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

	Fri		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	9	7	6	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	9	9	15	14	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	10	11	10	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1506	659	832	927	1034	9978	5668	2312	7701	8762	6713	4216	3483	1779	1875	1696	1203	513	617	736	1108	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:48AM 1.40		2:30PM 1.22	2:55AM 1.33	4:11AM 1.44	1:17PM 1.56	2:35AM 1.74			2:19AM 1.76	10:35AM 3.12		2:57AM 1.82	11:12AM 3.28		3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98	12:46AM 2.10		4:21PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 0.34	8:55AM 0.78		8:37PM 0.32	10:02AM 0.56		8:21PM 0.36	8:52AM 0.37	3:03PM 0.55	7:58PM 0.24	4:28AM 0.87	3:52PM 0.33	8:39PM 0.16	5:05AM 0.70	6:40PM 0.09	9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14			7:35AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	12	-	-
High °C	21	12	15	16	14	13	16	18	19	19	18	19	20	18	20	13	16	15	12	17	18	15
Low °C	20	9	11	15	13	13	15	17	18	19	18	18	19	15	17	12	15	15	11	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	21	11	15	15	14	11	14	17	19	19	18	19	20	18	20	10	16	15	10	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.0 SW	0.4 N	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	7	9	9	15	14	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	-	11	10	11	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	1.2 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 N	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	8	9	14	19	-	-	20	18	18	-	17	-	10	11	10	16	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13			Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Marokopa Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	2.1 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	8	14	14	14	10	13	10	8	11	9	10	14	9	16	16	16	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1388	1154	1144	1370	1347	1090	1061	710	594	1031	3607	1034	1331	1478	1100	14724	11649	10974	9689	6537	12257	7010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:08AM 1.32				1:27PM 1.58						9:11AM 2.74	10:22AM 1.72	1:01PM 1.64			10:11PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.80										1:53AM 0.90						7:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	19	20	19	20	19	12	15	16	17	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	25	19	20	19	20	19	11	15	16	17	13	13	13	11	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 W	1.5 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	0.4 N	2.2 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	8	14	14	8	13	10	10	23	12	9	10	14	9	17	16	16	16	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 SE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 NW	0.7 ENE	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	13	8	8	14	9	9	9	8	9	8	21	9	19	-	9	9	9	13	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	0.4 SSW	2.1 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 NW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	3	8	-	-	-	10	2	4	8	11	-	6	4	-	16	-	-	5	17	16	-

	Friday 13										Saturday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Marokopa Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	7	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 NW	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SE	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	14	14	13	14	14	14	9	14	11	13	14	6	6	14	13	13	8	9	8
Energy(?)	1216	886	1007	1506	1473	1390	710	639	637	163	831	329	316	530	324	629	773	760	700	1359	296	1621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				8:50AM 1.58	9:30AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:05AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	21	21	20	21	12	12	12	20	12	14	19	10	13	9	11	11	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	25	24	21	21	20	21	12	12	11	20	11	13	19	8	12	7	8	8	9	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.9 ENE	1.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 NW	1.1 SE	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 N	1.0 SW	1.0 SE
Period (s)	14	14	8	14	8	13	9	9	9	9	14	10	9	14	11	6	14	13	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 SE	0.1 SW	1.6 SE	0.1 N	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 N	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	13	11	14	17	14	14	14	11	9	11	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	22	21	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.2 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.4 W	-	0.7 SW	1.4 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 NW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	12	6	-	4	6	6	6	6	7	8	2	8

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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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