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

	Sat	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Long Point Catlins	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Spirits Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 E	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	15	9	10	9	8	8	9	10	11	15	13	14	16	15	13	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2008	882	711	1133	1229	1063	1824	1046	1662	1358	877	1434	782	1382	5287	745	1189	1475	1516	600	974	986
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 2.03		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		2:04PM 2.58	2:20AM 2.89		2:40PM 2.44	2:05AM 2.66		2:08PM 2.09	2:39AM 2.11		2:46PM 1.84		5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51				7:34PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.34		9:13PM 0.42	9:25AM 0.39		8:16PM 0.97	8:36AM 0.57		7:55PM 0.65	8:19AM 0.95		8:24PM 0.65	9:16AM 1.21		11:19PM 0.76	12:03PM 0.77		12:24AM 0.73	7:37AM 0.74	1:19PM 0.74	1:49AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	9	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	18	18	17	19	17	17	21	16	17	20	19	18	14	13	15	20	18	16	16	19	17
Low °C	10	15	17	17	19	16	14	21	15	16	18	19	17	13	13	14	16	17	14	15	19	16
Chill °C (?)	11	18	18	16	18	17	17	21	14	17	20	19	17	12	11	14	20	18	16	15	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 E	0.6 NE	1.7 E
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	15	9	10	9	14	8	9	10	11	10	13	7	7	15	13	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 N	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 N	1.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.4 NW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	13	5	5	16	-	12	12	9	11	12	9	13	11	15	-	14	16	14	7	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	1.4 S	2.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	3	5	13	-	-	6	-	7	10	-

	Sat	Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.3 N	1.9 ENE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3058	3642	3366	3768	1127	1336	1070	1614	1091	1213	1170	1694	1402	529	1163	1446	1223	1824	1134	1040	1437	1478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05			12:51AM 2.97									2:45AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36			6:51AM 0.36					8:51PM 0.51			4:20AM 0.61	9:08AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	10	19	20	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	16	17	17	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	8	8	19	20	17	17	17	16	16	17	19	18	16	17	17	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 NNE	2.3 N	1.3 E	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	-	-	1.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	6	3	10	9	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 04				Sunday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	14	15	11	10	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	14
Energy(?)	2121	3600	3058	3424	1985	543	445	836	533	341	267	419	376	276	242	2858	2906	2715	1075	101	2422	2308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:12AM 3.12												1:56PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)												6:16AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2	2
High °C	12	11	12	11	11	15	14	16	17	15	17	17	17	15	18	13	13	13	12	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	10	14	13	16	16	14	17	17	17	14	18	12	12	12	11	18	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	15	11	10	13	10	12	11	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	14	13	5	13	10	4	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	4	5	3	3	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	6	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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