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 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	New Chums Coromandel	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	8	5	4	4	4	3	7	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 NNW	2.1 SW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	4.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	14	6	8	11	13	12	12	11	11	15	12	13	10
Energy(?)	3611	1325	1734	5621	3742	1993	1501	902	767	479	181	738	5397	5944	2400	1786	838	1021	228	4663	453	2686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 1.58	5:01AM 1.75		7:58PM 2.17	8:40AM 2.21	12:43PM 1.75	6:32PM 1.81	7:12AM 1.81		7:13PM 2.61	9:31AM 1.88		12:20AM 1.86	11:30AM 2.31		11:48PM 2.35	9:43AM 3.07		11:12PM 2.07	7:42AM 1.45	2:08PM 1.94	2:53AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 0.69		2:18AM 0.59			12:55AM 0.58		1:29PM 0.63	1:28AM 0.63	3:11AM 0.36	3:42PM 0.46	6:07PM 0.28	5:21AM 0.39	4:29PM 0.36		3:32AM 0.85	2:38PM 0.58		1:45PM 0.27		8:47PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	12	11	12	15	15	17	15	18	15	8	11	11	10	8	11	15	9	12	13	11
Low °C	8	9	12	9	9	14	15	16	12	17	15	6	10	8	10	6	7	13	7	9	11	9
Chill °C (?)	5	9	10	8	10	14	14	16	13	18	13	4	8	10	9	6	8	15	5	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	2.2 W	0.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 NE	1.1 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 S	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	-	1.1 SW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	13	13	22	13	13	14	13	9	14	10	12	16	13	12	12	11	11	15	-	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	22	9	17	-	10	11	10	-	-	10	-	18	18	9	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	2.1 SW	0.4 NE	1.5 NNW	2.1 SW	4.0 W	1.5 SSE	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.3 NNE	4.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	-	-	3	3	9	4	6	8	11	7	-	-	4	-	3	12	-	-

	Sun	Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Three Points East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 S	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	8342	3352	3438	3370	4731	1091	1181	1181	1145	1514	7500	7034	3541	3663	3264	3943	1841	2400	3137	1060	2908	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:28AM 2.24	11:42AM 1.80		5:09PM 1.82									6:22PM 2.78			3:38AM 1.10		11:28AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		10:36PM 0.60								10:55PM 0.74	12:49AM 0.47				1:35PM 0.63			11:25PM 1.19	2:06AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	4	-	1	5
Temp. °C	9	8	9	8	9	14	11	11	10	11	9	9	12	12	17	15	13	14	13	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	5	6	14	11	11	10	11	7	7	10	10	17	15	12	13	12	14	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	-	3.0 W	2.2 S	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	-	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	14	13	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	14	18	18	16	16	-	16	20	10	18	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	-	-	3.0 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	0.1 E	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	13	13

	Sunday 14					Monday 15
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Three Points East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 S	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2379	6414	5735	3611	3611	3655	1726	1579	1579	2359	618	3370	2410	3055	4731	4705	1793	4166	5589	2355	2387	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:17PM 1.74				3:54AM 2.56		5:59AM 1.84		7:28AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:36AM 1.24		12:08PM 0.61			3:21PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	8	10	8	9	11	11	15	13	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	5	5	7	8	8	8	10	4	5	7	5	6	8	11	14	11	17	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 N	3.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	3.5 S	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	13	11	-	-	12	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	3.0 W	1.4 WNW	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	-	4.0 W	-	1.3 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	2	13	6	-	13	13	-	-	12	-	6	3

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