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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Awana Great Barrier Island	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Hawai River East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	4	7	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.2 E	2.0 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 N	3.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.0 E	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.6 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	3.5 NNE	1.6 ENE	3.5 NNE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	10	10	9	10	9	13	11	14	14	14	15	15	15	10	13	14	15	9	15	12	12
Energy(?)	1425	355	1026	1907	1657	2872	102	1150	1136	1265	1469	1999	1378	1795	1401	500	1555	5039	374	5433	7027	6722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 2.37	12:04PM 3.12	12:12AM 2.39		2:22PM 1.72	9:49PM 1.82				3:27AM 1.61	12:26PM 1.65	1:07AM 1.71		5:23PM 1.51	1:12AM 1.93	3:48AM 2.45		12:07AM 1.40	10:48AM 1.47	3:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			6:05PM 0.36	6:26AM 0.91			8:52AM 0.64	4:21PM 0.30	9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		6:42PM 0.50	7:10AM 0.65		6:46PM 0.71	10:16AM 1.11	5:43PM 0.41		4:40AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	7	43	25
High °C	21	18	17	21	18	15	18	21	18	18	20	19	20	20	17	21	20	19	19	21	18	18
Low °C	18	17	15	21	15	14	14	20	16	18	19	15	19	19	17	17	19	18	14	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	18	16	21	18	13	18	21	18	18	20	19	20	20	17	21	20	19	19	21	18	18
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.3 SSE	2.0 NNE	0.1 W	2.5 N	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	3.5 NNE	1.6 ENE	3.5 NNE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE
Period (s)	15	12	10	13	10	9	9	11	9	10	14	15	15	15	10	13	14	15	9	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.2 NNW	1.5 E	1.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	12	-	14	15	13	7	14	14	10	11	14	11	14	12	13	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.2 E	-	3.5 NE	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	10	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NNE	1.8 E	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 NNE	2.2 E	2.0 N	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	1.4 NNE	1.4 N	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	7	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1425	529	1156	1071	1071	1028	1226	582	1420	1652	1367	1212	1382	1565	1718	1270	1156	1130	1171	1402	1301	1335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						9:07PM 1.86	1:55AM 1.79											9:26AM 1.31				11:35PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)					7:51PM 0.51			3:22AM 0.25	8:08AM 0.55			5:13PM 0.33							1:25PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	7	1	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	19	16	16	16	14	17	18	21	19	20	14	20	16	16	21	18	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	18	15	15	15	14	17	18	21	19	20	13	20	16	16	21	18	20	18	19
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 NNE	1.3 E	2.2 NNE	1.5 E	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.2 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 NNE	2.2 E	1.8 NNE	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	7	10	10	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	1.9 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.1 SW	1.8 NNE	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 NNE	1.4 N	1.3 N
Period (s)	8	-	7	8	12	13	12	10	12	14	9	8	8	13	8	-	9	10	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 NE	-	1.9 ENE	-	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 N	2.0 N	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	8	3	-	10	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Monday 06																	Tuesday 07
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.1 E	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 NNE	3.0 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	12	10	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	6	10	6	12	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1500	672	1425	1413	982	748	985	235	1003	1007	855	876	1077	1107	1098	14	95	219	112	1912	1270	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											4:34PM 0.25			7:51PM 0.51					12:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	17	15	18	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	19	18	18	16	18	15	13	15	13	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	14	12	14	11	18	17	16
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 NNE	1.1 E	1.6 NNE	0.2 S	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.1 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 N
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	9	10	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	9	15	6	10	10	12	13	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	12	13	12	6	12	12	14	14	11	12	15	4	5	9	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 NNE	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	-	1.1 E	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	4	3	3	10	-	10	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	5	6	6	9	8	8

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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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