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

	Thu	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland
Rating	4	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	399	1351	1051	4682	1603	4584	2747	2906	3206	3420	2529	1597	1700	1625	767	863	709	293	3192	1676	1157	1703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:37AM 1.70		10:55PM 1.57		4:55PM 2.37				7:04PM 1.71	4:28AM 1.85	4:55PM 1.79		8:18AM 1.53	4:10PM 2.63		6:03AM 1.64	6:48PM 1.59	8:23PM 2.00	5:41AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	2:24AM 0.23		6:30PM 0.07		9:20AM 0.26		11:17PM 0.61	9:58AM 0.37		1:22AM 0.48	10:45AM 0.51		11:06PM 0.64			10:19PM 1.27	12:31PM 0.74		2:34AM 1.00	12:08PM 1.42	4:38PM 0.61	11:10PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	21	15	17	16	14	20	10	15	21	19	15	20	21	18	20	18	19	24	24	17
Low °C	16	19	18	13	15	15	13	18	10	13	18	18	15	17	20	15	17	18	17	19	20	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	14	17	15	14	20	8	14	21	19	15	20	21	18	20	18	18	24	24	16
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	2.5 ENE	0.9 NNW	2.2 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	14	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 N
Period (s)	5	14	10	-	12	-	15	10	8	11	10	10	10	7	11	6	5	7	13	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	5	-	-	-	9	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	10	10	-	10

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	9	14	11	14	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15
Energy(?)	550	529	696	1082	1308	1597	2344	1333	2193	3205	5084	5084	5016	3606	1791	1959	3644	3371	3371	1743	3480	2667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:19PM 1.67										3:15AM 2.06				2:03PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)				4:37AM 0.06	8:43AM 0.17	10:14AM 0.41				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31			9:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	1	5	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	22	21	20	16	17	16	14	13	13	14	19	17	17	15	14	14	16	15	20
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	22	21	20	15	17	15	14	13	13	14	19	17	17	15	14	14	16	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	14	9	15	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	14	14	-	6	10	7	-	-	-	9	12	12	-	-	-	11	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	-	2.0 ENE	0.2 WNW	-	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	9	6	-	11	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05				Friday 06
	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SW	1.5 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	10	12	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	11	15	15	14
Energy(?)	621	608	676	698	394	901	904	163	697	698	641	641	721	699	301	302	761	740	1597	295	1051	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:19PM 1.67						2:35AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	24	16	16	15	17	17	18	16	17	17	19	14	15	20	20	18	17	21	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	24	15	15	14	16	17	18	15	16	16	19	14	15	20	20	18	17	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	15	10	14	14	14	15	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 E	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	5	9	9	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	8	8	14	14	14	15	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	1.5 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 NW	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	10	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	6

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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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