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

	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	10	12	13	13	14	16	16	17	18	18	14	12	11	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	15
Energy	1780	1095	1754	2969	3550	5045	7760	5089	3064	3123	2681	1817	3396	1209	1707	1315	1089	1495	1148	3840	1171	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 3.17				8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78	4:24PM 2.51	11:55PM 1.46		12:22PM 1.62	10:37PM 1.78	8:25AM 1.86		12:42AM 1.72			9:38PM 1.88	11:09AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44		2:41PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28				6:51AM 0.15				3:40PM 0.39	6:35PM 0.32	7:00AM 0.29	3:29PM 0.43		4:50AM 0.39	1:31PM 0.41	9:10PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	4	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	11	11	12	9	9	17	11	13	16	11	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	19	18
Low °C	14	14	9	9	11	10	7	7	16	10	13	12	9	10	12	10	12	14	11	11	19	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	10	9	11	7	9	17	9	12	16	10	11	11	11	13	13	10	11	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	-	15	16	16	17	18	18	14	12	11	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	7	13	-	6	-	11	9	10	10	10	12	16	11	10	11	-	15	12	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 NE	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	-	5	10	-	7	-	-	-	3

	Thu	Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	2044	1780	1482	1283	1095	1054	1754	3873	2979	2969	3045	4519	3550	6328	5045	6140	7138	7760	6647	5534	5089	3184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				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					2:41PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	8	5	2	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	10	9	9	8	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	7	9	7	7	7	8	10	9	9	11	8	7	7	6	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	-	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	10	13	11	11	13	-	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	10	14	7	14	-	13	13	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	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 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	3026	4777	2044	1936	1970	1780	1731	1598	1482	1390	1350	1283	1291	1149	1095	1011	1054	1054	1054	1865	1754	1660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:49AM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.96													9:11AM 0.93			12:06PM 0.40	1:22PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	7	8	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.0 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	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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