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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smithfield Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Three Points East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	8	5	3	4	9	9	9	8	7	9	5	4	4	5	4	8	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 S	5.5 SSW	2.5 SE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	9	18	18	16	17	18	15	21	16	16	14	12	11	17	13	17	18	16	14	16	14	14
Energy	1423	7955	3664	908	1142	11408	14989	8507	7113	6378	9581	4546	1153	1015	3582	1366	7168	5521	3157	1239	1130	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 1.69		9:37AM 1.53		9:31PM 1.99	8:50AM 1.60			3:46AM 2.24	1:12PM 1.36	1:31AM 1.46			9:57PM 2.31	7:34AM 2.68		9:29PM 2.03			8:12PM 3.07	8:33AM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.16	3:35AM 0.42	4:47PM 0.27			5:21PM 0.38	10:12PM 0.67	10:15AM 0.48		7:21PM 0.30	7:34AM 0.31				5:55PM 0.22		6:17AM 0.15	2:00PM 0.48	2:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	13	15	16	9	10	12	14	14	14	12	13	12	14	13	11	9	11	12	11	13
Low °C	12	9	11	13	13	8	9	10	12	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	9	7	8	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	10	11	15	16	8	7	11	12	14	13	11	13	12	12	12	8	8	11	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSE	5.5 SSW	2.5 SE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	16	17	21	15	21	16	16	13	12	11	13	13	17	18	16	14	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	8	14	22	19	20	-	-	-	12	12	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	3.5 S	-	0.5 SW	-	-	4.0 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	18	-	3	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 07							Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.5 SE	5.0 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	18	18	17	18	16	18	16	15	17	15	20	18	20	15	15	14	21	15
Energy	755	1125	1423	1704	7955	9607	3637	3664	733	1015	908	1065	1142	3389	3016	11408	9955	9714	14989	11272	8507	12814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 3.12					4:02PM 1.69						10:44AM 1.17				9:31PM 1.99			8:50AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 0.69					9:36PM 1.16		3:35AM 0.42				4:22PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.79				5:36PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	8	12	14	9	10	11	11	10	11	13	15	16	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	13	5	11	13	9	10	11	11	9	10	12	15	16	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 NE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.5 SE	1.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	18	18	17	18	16	18	16	15	17	8	20	21	20	16	15	14	21	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.5 ENE	1.5 W	1.0 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.7 SE	1.1 S	3.0 SW	2.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	4	8	8	18	14	14	-	22	-	22	19	15	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	-	4.0 S	-	-	0.5 SW	5.0 S
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	4	15	8	18	-	15	-	-	3	15

	Sunday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s)	6	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18
Energy	201	1105	755	1530	1457	1125	1130	1134	1423	1423	3056	1704	1578	7154	7955	8472	9109	9607	9498	3729	3637	2415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	4:02PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									8:17AM 0.69													9:36PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	11	13	15	12	11	8	8	9	12	13	14	14	14	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	10	8	5	5	8	11	12	13	13	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	6	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NW	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	5	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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