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

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Beatons Southland	Three Points East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	8	5	6	9	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	4.0 S	0.7 NNE	3.5 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	9	12	11	12	11	20	11	10	11	18	9	13	14	15	12	13	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	1029	673	565	811	1185	1923	926	624	3736	136	4557	1092	449	762	696	911	2188	3059	3207	4853	4096	2218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:22PM 3.33	4:15AM 2.11		12:46AM 2.16	12:58PM 2.24	3:28PM 2.02	11:54PM 2.91		1:39PM 2.25		4:51AM 1.88		7:11PM 1.63	7:35AM 1.65		7:50PM 1.89	6:36AM 1.65	6:18PM 1.80	3:51AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 0.32	3:34AM 0.54	10:31AM 0.15	5:45PM 0.28		6:52AM 0.17			7:32AM 0.12		10:21PM 0.07	11:02AM 0.15	6:09PM 0.04	1:27AM 0.15			2:07AM 0.26	12:52PM 0.29		9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	21	11	14	11	14	10	10	13	13	18	18	16	19	20	17	22	24	19	15	17	12	22
Low °C	19	11	9	10	12	7	9	13	12	15	17	14	15	20	16	16	23	15	14	15	10	20
Chill °C (?)	21	8	12	11	12	7	9	12	10	18	18	16	19	20	17	22	24	19	15	17	10	22
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	-	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SE	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.3 W	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	-	9	12	11	12	11	10	11	12	11	18	9	9	14	10	12	-	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	0.7 NNE	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	-	11	-	13	11	11	20	15	10	11	11	9	13	9	15	14	-	9	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	-	-	4.0 S	-	3.5 SSE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 N	1.6 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	2	-	-	3	12	13	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01					Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	11	12	11	20	18	18
Energy(?)	1037	831	814	891	2066	1624	1256	3357	689	683	648	2537	1597	1092	3238	3131	1179	1378	710	1431	1160	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 2.33					12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18				10:22PM 3.02		5:09AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			3:12PM 0.65										9:08PM 0.03					11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	20	8	13	10	9	8	12	11	12	10	9	12	9	9	8	13	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	6	11	8	7	5	12	11	11	8	8	10	6	6	8	12	9	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.4 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	12	11	10	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	-	13	12	10	11	-	12	10	-	-	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	20	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	12	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 01																Monday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 E	4.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	7	6	6	13	10	10	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1113	1053	1029	205	545	606	606	2868	633	830	1013	5100	2667	395	242	242	5363	1887	13	8865	1402	1297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:55AM 2.47																		2:26AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)											5:46PM 0.14				10:00PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	13	15	11	11	11	16	11	11	10	9	16	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	12	14	8	8	8	14	8	8	7	6	14	6	5	6	7	4	6	7	7
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	5	6	6	12	12	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	6	7	4	16	-	-	11	15	-	-	-	12	13	10	10	10	10	12	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 S	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	7	2	2	13	10	13	13	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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