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

	Wed	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Beatons Southland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.2 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 N
Period(s)	13	14	17	16	13	13	15	14	14	16	15	14	13	9	10	11	10	11	13	15	14	7
Energy	7561	4530	593	1071	1648	2723	3700	3261	6940	2061	1647	1398	668	599	641	1087	720	935	550	1041	597	701
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 2.46		2:01AM 1.83		2:22PM 1.87	1:19AM 2.38		3:01PM 1.86	10:19PM 3.37	10:34AM 3.24		10:52PM 3.36	11:07AM 3.18	4:04PM 2.03		4:20AM 1.93	3:36PM 2.22		3:44AM 2.13	4:18PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	2:25AM 0.34		5:15PM 0.28	7:47PM 0.26	8:04AM 0.26		7:20PM 0.59	8:43AM 0.29			4:31AM 0.56	4:46PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.65		10:14PM 0.53	10:31AM 0.49		9:52PM 0.82	10:11AM 0.75		12:17AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	18	14	10	12	11	16	17	16	16	17	11	22	16	21	21	22	13	13	14	10
Low °C	8	9	15	12	8	11	11	12	16	14	13	16	11	21	16	19	20	21	12	13	14	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	18	13	8	12	10	15	16	16	16	17	11	22	16	21	21	22	12	12	14	9
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.2 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 WNW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	14	12	16	13	13	15	14	14	16	15	14	13	9	10	11	10	11	10	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	17	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	10	17	9	13	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.7 N
Period (s)	13	-	-	6	3	-	-	5	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	5	-	7

	Wed	Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	20	19	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	1366	1308	7686	6308	5336	4641	3406	3459	3099	1071	1225	1145	1083	1038	1997	3986	3196	3700	3601	3594	3248	8009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 2.42						12:23PM 2.42			9:13PM 3.27				9:27AM 3.25	2:04PM 2.13				1:19AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)					7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51					8:08PM 0.34				7:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	9	8	8	10	10	10	9	14	13	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	7	5	6	8	8	8	7	14	13	12	12	14	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	20	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	20	20	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1371	1371	9403	6900	7115	7561	5451	7347	7242	756	558	555	553	581	4005	3879	3496	3975	3761	3706	3406	3985
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:04AM 2.37	1:22AM 1.85											12:23PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	14	14	12	12	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	18	17	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	13	13	13	10	11	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	20	20	14	11	11	-	-	-	-	13	7	7	7	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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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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