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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	The Box Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	The Box Northland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	9	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.4 E	1.6 WSW	2.5 E	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 NNW	2.3 N	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	15	14	10	10	10	11	14	13	15	14	9	9	15	15	14	13	12	16	16	15	16
Energy	1159	1526	822	844	1207	743	1567	1226	742	1292	1365	667	1536	809	1043	696	983	1019	1438	1832	13124	1611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:17PM 3.04	10:19AM 2.78		10:37PM 3.46	11:05AM 2.86		11:11PM 2.47	11:25AM 2.31		11:54PM 2.69			11:01PM 1.42	11:59AM 0.93		12:09AM 1.33		4:43PM 1.67	12:46AM 1.37	12:54PM 1.00		1:59AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 0.35	4:32PM 0.30		5:04AM 0.44	5:04PM 0.30		5:29AM 0.42	5:40PM 0.39		6:20AM 0.65	4:22PM 0.50		6:03AM 0.34	5:07PM 0.44		6:56AM 0.36			7:59AM 0.68	12:36PM 0.68	7:12PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	19
High °C	11	16	14	20	22	13	21	16	15	13	12	14	15	20	20	21	13	15	13	15	14	19
Low °C	10	16	13	18	21	13	18	15	14	9	9	13	13	19	19	21	11	14	12	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	11	16	14	20	22	13	21	15	15	12	12	12	14	20	20	21	12	15	12	15	14	19
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	0.1 S	2.4 E	1.6 WSW	2.5 E	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 NNW	2.3 N	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	12	10	10	11	14	13	15	14	9	9	15	15	10	13	12	16	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 NE	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NNE	0.1 SW	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	12	-	16	10	9	9	-	9	16	14	7	22	14	-	16	11	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.1 W	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	9

	Sat	Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.8 SW	2.2 E
Period(s)	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	10	14	11	11	14	11
Energy	1038	1079	1010	2157	1052	1505	1382	1255	1083	586	661	1836	1837	2041	1254	1302	2570	1454	1439	1117	1226	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:06PM 2.89				10:13AM 2.45				10:41PM 2.86				9:42AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)				4:16AM 0.58				4:29PM 0.24				3:50AM 0.22				3:14PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	12	16	11	16	17	15	15	13	11	19	18	21	22	21	23	11	19	18	15	21
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	15	11	15	17	14	14	13	11	19	18	21	22	21	23	10	19	18	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.8 SW	2.2 E
Period (s)	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	10	14	11	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.7 WNW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	11	11	-	-	10	14	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	3PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 ESE	1.8 E	0.3 S	2.2 E
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	10
Energy	990	870	948	2297	1067	2061	2035	2035	1880	996	962	715	644	644	1070	980	577	1068	998	627	28	957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					10:17PM 3.04																2:08PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)											4:29AM 0.38	3:12AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	17	11	15	15	15	16	12	11	19	19	19	20	20	20	13	22	21	14	22
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	17	11	14	15	15	16	12	11	19	19	19	20	20	20	13	22	21	11	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 ESE	1.8 E	0.3 S	2.2 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	5	16	16	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	14	14	15	15	14	-	-	14	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-

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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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