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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	7	12	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	13	14	13
Energy(?)	3561	8761	7789	8762	5473	4216	3288	1779	1581	708	466	283	812	884	840	780	1146	814	753	929	1582	1228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:26AM 1.77		2:54PM 1.69	10:55PM 1.84	11:45AM 1.98	2:18PM 1.82	9:46PM 3.30	9:58AM 3.54		10:23PM 3.48	10:35AM 3.69		10:59PM 2.71	11:14AM 2.84		11:16PM 2.51	11:30AM 2.56		12:14AM 3.69	12:33PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 0.37	8:52AM 0.37			5:41AM 0.40		3:53AM 0.41		4:13PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.24	4:07PM 0.05		5:09AM -0.01	4:45PM -0.03		5:26AM 0.19	6:10PM -0.11		6:30AM 0.00	6:51PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	15	14	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	13	10	20	21	17	17	20	16	17	19	19	21	20
Low °C	15	13	18	18	16	17	19	16	17	12	7	18	19	15	16	18	14	17	17	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	13	12	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	11	9	20	21	17	16	20	16	16	19	19	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	0.8 E	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	15	16	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	8	8	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.1 E	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	18	18	-	17	11	12	15	18	11	9	10	9	14	13	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	0.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	10	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	9	9	5	5	6	9	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	12074	11380	3613	3285	5640	11293	6196	8227	8762	8562	7763	6633	5537	3916	3490	3483	3473	3087	2053	2106	1550	1550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											9:06PM 3.09				9:23AM 2.48				9:43PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.36			5:03AM 0.54	7:30AM 0.38		2:59PM 0.76				2:19AM 0.40				3:17PM 0.42				3:52AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	19	20	19	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	11	12	11	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	19	20	19	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	13	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	18	18	18	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	9	9	5	5	6	9	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	18	14	14	13	18	18	18
Energy(?)	11513	11946	3561	3545	7771	14307	10434	2237	2237	2149	2141	2132	2032	3077	3141	2382	3674	3762	4004	7187	6997	6997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:22PM 2.89												8:41AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)							7:03PM 0.37						1:32AM 0.54	2:29AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	16	15	15	13	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	15	13	14	11	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 N	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	14	17	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	14	14	13	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	14	-	9	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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