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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	9	5	9	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 E	3.0 ESE	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	8	13	8	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	9846	3561	2964	7789	8227	6860	4433	3288	1779	1581	1234	350	343	1947	819	1299	1217	1699	497	1028	989	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 1.64	1:26AM 1.77		1:39PM 1.73	3:18AM 1.79	11:10AM 1.94		12:13AM 2.01	9:58AM 3.54		10:23PM 3.48	10:35AM 3.69		10:15PM 2.39	11:17AM 3.05		10:54PM 2.46	11:30AM 2.56		12:14AM 3.69	12:30PM 3.68
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.37	7:30AM 0.38		9:07PM 0.29	5:03AM 0.44	6:02PM 0.20			4:13PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.24	4:07PM 0.05		5:08AM -0.01	4:45PM -0.03		5:26AM 0.19	6:08PM 0.14		6:27AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	13	19	19	18	19	19	17	19	12	16	23	17	11	13	13	11	18	15	18	20
Low °C	13	14	13	18	18	17	17	19	15	17	11	15	18	17	10	12	13	10	18	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	19	19	18	19	19	17	19	10	16	23	15	10	12	12	9	18	14	17	20
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 E	3.0 ESE	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	8	13	8	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.3 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	20	18	18	-	17	12	18	14	10	8	-	-	-	6	-	7	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	1.7 SW	-	0.2 SSW	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	9846	11086	12496	11380	10646	3285	5640	11660	9850	8227	8762	8562	7763	6860	5537	3130	4123	3483	3473	3297	2474	2106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 1.64										9:06PM 3.09				8:37AM 2.19				9:46PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)					7:03PM 0.37			5:03AM 0.54			2:59PM 0.76				2:19AM 0.40				3:17PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	19	19	19	16	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15																Monday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	8873	9846	9846	9981	10588	3011	5097	14795	4992	2215	2532	2368	2368	2543	2145	1888	2078	2078	2152	2584	2542	2542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:35AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	16	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	18	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	14	17	17	17	10	20	20	20	19	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	-	-	20	13	13	13	13	12	14	19	19	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	1.9 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	-	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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