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

	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	8	4	9	8	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	18	14	16	14	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	576	902	4550	1565	1851	1846	1056	8332	7474	1125	714	985	647	478	596	828	802	8982	8046	6027	4423	4034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 1.95	12:15PM 2.18		3:11AM 2.06	11:31AM 3.00		1:26AM 2.19		4:27PM 1.88		6:47AM 1.71			7:25AM 1.94					3:51AM 1.97	10:31AM 1.52		11:25PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.26	6:33PM 0.05	8:53PM 0.03	5:20AM 0.16		7:15PM 0.01	10:01AM 0.12		10:38PM 0.08		1:06PM 0.14	10:45PM 0.16		1:44PM 0.22	11:47PM 0.25	9:26AM 0.26	2:49PM 0.20	9:46PM 0.33	4:25AM 0.20	5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	8	13	14	12	18	18	16	18	18	17	22	18	16	18	14	15	14	21	19
Low °C	10	10	10	6	12	13	11	16	17	14	13	18	15	18	17	14	16	12	13	11	20	17
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	7	11	12	10	18	17	16	18	18	17	22	18	15	18	12	14	14	21	19
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.1 NE	-	1.8 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	11	-	11	13	12	18	14	16	14	9	11	14	14	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.0 SW	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.3 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	11	-	-	11	10	10	11	9	10	9	12	14	10	11	9	14	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	12	12	-	12	12	-	-	5	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 S	1.4 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	20	18	11	17	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2130	1622	1256	3435	689	671	648	2537	1597	1463	3238	3238	1093	1526	2699	1413	1178	2307	1271	4955	8332	7825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18						5:09AM 1.79							1:26AM 2.19		8:06AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)									9:08PM 0.03				9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01	11:51PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	9	9	8	12	11	12	10	9	7	9	9	9	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	7	7	5	11	10	11	8	8	6	6	6	7	11	12	9	11	8	10	10	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	2.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	0.6 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	11	17	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	10	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	20	10	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.4 S	2.5 S	0.4 ENE	-	2.4 S	-	4.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	11	3	-	11	-	12	12	13

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 S	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	13	13	8	8	12	13	13	12	12	9	12	10	8	8
Energy(?)	2483	1646	1646	5530	576	1622	1467	4514	3036	3036	1002	1210	2740	5088	4933	3148	936	2436	904	55	581	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:02AM 2.10		2:26AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	10	10	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	8	11	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	7	7	6	12	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	8	10	4	10	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	3.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.1 E	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	8	13	13	10	10	10	14	14	12	11	11	12	12	9	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	15	11	11	-	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	9	12	10	-	11	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	13	13	8	8	-	13	13	-	-	9	-	8	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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