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 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26
	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	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Fairway Reef Northland	Blowhole Bay of Plenty
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	3.5 NE	3.5 NNE
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	12	9	12	10	13	13	12	13	17	16	15	16	17	16	13	13	9	9
Energy	519	266	209	283	212	1499	1697	1041	1338	4208	3888	3779	10545	5355	4208	3096	1772	1375	1020	623	1833	4211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:19AM 3.30		12:15PM 3.33	12:27AM 2.67		2:12PM 2.67	2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78				1:00PM 1.56	12:47AM 1.43		4:36PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.44		6:11PM 0.11	7:05AM 0.60		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	2:30PM 0.20	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:23PM 0.25	10:14PM 0.58	6:51AM 0.15		6:34PM 0.16	7:42AM 0.22		9:38PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	17
High °C	15	13	14	16	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	11	16	16	16	15	18	18	15
Low °C	13	11	13	14	12	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	15	14	15	14	16	15	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	15	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	9	7	10	10	15	15	16	14	18	18	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	3.5 NE	3.5 NNE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	9	12	10	13	13	12	13	17	16	15	16	17	16	13	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	22	22	20	20	19	15	11	10	7	13	13	12	18	11	12	-	11	11	11	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NE	1.1 N	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.8 WNW	-	-	3.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	6	-	-	-	4	13	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	-	9

	Tue	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	13	11	12	11	11	10	12
Energy	503	519	562	526	266	209	209	212	313	283	240	214	212	207	1499	2490	3044	1697	1442	1259	1041	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							12:15PM 3.33				12:27AM 2.67				2:12PM 2.67				2:49AM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)					6:08AM 0.44				6:11PM 0.11				7:05AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	11	13	11	13	14	13	15	16	15	14	12	18	13	13	10	11	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	11	10	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	10	18	12	13	8	10	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	13	11	12	11	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.2 NNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	22	22	21	21	22	20	20	4	20	20	20	21	19	19	15	18	11	11	11	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 N	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	3	3	4	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	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	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	530	510	503	510	510	519	510	510	562	510	519	526	290	278	266	266	209	209	206	210	209	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			12:15PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)													6:08AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	8	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	10	10	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	13	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	20	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	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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