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

	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	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	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	9	9	7	7	5	5	5	4	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	16	17	16	16	15	12	11	17	15	14	18	17	17	16	15	14	16	14	13	15	13
Energy	731	13268	8667	6237	6490	4763	4509	3749	1046	5571	3318	5536	3119	3087	1557	1022	1226	3546	4213	3374	1154	1398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:39AM 2.63	4:08PM 2.43		3:31AM 2.06	4:56PM 2.91	1:31AM 1.46			9:57PM 2.31	10:26AM 2.41		11:48PM 2.12	7:38AM 2.96		8:01PM 2.92	8:15AM 2.57	1:34PM 2.12	10:37PM 2.11	11:55AM 2.28		9:59PM 3.68
Low Tide / height (m)	9:47PM 0.66	10:07AM 0.66		10:28PM 0.76	10:00AM 0.44		7:21PM 0.30	7:55AM 0.21			4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55			2:00PM 0.48	2:14AM 0.25				5:38AM 0.00	3:47PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-
High °C	15	13	14	10	14	14	11	12	12	13	11	11	10	13	13	13	14	11	13	8	15	13
Low °C	10	10	11	10	13	14	9	10	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	13	11	12	8	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	8	13	13	9	10	12	12	9	10	8	13	13	13	14	8	13	7	15	12
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	17	16	16	15	12	11	13	15	14	18	17	17	16	15	14	16	14	13	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.9 WSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	-	19	-	-	-	16	17	-	20	-	10	6	-	8	21	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	7	-

	Mon	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Smithfield Canterbury	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	8	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	2.1 W	4.0 S	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.9 SSE
Period(s)	18	8	16	10	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	11	16	11	13
Energy	610	731	9415	8903	13268	8310	8667	8490	9240	6237	9311	9908	6490	7254	4763	4727	3622	4509	5042	3193	3749	1307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				3:30AM 2.56				4:17PM 2.50				4:17AM 3.02							1:31AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		9:47PM 0.66				10:07AM 0.66				10:28PM 0.76				10:41AM 0.87			6:42PM 0.24			4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	8	11	10	13	14	11	10	10	14	13	13	13	14	11	10	10	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	7	10	9	13	13	9	8	9	13	12	12	12	13	10	8	8	6	8	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	2.1 W	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	18	8	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	11	11	12	11	16	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 W	0.5 SE	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	2.0 WSW	0.5 S	-	1.8 SW	-	2.0 SW	-	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	23	16	16	6	-	18	16	19	-	16	-	16	-	13	13	-	-	12	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	3.0 S	-
Period (s)	3	4	16	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	11	-	11	-

	Monday 08					Tuesday 09
	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	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	8	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	19	18	18	17	12	8	8	11	16	16	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Energy	240	610	610	577	242	731	639	4227	9415	9291	9280	8903	8993	9812	13268	8528	10499	8310	8310	13204	8667	8279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										3:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	11	10	9	8	8	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	7	7	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	13	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 W	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	17	12	8	8	11	17	17	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	19	9	9	9	17	16	16	16	23	22	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	4	5	-	16	16	10	10	10	10	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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