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

	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	9	6	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	20	18	17	9	9	16	13	13	19	18	17	16	15	12	16	16	14	14	16
Energy	4706	2612	5075	3159	2701	4742	515	687	741	984	1033	912	886	1215	1214	753	797	1531	2335	1728	1224	671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 2.21	11:34AM 1.66		6:43PM 2.31	7:03AM 2.63			3:41AM 1.47	4:29PM 1.53	8:19PM 2.64	8:36AM 2.68		9:23PM 3.28	9:42AM 3.26		10:10PM 3.36		1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27		1:55PM 2.26	11:37PM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)		5:24AM 0.30	5:45PM 0.23	12:52AM 0.44		1:01PM 0.39	8:58PM 0.17	9:59AM 0.13		2:33AM 0.15		4:00PM 0.03		3:35AM 0.07	4:32PM 0.31		6:44AM -0.04		7:12PM 0.16	7:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	17	14	17	10	12	14	14	15	12	10	12	15	12	10	11	9	11	13	12
Low °C	10	11	12	15	13	16	9	12	13	13	14	12	9	10	15	11	9	10	8	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	17	13	16	8	10	13	13	14	12	8	12	14	11	10	11	8	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	21	13	12	13	18	17	9	9	16	13	13	13	12	17	16	15	12	16	16	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSE	-	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	22	19	17	20	13	9	9	18	10	-	24	19	18	5	-	5	17	-	-	-	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	5	4	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	8	8	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	18	18	13	17	16	16	16	15	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	14
Energy	3695	7496	7972	8484	8270	8439	5075	7241	7052	7223	6272	5572	3508	5194	3148	3116	3499	3295	2658	2233	1620	1594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76				11:59PM 1.72			6:59AM 2.46				7:17PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				5:08AM 0.33				5:30PM 0.24							1:19PM 0.22				1:47AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	10	10	9	8	9	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	9	15
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	7	9	10	11	8	8	7	6	6	13	15	16	14	15	14	14	13	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 S	2.0 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	18	12	17	16	16	16	15	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	1.9 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	23	21	19	18	13	17	11	10	10	10	10	13	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	18	-	13	-	16	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12					Wednesday 13
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	8	8	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	2.1 SW
Period(s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	24	24	13	13	13	13
Energy	3043	8995	8456	6945	4784	7590	7533	7940	7972	7781	7856	4014	1668	2192	1457	1636	483	560	2548	2745	2911	2520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)													6:08AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)												5:38AM 0.28							12:31PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	15	16	13	15	17	17	18	19	12	17
Chill °C (?)	11	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	14	15	12	14	16	16	18	19	10	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 E	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	24	22	22	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	1.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	22	11	22	21	21	21	20	20	26	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	22	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	3.0 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	-	-	5	3	-	6	-	-	-	13	4

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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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