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 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	13	14	11	12	10	11	11	11
Energy	3315	1599	1768	1326	1033	1085	1225	1367	1210	1025	524	1315	523	554	924	603	1266	1016	519	621	661	619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:10AM 1.42	4:15PM 1.49		8:36AM 2.68		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		9:55PM 3.04	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26	11:48PM 3.28		4:17PM 2.48		4:38AM 2.39	5:16PM 2.38	6:34PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27AM 0.41	9:25AM 0.12		10:40PM 0.19		2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04			5:15AM 0.07			8:34AM 0.04		9:02PM 0.31	11:04AM 0.34		12:58AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
High °C	17	11	12	13	15	17	11	12	16	14	12	9	10	13	12	11	11	13	12	15	16	11
Low °C	16	9	12	12	14	15	10	10	14	12	11	9	8	11	12	10	9	13	11	14	15	9
Chill °C (?)	16	10	10	12	14	17	11	12	15	13	12	9	8	13	12	11	9	12	10	13	15	9
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.9 S	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	13	14	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	10	11	24	22	12	5	7	4	4	-	-	-	21	21	18	12	11	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	14	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3

	Thu	Friday 15								Saturday 16								Sunday 17
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	16	16	13	15	16	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17
Energy	3039	3315	1046	2233	1599	1594	1768	3284	1296	1326	1252	1031	1033	2460	1085	2136	1039	1225	1230	1087	1367	1609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 2.48		2:55AM 1.64					4:29PM 1.53				4:49AM 1.57	8:36AM 2.68	11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03				9:24AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)										10:40PM 0.19					2:55PM -0.03	5:30PM 0.12				3:35AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	9	15	9	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	7	17	8	11	11	11	9	10	15
Chill °C (?)	13	15	9	14	8	14	10	12	12	10	10	10	13	6	17	7	11	10	10	7	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 S	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	13	15	16	14	16	15	14	11	11	13	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	9	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	24	-	22	-	12	12	-	12	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	14	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7

	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	15
Energy	3077	3039	3039	3499	3304	3315	3274	3076	1046	2557	2490	2233	2203	1313	1599	1594	1594	1594	1572	1673	1768	1704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:32PM 2.48							2:55AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)								1:27AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	9	15	15	15	15	9	9	13	14	15	15	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	9	14	14	14	14	8	8	12	13	14	14	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

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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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