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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	9	6	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	13	17	15	15	7	12	12	9	13	12	12	9	10	7	13	13	13	13
Energy	791	1225	1385	990	392	444	788	812	530	4069	1040	407	1314	1514	3599	794	541	901	12021	11070	7751	3699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 0.92			5:03AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.90		5:49AM 1.79		6:42PM 1.63	7:02AM 1.51	5:55PM 2.01	2:11AM 2.11	4:56AM 1.65	2:38PM 1.94	6:52PM 1.77		2:13PM 1.17	2:50AM 1.40	3:38AM 2.11	3:30PM 1.21	3:52AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 0.32	11:01PM 0.60	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65		12:10PM 0.61	1:09AM 0.59			7:51PM 0.68	11:23AM 0.64		1:09AM 0.77	8:26AM 0.63		8:16PM 0.60	10:04AM 0.69		9:25PM 0.60	10:22AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	14	21	21	19	22	14	19	16	14	17	19	11	14	19	11	10	9	10	12
Low °C	12	14	9	12	19	21	19	19	8	13	15	13	16	16	10	12	19	6	10	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	10	13	21	21	19	22	12	19	16	13	16	19	9	12	19	7	8	6	7	12
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 NNW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	10	15	15	9	12	12	9	13	12	11	9	10	12	12	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 N	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	-	17	13	21	7	10	10	11	-	7	-	14	12	15	-	-	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.3 NE	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 SW	1.5 N	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 SSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	3	-	10	-	7	12	-	3	6	-	12	-	-	7	13	13	13	-

	Tuesday 05					Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy	1241	1136	1225	1328	1275	1337	1208	1038	1150	1142	1020	535	1014	714	1007	523	593	572	1041	689	781	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86											12:18PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51AM 0.40					11:01PM 0.60				11:41AM 0.50							5:39AM 0.57				5:28PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	19	14	18	14	21	21	21	19	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	21	14	14	12	11	9	9	10	12	16	19	14	18	14	21	21	21	19	22	21	21
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 SW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	10	10	10	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	5	11	17	10	24	10	16	16	16	22	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	5	9	-	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05																		Wednesday 06
	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	16	16	15	16	16	16
Energy	1369	1263	791	814	788	904	943	1177	1127	1161	968	538	907	485	1881	109	98	98	410	196	98	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																		10:42PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51AM 0.40				10:31AM 0.49							5:40PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	17	13	17	14	21	21	21	18	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	19	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	11	17	13	21	21	21	18	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	9	9	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	16	10	-	10	17	16	16	10	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	1.0 NE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	2	-	2	-	9	-	-	9	9	9	9

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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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