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

	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	9	9	6	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 W	0.6 S	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 E	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	9	14	16	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	7	11	10	11	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	659	845	908	1034	21329	12496	2159	7789	8762	6713	4216	3483	1779	1875	664	132	575	573	527	1825	1211	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 1.73		2:30PM 1.22			2:11PM 1.63	2:35AM 1.74	7:08AM 1.47		10:20PM 2.97	9:41AM 2.96	2:32PM 1.72	10:59PM 3.13		2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98	12:46AM 2.10	4:02AM 1.99		11:36PM 3.70
Low Tide / height (m)		8:26AM 0.33		9:24PM 0.54	7:05AM 0.43		8:21PM 0.36	1:47PM 0.18	4:09PM 0.91					8:48AM 0.20		9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14			10:11AM 0.11	5:28PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	11	16	16	14	13	14	18	19	19	19	19	20	17	20	12	13	18	11	10	19	14	12
Low °C	9	11	15	13	13	14	17	18	19	18	18	19	16	17	12	10	16	11	6	18	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	16	15	14	11	12	17	19	19	19	19	20	17	20	9	11	18	9	10	18	13	11
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.5 ENE	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 E	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	7	9	9	15	16	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	-	7	10	11	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 N	-	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	19	-	-	20	18	18	-	17	-	11	16	9	8	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	14	10	13	10	10	9	9	10	14	12	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	18	18
Energy(?)	1111	1388	1252	1090	1062	710	601	673	1139	1034	1331	1675	1577	11796	12496	11663	10182	8408	5640	6765	7789	8863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 1.32				1:27PM 1.58		8:44PM 2.63				9:11AM 2.74		1:01PM 1.64						8:41AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	8:20PM 0.80										1:53AM 0.90						7:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	12	16	17	21	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	12	12	12	13	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	11	16	17	21	13	14	13	11	14	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	8	14	14	8	13	10	10	10	9	9	10	14	12	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 E	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	14	9	9	9	10	8	8	21	9	19	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	10	2	4	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13				Saturday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 S	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SE	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	13	14	14	14	10	6	7	12	13	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	7	7
Energy(?)	1004	2340	1434	1252	659	702	701	2962	435	359	450	556	394	1410	1580	1552	1768	1922	1627	2307	617	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:06AM 1.63											12:18PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												6:21AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	19	11	12	12	21	13	13	16	9	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	19	10	10	10	21	12	12	14	7	11	9	9	11	11	12	13	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 NE	1.1 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 N	0.9 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	14	9	9	10	11	10	12	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 E	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.7 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	9	14	14	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	22	9	24	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	7	7

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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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