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

	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	2.3 E	1.8 ENE	4.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.0 WSW	2.5 S	0.5 N	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 E	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	11	10	12	9	14	13	12	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	9	12	13	9	12
Energy(?)	321	1087	544	4043	2103	1182	2156	141	1701	948	1144	2645	910	821	799	1427	1179	585	789	1567	673	1606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 2.04	11:43AM 3.05	1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21	11:30AM 3.38		8:46PM 1.75	9:49AM 1.75		9:41PM 1.87	10:12AM 2.15	3:17PM 2.24	10:17PM 2.11	10:46AM 2.07		11:08PM 2.10	4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00	10:54PM 1.58	11:44AM 1.94		3:33AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 0.11		7:24PM 0.02	5:22AM 0.00	6:15PM 0.23	2:58AM 0.14		4:02PM 0.06	3:54AM 0.13	4:08AM 0.12			4:41AM 0.38	5:05PM 0.30		10:48AM 0.26			5:33AM 0.51	6:12PM 0.08	9:08PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	22	18	20	15	16	20	17	18	20	14	19	19	20	17	20	24	15	11	24	22
Low °C	15	18	21	17	18	14	13	18	16	17	18	13	18	17	19	16	18	24	14	9	23	18
Chill °C (?)	15	18	22	17	20	15	15	20	16	18	20	14	19	19	20	17	20	24	15	9	24	22
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:29	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 N	2.2 SE	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 E	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.3 E
Period (s)	13	8	9	16	10	12	9	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	9	12	13	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	2.2 E	-	1.4 E	0.5 N	-	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 E	0.5 NE
Period (s)	18	15	16	16	10	-	10	14	-	14	6	18	21	18	18	12	11	13	14	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.3 E	-	4.0 ESE	2.4 S	-	2.5 S	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	-	11	8	-	9	-	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	3.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 WSW	2.2 E	1.9 E	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	9	9	13	13	10	9	9	13
Energy(?)	1013	514	848	734	507	510	2668	1367	1421	1430	1735	1341	2103	1540	2405	2137	1245	1207	1022	1661	1695	1161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 2.88				11:17AM 3.26			8:40PM 1.65				8:18AM 2.10								8:30AM 1.61	11:30AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)							1:54PM 0.19				2:35AM 0.19				2:46PM 0.35		8:04PM 0.01		1:36AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	8	7	17	20	18	21	18	16	19	10	18	20	20	19	13	12	11	14	17	20
Chill °C (?)	15	16	7	6	17	20	18	21	18	16	19	9	18	20	20	19	13	12	10	13	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	3.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 WSW	2.2 SE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	1.9 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SW
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	9	13	13	10	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.3 NNE	-	2.2 E	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.4 E	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 N
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	19	5	16	16	16	16	17	-	10	10	9	10	-	-	13	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	2.4 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	-	0.7 S	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	-	-	6	9	9	6

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.3 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	13	13	7	7	7	7	8	11	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	11	13
Energy(?)	1004	568	926	960	317	624	198	117	117	118	249	734	639	806	1070	1070	629	629	120	640	2599	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)													7:36AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)							1:23AM 0.24															4:30PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	15	16	10	10	15	17	17	15	15	15	18	7	18	18	17	18	11	11	19	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	10	14	16	17	15	15	15	17	6	17	17	16	17	10	10	19	17	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	9	10	10	13	13	7	7	7	7	8	11	15	17	17	17	11	11	6	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	17	13	12	12	18	19	17	17	17	17	15	10	18	10	10	10	9	9	6	11	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.9 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	6	5

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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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