New Zealand Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Back to Whangaehu River Mouth surf forecast

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.

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 SE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	12	8	12	14	15	12	14	13	10	7	9	12	16	16	15	14	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1612	1772	501	1082	232	739	420	289	433	488	559	635	672	639	1164	1076	1149	934	874	99	830	1102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:32AM 1.47		2:41PM 1.38	3:02AM 2.04		3:23PM 2.01	3:16AM 2.07		5:01PM 1.49	8:24PM 1.13	11:01AM 3.17		9:13PM 1.16	9:30AM 1.90	6:50PM 1.51		10:26AM 1.99		10:46PM 1.19	11:07AM 1.91		12:54AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 0.14		8:40PM 0.12	9:20AM 0.11		8:51PM 0.06	9:35AM 0.15		2:07AM 0.09	4:46AM 0.16	3:38PM -0.06	2:55AM 0.07			10:17PM -0.03		5:09PM 0.15	4:25AM 0.15		6:07PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	11	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	4	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	24	20	22	24	14	17	13	17	17	19	16	21	22	19	23	23	17	15	16	14
Low °C	13	13	22	16	21	23	13	17	13	15	16	19	13	19	21	17	20	21	17	15	15	12
Chill °C (?)	11	17	24	20	22	24	14	17	11	16	17	19	15	21	22	19	23	23	16	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.5 E	0.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	12	8	12	7	7	12	14	13	10	9	8	12	11	16	15	14	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	10	11	10	13	14	15	24	11	24	12	12	9	8	16	11	11	15	15	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13	-

	Tue	Wednesday 31									Thursday 01								Friday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 NE	1.9 ESE	2.4 NNW	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 NE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	12	9	13	13	12	8	9	12	12	12	11	11	7
Energy(?)	1059	1032	1805	1137	1780	1081	1195	1027	1067	1022	1036	1608	1113	1048	514	647	769	737	567	539	558	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:15AM 1.43				1:43PM 1.81						7:23AM 1.79		3:55PM 1.46		7:29PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				9:18PM 0.09		2:52AM 0.37								1:18AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	15	15	15	11	14	16	17	13	19	21	16	12	21	22	24	14	22	22	21	20	22	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	9	13	16	17	12	19	21	16	12	21	22	24	13	22	22	21	20	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.4 NNW	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	12	9	13	13	12	8	9	12	12	12	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	8	9	8	7	10	11	13	7	12	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	2.1 S	-	0.4 WSW	-	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	8	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 30				Wednesday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	0.9 NNW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	6	9	9	11	9	9	12	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	1486	1424	2028	1078	1485	1443	1106	347	725	511	348	116	686	1154	555	938	1166	1082	1165	1146	1420	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:21AM 1.87							6:04AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 0.12																			1:02PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	16	12	13	13	12	11	16	16	13	16	15	14	19	12	21	21	22	22	24	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	10	11	12	10	8	16	16	11	14	15	14	19	9	21	21	22	22	24	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	0.9 NNW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	1.2 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	9	9	12	8	14	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	8	15	10	15	10	14	10	10	15	16	7	14	8	9	9	8	12	13	13	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.0 SSE	1.7 E	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 E	1.7 E	-	-	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	6	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of New Zealand where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None