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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 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	8	5	5	6	4	9	9	9	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 E
Period(s)	13	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	12	21	18	17	14	15	14	20	21	18	18	16	16	10
Energy	3682	3655	5878	783	714	3853	8316	8635	2225	3445	2789	4742	1428	2297	2045	1576	776	653	988	1245	688	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:13AM 1.63		10:07PM 1.66			1:32AM 1.36	8:38AM 1.86		6:45PM 3.05	6:59AM 2.46	12:24PM 1.78	1:06AM 1.74	3:35AM 1.68	3:10PM 1.57	2:26AM 1.91	3:54AM 1.67	2:05PM 1.98	2:28AM 1.88		2:43PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48PM 0.63		4:10PM 0.38		6:34AM 0.26	4:42PM 0.33	7:17PM 0.27		5:46PM 0.23	12:55AM 0.70			6:53PM 0.16	9:48AM 0.27		8:15PM 0.14	10:05AM 0.47		8:19PM 0.09	8:22AM 0.03		8:58PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	11	17	9	13	13	10	11	13	16	15	17	10	13	14	8	12	11	10	12	14	18
Low °C	8	11	16	9	12	11	9	10	12	16	13	16	9	12	12	7	10	11	9	10	14	17
Chill °C (?)	7	8	16	8	11	11	7	8	11	14	14	16	10	11	13	8	12	10	8	12	14	18
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	4.0 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 E
Period (s)	12	11	14	11	12	11	22	13	12	14	18	17	14	15	14	12	12	18	12	16	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	26	11	19	17	21	12	9	9	10	10	20	21	13	18	5	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	13	14	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Sun	Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	9	8	8	9	5	6	5	5	5	8	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	11	14	15	13	13	13	13	18
Energy	3065	5794	10358	7039	7037	11473	3443	5187	3285	4335	3415	7243	5984	1072	1110	3060	3225	8964	8073	8790	8635	10674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						9:37AM 1.56	12:21PM 1.22								12:38PM 1.33			11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		11:58PM 0.68		3:38AM 0.50						11:00PM 1.06		4:40AM 0.38				5:41PM 0.32	6:42PM 0.46			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	5	6	9	10	11	10	9	16	15	11	11	15	14	12	10	10	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	1	3	6	7	9	8	7	16	14	8	9	15	13	12	10	7	6	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	15	13	11	14	15	13	13	13	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	12	13	11	14	12	-	-	11	11	10	16	11	10	22	22	19	19	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	12	12	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 10					Monday 11
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	9	8	8	9	5	6	5	5	5	8	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 S	5.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy	2536	8153	5014	11482	3815	10047	1648	8567	9088	6094	6254	2800	2492	1673	7037	4386	11305	2132	1942	4992	4886	4694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:17PM 1.61							4:15AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)																						3:55PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	6	7	9	7	11	8	5	16	16	6	6	12	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	1	2	5	3	8	5	1	15	14	3	2	10	5	7	8	7	8	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.0 S	0.6 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	14	14	12	13	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	12	-	11	-	13	-	-	13	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 S	5.5 SSW	2.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	13	14	7	13	13	-	-	-	-	8	13	13	13	4	4	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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