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

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	Tue	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	6	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	3.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	8	10	10	10	13	12	9	8	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	2123	2775	1259	1061	1523	1041	624	525	2153	1413	1285	1665	340	455	170	8984	1682	2949	2842	345	1778	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 3.47	11:26AM 1.00	1:03PM 3.22	1:35AM 3.26			2:49AM 3.09		3:17PM 2.08	2:37AM 1.41		3:59PM 1.05			1:27PM 1.41	2:06AM 1.52	4:46AM 1.33	5:42PM 1.28		3:02AM 1.49	6:21PM 1.35	12:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:03AM 0.40		7:18PM 0.75	7:42AM 0.32	3:49PM 0.07	8:22PM 0.97	9:04AM 0.55		8:02PM 0.52	9:40AM 0.24		9:34PM 0.60	7:18AM 0.15		7:48PM 0.22	11:19AM 0.20		8:46PM 0.25	9:22AM 0.22		6:23PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	20	8	13	14	20	13	15	13	15	16	13	13	20	12	13	14	13	16	16	16
Low °C	7	15	19	7	13	14	18	9	13	13	13	15	12	9	18	11	13	13	12	12	16	14
Chill °C (?)	6	15	20	5	11	12	20	11	15	12	14	15	12	13	20	10	12	12	12	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	2.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	8	11	10	10	10	10	7	11	15	8	13	13	12	13	14	13	8	10	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	15	16	11	14	12	10	10	13	12	8	14	-	20	20	4	-	8	8	12	8	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	3.5 S	-	2.0 S	-	1.5 S	-	0.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	-	-	0.4 SW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	-	8	-	9	-	4	12	9	8	8	-	-	4	13	13	13	12	3	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	12	11	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	9	9	11	13
Energy(?)	2521	3215	2770	2742	1585	1668	2107	1292	1025	3397	3209	3297	3429	1132	1379	1010	1927	1063	543	505	573	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			12:34AM 3.47				1:03PM 3.22				12:15AM 1.57			10:31AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23PM 0.51				6:28AM 0.30				7:15PM 0.30							4:56PM 0.06	6:39PM 0.47			5:33AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	14	14	15	8	16	13	14	19	18	18	17	13	14	12	20	20	11	10	19	13
Chill °C (?)	14	17	12	12	14	5	15	12	13	19	18	18	16	11	12	11	20	20	10	8	19	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	2.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 NE	2.1 ESE	0.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SW
Period (s)	9	11	8	8	11	11	16	10	9	11	11	12	12	10	9	10	11	10	9	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.1 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	12	17	16	-	14	-	8	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	11	11	9	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	-	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	-	-	12	11	12	11	-	9	9	11	11	-	-	-	5

	Tuesday 21					Wednesday 22
	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.2 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	5.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.3 SE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	4929	1245	2521	2659	2017	2123	2668	2194	2193	1153	1153	1073	2500	5267	5224	5785	2570	2598	5049	4378	1154	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							12:34AM 3.47									9:44AM 1.64					12:27PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	15	14	21	9	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	12	12	11	17	19	12	12	19	10
Chill °C (?)	14	18	14	12	21	6	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	8	8	7	17	19	9	9	19	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.2 SE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 NE	2.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.3 SE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	12	10	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.1 NE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	12	11	11	10	15	8	16	16	12	12	12	11	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	5.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	11	6	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	-	-	-	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	-	-

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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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