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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	Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	8	4	5	4	5	3	3	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	2.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.3 NNE	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.2 SSE	6.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 S	4.0 SW	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	14	17	16	10	8	12	8	7	11	12	11	12	10	15	15	15	15	17	15	14	13	13
Energy	1384	444	572	223	946	711	114	943	4469	3967	3963	938	482	26870	6814	7544	7444	6298	3272	4939	2823	4454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 2.14		4:28AM 1.83	5:05PM 1.83	1:18AM 2.18	12:04PM 1.22		12:52AM 1.44	1:01PM 1.18		1:48AM 1.41	3:12AM 2.08	5:12PM 2.57	3:13AM 1.44		3:11PM 1.17	7:34PM 1.73	7:50AM 1.77	4:13PM 1.31	11:31PM 1.61	4:22AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.70	10:45AM 0.63		7:02PM 0.60	6:28AM 0.61	6:14PM 0.50		7:25AM 0.63	7:09PM 0.56		9:33AM 0.75		8:16PM 0.38	9:37AM 0.60		1:47AM 0.61				10:33AM 0.75	1:17PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	5	10	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	21	22	13	14	13	18	14	10	10	16	20	5	10	10	16	12	15	12	13	11
Low °C	14	21	21	19	9	12	12	14	12	10	9	12	19	4	6	10	16	10	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	22	12	13	12	17	12	7	9	15	20	-1	10	7	16	12	15	11	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 S	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	3.0 W	2.2 NW	4.0 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.2 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 S	4.0 SW	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	8	12	13	14	11	11	11	12	10	16	15	15	15	17	15	14	13	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	1.4 NW	0.3 N	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 N	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	17	16	7	10	-	11	14	-	-	10	9	12	13	11	11	-	10	10	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	2.3 NNE	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	-	1.5 SSW	-	6.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	7	11	12	-	7	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	2.2 NNW	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 S	4.5 NE	2.0 NE	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	9	9	11	12	13	13	11	11	13	11
Energy	1036	1289	1181	1137	662	523	593	572	671	698	781	670	831	1197	3193	1091	1153	1122	1870	7154	1492	5355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 1.91			12:31AM 2.28				11:17AM 1.28				2:27AM 2.73					4:43PM 1.67			12:44AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)				10:23PM 0.70			5:39AM 0.57				5:28PM 0.42					7:06AM 0.67			5:58PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	18	21	21	21	21	21	21	16	15	10	9	13	14	11	16	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	18	21	21	21	21	21	21	15	14	8	7	13	13	11	16	10	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	2.2 NNW	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSE	3.5 ENE	2.0 NE	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	10	14	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	9	11	12	13	13	11	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SW	1.3 WNW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	-
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	24	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	14	10	10	10	16	17	11	13	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	2.3 S	4.5 NE	-	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	11	-	-	-	11	11	-	11

	Wednesday 06											Thursday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 W	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	0.1 E	1.8 NE	0.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	10	10	10	14	14	10	11	9	15
Energy	973	1384	1384	1384	530	251	275	281	333	286	292	714	132	428	427	425	690	704	351	4	511	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)														11:27PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						4:49PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	15	17	16	16	13	13	16	13	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	14	17	16	16	12	12	16	12	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:36	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SW	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 N	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	6	10	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	24	15	8	8	8	9	7	8	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	9	9	-	4	9	3

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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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