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

	Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	8	9	9	13	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	16
Energy(?)	1057	745	1094	1279	1209	3422	5713	1208	437	1902	7487	995	1685	952	1341	887	1056	1882	996	206	105	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:13AM 2.18		12:57PM 1.47	1:42AM 1.52		4:45PM 2.20	1:46AM 1.49	5:25AM 2.37	3:22PM 2.16						2:49PM 1.42			4:48PM 1.67		3:02AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 0.87	7:20AM 0.96		7:02PM 0.44	7:50AM 0.50		7:24PM 0.45			8:52PM 0.46						10:20PM 0.48			11:11PM 0.44	9:16AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	1	-	1	6	1	10	1	2	-	-	5
High °C	19	16	18	21	17	21	21	18	17	19	20	16	16	12	14	14	12	14	13	11	16	10
Low °C	18	14	15	19	17	19	20	17	16	18	18	16	14	11	14	13	10	13	13	9	15	9
Chill °C (?)	19	15	18	21	17	21	21	18	17	18	19	15	16	10	13	13	10	13	12	8	16	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 NNE	2.0 E	1.6 ENE	0.1 S	5.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	8	14	14	13	13	14	8	9	9	13	18	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	15	14	13	13	13	-	-	8	12	-	13	16	13	13	12	13	12	12	8	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	3.5 ENE	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5

	Thursday 09			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	8	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.7 E	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	15	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	2030	2190	2153	1625	1552	1438	1094	1368	1183	2365	1550	1209	3395	4183	1929	1027	5713	4100	7038	6950	1388	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 2.15				12:51AM 1.55								12:53AM 1.48				1:06PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			6:47PM 0.87								7:02PM 0.44				7:10AM 0.52				7:35PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	21	19	20	18	17	17	17	20	18	21	20	20	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	21	19	20	18	17	16	16	20	18	21	20	20	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.7 E	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	15	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	1.5 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	10	13	13	13	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.6 E	-	-	1.8 E	1.7 E	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	8

	Thursday 09											Friday 10
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	8	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	0.7 WSW	2.0 N	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.4 E	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	10	10
Energy(?)	2353	2249	2030	1077	1098	1151	429	1860	644	1731	1557	1729	2379	2392	1635	350	2012	1747	1913	1744	206	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 2.15												12:04AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)									8:33PM 0.97										6:37AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	15	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	0.9 W	2.0 N	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.4 E	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	8	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

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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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