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

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Maori Bay Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tathra NSW - Far South	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	9	9	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 NE	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	17	16	13	17	16	16	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	14	13	9	14
Energy	8272	9151	7223	4316	3148	1169	1605	1618	1124	1145	1018	1225	1371	1419	1018	503	1058	509	508	1159	1366	531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.76		11:59PM 1.72			7:39PM 2.81	3:10AM 1.42	4:15PM 1.49		4:37AM 1.52		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		10:41PM 3.34	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:56PM 3.45		1:55PM 2.26	10:15PM 1.67	11:56AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 0.24		9:07AM 0.19	1:19PM 0.22	1:45AM 0.30	9:25AM 0.12		10:40PM 0.19	10:54AM 0.07	2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04			6:06AM -0.01			5:53AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	14	16	13	10	13	13	12	17	11	12	15	14	13	8	9	10	13	16	15
Low °C	11	10	8	13	16	11	9	12	12	12	15	10	10	14	12	12	8	7	8	12	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	12	16	13	8	11	12	10	16	10	11	14	13	13	8	8	8	12	16	14
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.6 E	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.8 W	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	17	16	13	17	16	16	16	14	11	13	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	14	10	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 W	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	19	11	10	9	-	-	9	10	11	11	22	12	12	-	-	21	6	-	-	13	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	6	3	5	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Wednesday 13					Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	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
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 S	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	13	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	16	15	14	14
Energy	8272	8846	9151	9157	8279	7223	6284	5462	4316	5194	3148	3116	3039	1169	2895	2432	1605	1594	1618	1526	1405	1124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 1.76				11:59PM 1.72							7:32PM 2.48							4:29PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				5:45PM 0.23							1:19PM 0.22				1:47AM 0.50							10:40PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	11	11	9	8	8	13	16	16	15	15	13	15	14	9	15	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	9	9	7	6	6	11	15	16	14	14	13	14	13	8	14	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.8 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	18	17	12	16	16	16	15	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	16	10	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	19	11	11	17	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	17	16	16	16	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	15	14	-

	Wednesday 13																	Thursday 14
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	13844	13429	8272	8272	8846	8846	9318	9672	9151	8547	7166	9157	8495	8476	8279	12001	11721	7223	6970	6721	6284	6065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:17AM 1.76												11:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)												5:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	9	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	7	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

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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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