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

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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	19	11	10	12	13	13	13	16	16	14	16	17	14	14	11	15	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy	237	1780	1040	1754	2946	3798	6276	7664	5355	3620	3212	2303	1791	1255	1171	1531	3603	1156	1019	1001	1108	2746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:49AM 3.17				8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78				12:22PM 1.62	1:24AM 1.61	8:25AM 1.86		9:59PM 2.00		1:08PM 1.74		7:12AM 2.26	12:38PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30	10:14PM 0.58	6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24		4:51PM 0.37		7:00AM 0.29		9:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	26	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	14	11	11	11	12	9	9	9	16	13	16	11	12	12	11	12	15	14	18	12
Low °C	16	13	14	9	9	10	11	7	7	9	16	11	12	10	10	11	9	11	14	12	15	11
Chill °C (?)	18	13	14	9	10	8	11	7	9	9	15	12	16	9	11	11	10	11	15	14	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	10	12	12	-	14	16	16	14	16	17	14	14	11	15	14	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	-	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	19	12	10	7	13	-	6	-	11	15	-	10	10	10	16	5	10	11	11	10	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	-	1.1 SE	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	10	4	-	-	4	-	-

	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	19	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16
Energy	237	663	2044	1780	1405	1325	1040	1054	1754	1491	3570	2946	4148	4564	3798	3515	6276	6307	7138	7664	6647	5809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					2:49AM 3.17									5:10AM 1.93	8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.96						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	12	8	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	14	14	14	13	14	9	11	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	18	14	13	13	14	13	14	7	9	6	7	8	10	9	8	9	11	8	7	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	12	10	13	-	13	14	14	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	19	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	7	7	-	13	13	12	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s)	13	19	19	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	205	238	237	5075	3352	663	3073	2791	2044	2018	1877	1780	1645	1598	1405	1390	1324	1325	1325	1040	1040	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:02PM 1.97											2:49AM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)									8:34PM 0.96													9:11AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
High °C	19	19	18	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	19	19	19	17	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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