.4 SW	-	4.0 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	-	3	-	10	9	10	-	-	10	-	-	13	14	14	-	4	-	14

	Thursday 26																		Friday 27
	8AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Awana Great Barrier Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kingston Norfolk Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	2.2 E	1.4 N	2.2 E	2.1 N	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 ENE	5.0 NE	2.5 E	2.2 SW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	12	12	12	12	6	10	8	12	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	9	9	11
Energy(?)	528	1411	1043	1385	1695	1792	1866	369	4591	1076	1622	1020	1148	1604	901	1041	968	987	823	2668	2532	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:36AM 0.60											8:48PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	7	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	17	20	14	13	14	15	18	17	22	14	15	14	14	25	24	23	22	14	14	24
Chill °C (?)	14	19	17	20	13	11	12	13	16	15	22	11	13	11	11	25	24	23	22	12	12	24
Sunrise	7:43	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	2.2 E	1.4 N	2.2 E	2.1 N	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	2.2 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	13	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	16	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	1.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	14	10	13	10	13	13	13	13	11	19	9	13	7	20	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.1 ENE	5.0 NE	2.5 E	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	3	3	3	6	10	8	-	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	9	9	9

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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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