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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
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

	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	6	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.0 NW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	16	16	13	14	13	13	13	12	8	11	14	12	13	12	13	17	16	14	16	16	15	13
Energy	516	554	547	519	266	208	283	5420	594	1660	1326	1795	3359	4384	4405	6802	5488	3989	3162	2018	1544	1179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26	12:19AM 3.30		12:01PM 2.87	12:27AM 2.67		1:57PM 2.88	2:49AM 3.17	7:26AM 2.32			5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:55PM 1.46		1:00PM 1.56	12:47AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 0.07		6:08PM 0.40	6:08AM 0.44		6:11PM 0.11	8:42AM 0.39		8:34PM 0.96		12:06PM 0.40	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:23PM 0.25		6:51AM 0.15		6:34PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	2	17	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	10	14	13	16	16	14	15	14	9	11	10	11	11	9	9	9	13	16	17	16
Low °C	9	13	9	13	11	15	15	13	15	14	8	10	9	11	9	7	6	7	12	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	14	8	14	12	16	16	14	15	13	9	9	8	9	8	6	9	9	12	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.0 NW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	13	14	13	13	13	12	8	11	14	12	13	12	21	13	16	14	16	16	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	22	22	20	20	18	12	12	7	-	13	12	-	17	-	13	13	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	0.9 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	13	-	-	-	5	-	4	12

	Mon	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	4.0 NW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	14	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	8	12	13
Energy	677	516	503	575	554	519	547	530	547	519	562	298	266	261	208	205	313	283	1069	465	5420	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:50PM 3.08				11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26								12:01PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	7:12PM 0.16			5:15AM 0.07									6:08AM 0.44				6:11PM 0.11				8:42AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	12	13	14	9	10	12	14	11	10	11	13	16	15	16	15	16	12	14	18
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	12	13	14	7	8	12	14	10	9	10	12	16	15	16	15	15	11	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	4.0 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	8	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	20	22	22	21	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	18	15	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	3

	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13
Energy	790	788	677	526	603	516	509	509	503	509	1085	575	568	552	554	546	532	519	505	556	547	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:50PM 3.08												11:20AM 3.17		1:55PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		7:12PM 0.16										5:15AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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