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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Shag Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	6	5	4	9	9	9	8	9	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NNE	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	13	17	16	10	9	11	16	7	10	11	14	13	11	14	6	16	16	14	15	14	12
Energy	1343	392	388	572	279	656	698	426	626	2459	6215	6333	4074	861	5792	717	5286	8893	6934	6784	2994	1199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 1.90		9:36AM 1.51	5:05PM 1.83		4:02AM 1.70	1:38PM 2.00	2:11AM 2.11	1:01PM 1.18		1:48AM 1.41		5:47PM 1.58		6:13AM 1.63	3:11PM 1.17		4:06AM 1.44		8:26PM 1.83	8:43AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65	3:32AM 0.45		11:15PM 0.76	10:26AM 0.62		7:51PM 0.68	7:25AM 0.63	7:09PM 0.56		8:26AM 0.63		11:58PM 0.68			9:25PM 0.36	10:21AM 0.51	2:13PM 0.44	2:39AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	2	5	1	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	21	21	22	13	14	14	18	15	13	10	11	20	8	10	12	9	12	12	10	12
Low °C	12	19	21	21	16	8	12	11	14	13	12	9	10	20	6	10	12	7	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	21	21	21	22	11	14	13	17	14	11	7	11	20	3	7	10	8	10	11	8	10
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.1 SW	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	3.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 NNW	3.5 W	1.5 S	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	10	10	10	9	11	13	11	10	16	9	13	11	12	11	16	16	14	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 W	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 E	-	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	-	17	16	6	10	-	8	15	18	-	8	-	12	-	17	11	12	12	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	-	2.2 NNE	-	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	4	2	-	7	-	11	14	-	-	14	6	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06							Thursday 07								Friday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	17	14	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	15	8	8	9	8	11	11	13	13	13
Energy	1145	1038	1067	517	1382	1297	1014	714	662	523	593	572	671	1170	1110	1046	1117	1939	3264	1082	1067	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.86				4:16PM 1.91			12:31AM 2.28				11:17AM 1.28				12:20AM 1.55					4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)											5:39AM 0.57				8:54PM 0.67					10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	10	10	12	20	14	14	14	19	18	21	21	21	21	14	15	14	11	10	9	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	20	13	13	13	19	18	21	21	21	21	13	14	13	9	8	7	14	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	2.1 WNW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	17	11	14	14	16	15	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	9	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	4	9	9	5	14	22	10	24	24	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	18	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NE	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	11	10	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	11	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	14	14	14
Energy	1275	1145	1145	293	1441	1441	857	422	404	123	246	299	299	930	936	997	486	485	483	921	1014	999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												10:37AM 1.34		1:59PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)																			4:13PM 0.30			9:12PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	15	13	13	12	17	17	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	20	20	20	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	14	12	11	10	17	17	21	21	21	21	10	10	10	20	20	20	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	11	11	14	14	14	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	15	15	11	-	-	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	-	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	5	3	-	9	9	9	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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