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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.8 E	0.5 NNW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	9	13	12	11	15	12	14	13	13	17	16
Energy(?)	4471	4584	2690	2923	3282	3204	1152	1402	1244	1554	753	755	623	767	778	243	376	1088	1037	584	880	3432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 1.80	2:54AM 1.86		5:37PM 2.27		5:50AM 2.19	6:23PM 2.16	7:54PM 1.62	4:11AM 1.67	2:40PM 2.86		4:30AM 2.58			10:27AM 1.47		7:04PM 1.51	7:03AM 2.48	6:35PM 2.51		7:03AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.39	8:29AM 0.87		10:24PM 0.49	12:18PM 0.77		2:17AM 0.58	10:27AM 0.66		10:54PM 0.71	10:51AM 1.34	3:40PM 0.62	11:22PM 1.40	4:18AM 0.66		1:17AM 0.83			12:32AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-
High °C	15	16	14	21	11	15	16	19	15	18	20	24	18	25	23	17	22	15	22	12	11	15
Low °C	15	15	13	18	10	14	15	18	14	16	19	22	15	25	20	15	21	13	19	12	8	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	21	8	15	16	19	15	18	20	24	18	25	23	17	22	14	22	12	9	14
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.8 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	9	13	12	11	12	12	14	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	0.6 E	0.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.2 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	9	10	7	11	11	10	10	7	9	9	6	7	12	5	16	8	9	7	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.2 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.4 E	1.2 NE	-	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	6	-	8	-	9	5	-	6	9	-	7	6	6

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5016	3606	4587	1959	3826	3371	3155	3553	3469	3688	2457	3419	1281	3284	1292	3050	3759	3534	1603	1166	1386	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			1:19PM 3.26				2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31											8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55				8:19PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	14	4	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	19	15	17	14	14	14	14	15	17	21	16	15	8	15	8	15	17	17	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	19	14	17	14	14	13	14	15	17	21	16	15	6	15	5	15	17	17	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	11	11	7	11	15	17	16	11	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	5	-

	Saturday 07																Sunday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5084	4177	4471	1625	4949	4949	4584	4584	3430	4566	1253	4657	1973	2945	1972	2822	4289	4547	1943	1720	1624	1567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	19	16	16	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	19	16	16	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 NW	0.3 S	1.1 NW	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	8	6	8	12	9	13	9	12	12	11	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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