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.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	North Broulee NSW - Far South
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	3	3	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	0.7 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	14	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	14	14	14	16	15	14	11	13	13	11	11	8	10
Energy(?)	637	363	1163	1655	863	874	993	675	676	1629	1747	1917	544	972	1303	2476	866	792	3349	2361	240	1618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.32	3:34PM 0.93			1:41PM 1.68	12:36AM 2.16	7:19AM 2.80	2:41PM 1.50	3:07AM 1.59	9:20AM 2.82		3:48AM 1.58	8:54AM 2.19		8:34PM 2.11	12:05PM 1.86	5:32PM 1.29	9:53PM 2.24	10:19AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 0.60	9:27AM 0.74		10:01PM 0.39	7:28AM 0.49					8:47PM 0.59		2:44PM 1.11	9:28PM 0.61		5:41PM 0.48	2:47AM 0.50	6:01AM 0.56			4:07AM 0.39	4:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	1	-	1
High °C	22	19	23	16	18	21	20	18	13	13	12	11	23	20	26	24	22	23	22	21	20	19
Low °C	21	12	22	15	17	20	19	17	12	13	10	10	23	19	23	22	18	23	22	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	19	23	15	18	21	20	18	12	11	11	11	23	20	26	24	22	23	22	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	7:59	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:38	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 NNE	2.0 WSW	1.7 NW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	14	14	14	16	15	14	8	13	13	8	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 N	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	12	14	-	11	9	9	15	14	16	-	9	8	10	10	11	12	10	9	-	9	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	0.8 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	3.5 S	-	1.1 SSE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	8	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	8	10

	Sunday 11				Monday 12							Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	4PM	7PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.4 W	1.9 SW	2.3 W	2.5 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	8	8	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	11	10	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	658	730	80	381	596	1760	1954	1948	1134	1665	1432	1067	1104	1061	1018	1137	1062	1045	1465	663	616	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:45PM 2.15							11:10AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)				9:17PM 0.31		6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50								8:37PM 0.29	12:45AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	21	23	24	19	13	12	13	23	15	13	14	13	12	19	15	22	16	20	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	23	24	19	12	11	11	23	14	12	14	13	11	19	15	22	16	20	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	8	9	7	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	11	8	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.2 E	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	12	15	-	10	11	8	8	10	10	13	9	10	14	11	11	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	2.3 W	2.5 NE	-	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	8	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	7	-	-	6

	Sunday 11										Monday 12
	2PM	3PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	2.0 S	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	0.2 SSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.5 NE	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	-	-	7	6	6	14	13	11	13	12	12	10	13	11	13	11	6	12	12	11
Energy(?)	742	658	0	0	580	134	134	1052	975	22	25	3644	2024	18	1631	4461	983	3652	30	1548	1381	2403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:35PM 1.44	2:43PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)						6:11PM 0.35						12:06AM 1.32							7:27AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	27	22	21	21	12	19	19	19	15	19	18	19	10	19	9	20	21	22	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	27	22	21	21	9	19	18	18	13	18	16	18	7	19	6	20	21	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 NE	0.1 N	0.9 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 NE	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	6	10	8	6	6	14	13	11	13	12	11	10	13	10	13	11	6	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	13	8	8	12	11	13	15	-	-	13	-	12	10	-	8	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 NE	2.0 S	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.6 SW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 NW	-	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	5	5	9	-	8	8	12	12	7	-	11	-	11	4	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of New Zealand where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None