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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	Sat		Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Herbertville Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Whangamata Estuary Coromandel	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.4 S	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	2.4 N	2.3 NE	3.0 N	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.1 NE	2.3 NNE	2.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	2.1 W	1.9 NW	2.2 W	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	12	12	10	8	7	10	8	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	11	13	8	9	9	10	9	10
Energy	1062	553	1663	375	550	1264	1358	1796	9829	8659	5004	3018	1036	1045	1126	625	731	969	589	1410	1300	1032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 1.33		10:36AM 3.13	4:07PM 1.79		11:38AM 2.04	4:50PM 1.79	11:32PM 2.55	8:41AM 1.81		8:22PM 1.69	8:09AM 1.44		9:03PM 2.04	8:52AM 0.99	3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:55PM 2.31	12:57AM 2.31		1:47PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 0.47	4:28AM 1.04		11:54PM 0.28	5:28AM 0.49				2:08PM 0.27	2:36AM 0.38		2:10PM 0.26				7:15PM 1.11	6:32AM 0.52		6:42PM 0.49	8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	27	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	5	8	11	1
High °C	16	13	13	16	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	19	20	14	11	14	12	19	15	16	13	15
Low °C	13	11	13	15	13	15	14	15	17	16	13	16	15	13	11	13	11	17	13	15	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	12	11	15	14	15	14	15	17	16	16	19	20	13	11	13	11	19	14	15	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.4 S	3.0 NNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.4 N	2.1 NE	3.0 N	4.5 NNE	4.0 NE	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.1 NE	2.3 NNE	2.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	2.1 W	1.9 NW	2.2 W	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	7	10	8	10	10	10	12	11	11	10	11	13	8	9	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.8 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.0 E	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	5	11	12	9	10	10	12	9	-	-	-	10	14	13	11	7	10	14	13	13	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	-	2.3 NE	-	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	8	7	-	8	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	4.0 N	4.5 NNE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	8	9	10	10	8	8	10	7	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	11
Energy	1062	751	648	553	545	967	1663	1436	375	520	1962	550	1932	1062	1264	1899	1358	1514	1705	1796	2831	8839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 1.65						10:15AM 2.78		4:07PM 1.79				4:24AM 1.65		10:53AM 2.78				11:32PM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 0.47		4:28AM 1.04						11:54PM 0.28						5:04PM 0.47				3:09AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	17	-	6	-	4	10	-	13	6	4	9	2
Temp. °C	16	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	16	15	16	14	17	16	16	16	15	17	16	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	11	12	11	11	13	15	13	15	13	17	15	15	16	14	17	16	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NNW	1.3 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	4.0 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	9	10	10	12	12	10	7	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	5	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	9	9	13	10	12	14	10	12	12	10	10	9	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	-	1.9 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	4.0 N	4.5 NNE
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	2	-	-	-	8	8	-	7	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	10	11

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	1011	1100	1062	863	861	751	751	749	648	648	646	553	553	546	545	624	813	967	1201	1340	1663	2000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						5:13PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)												11:28PM 0.47					4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	14	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	5	5	5	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-

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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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