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

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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	9	5	6	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	13	15	8	9	12	13	15	14	16	16	13	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13
Energy	270	510	696	1089	1324	661	8596	5939	1049	2226	1792	1290	1960	2881	1506	1663	529	160	6879	6015	5436	3475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:19PM 1.81	9:51AM 1.69		10:34PM 2.24	10:35AM 1.79		8:32PM 1.84			9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93	3:42AM 1.42	1:26PM 2.38	10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00		1:44AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			12:30AM 0.56	3:41AM 0.28	1:08PM 0.39		4:22AM 0.29		2:41AM 0.45	6:35AM 0.29	3:09PM 0.32		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		10:01AM 0.20			4:56AM 0.27	5:15PM 0.28	7:28PM 0.30	6:59AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	18	19	18	14	14	13	16	16	15	14	15	12	12	17	15	11	13	8	13
Low °C	11	14	11	13	16	14	14	13	12	14	15	14	10	13	11	12	11	11	9	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	18	19	17	13	12	12	16	15	14	14	15	10	11	16	15	8	12	7	12
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	-	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	13	15	8	10	12	14	-	14	16	16	13	8	14	13	13	13	14	9	12	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	13	9	10	14	14	9	-	-	-	-	7	13	12	22	19	18	17	11	15	15	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	0.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	2	-	8	9	3	13	15	-	-	7	7	11	12	-	-	3	6	13	14	14	6

	Friday 24					Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Mon
	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	9	8	9	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 S	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	8	13	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	14
Energy	1555	1569	2618	2321	5538	6952	3961	1021	1089	1010	1324	1718	3182	3420	4344	1020	6508	8418	7987	9054	3071	3267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					6:19PM 1.81	9:30PM 2.24			6:41AM 1.83	10:56AM 1.72			7:30PM 1.81									9:47PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		11:55AM 0.38		3:02PM 0.22				4:32AM 0.32			1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52				2:13PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	2	3	1
Temp. °C	18	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	18	19	16	15	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	18	19	16	14	11	12	12	11	13	13	14	12	12
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	16	16	14	10	8	13	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	9	-	9	9	14	14	9	14	13	13	12	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	16	15	-	-	8	-	9	9	12	12	12	-	13	14	15	14	-	-

	Friday 24																	Saturday 25
	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	9	8	9	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SE	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1616	398	270	221	1580	514	1276	643	2618	697	6522	6416	6416	7244	5538	93	6979	696	829	897	2131	5033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													6:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										3:50PM 0.27									12:30AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	10	11	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	9	11	11	12	13	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	8	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	8	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	13	10	10	9	13	9	16	16	16	16	-	8	9	10	10	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.2 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	2.2 WSW	-	1.0 WNW	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	2.1 W
Period (s)	9	7	-	3	12	-	5	-	12	-	16	16	16	16	16	-	15	-	-	-	5	14

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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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