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

	Sat		Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	6	4	3	6	6	5	5	4	4	9	9	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 S	3.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	15	13	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	21	18	16	10	13	16	14	13	13
Energy	192	1712	1306	8638	3235	4461	5216	2271	3087	10907	8111	8859	3124	3579	5299	1410	621	1630	1169	1604	1030	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:24AM 1.58	3:11AM 2.84		9:37PM 1.54	10:22AM 1.45	12:51PM 1.28	12:20AM 1.53		1:03PM 1.25	7:35PM 1.78	8:05AM 1.81		1:49AM 1.46			7:50PM 2.96			8:19PM 2.64	8:53AM 3.44	4:58PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 0.42	9:34AM 1.17	3:41PM 0.43		4:17AM 0.43			8:27AM 0.68		1:45AM 0.45		5:45PM 0.23	7:33PM 0.21	8:02AM 0.16	1:25PM 0.25	1:57AM 0.33	9:02AM 0.48	4:35PM 0.16	2:33AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	11	8	13	16	10	16	12	9	10	14	17	17	16	10	8	14	13	15	13
Low °C	13	14	15	11	7	10	14	8	15	11	9	10	13	17	16	15	9	7	13	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	7	4	12	16	10	16	9	6	7	12	16	17	16	8	8	12	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	8	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	18	16	10	13	16	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.7 S	-	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	14	12	-	10	-	18	-	11	22	19	18	21	-	-	9	10	10	10	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNW	1.2 WNW	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	5	14	13	7	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	6	4

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	6	9	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	9	8	6	5	5	5	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	1.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	14	14	15	12	14	11	15	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy	1702	1807	4356	5093	12621	1077	1177	1257	848	1679	3025	5425	10000	7117	5929	3106	3152	3045	5210	3415	1103	1494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 1.51			9:10PM 1.49				11:12AM 1.44	12:28PM 1.82										7:29PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.19			3:33AM 0.48	6:05AM 0.36			5:36PM 0.31		11:58PM 0.68		5:45AM 0.30		10:46AM 0.77		5:57PM 0.47		10:56PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	16	15	12	11	12	15	16	17	15	10	8	5	7	8	13	14	8	8	14	10	8
Chill °C (?)	19	15	14	11	8	10	15	16	17	14	8	6	1	4	6	12	14	8	6	14	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	15	12	14	11	15	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	2.1 SW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.1 N	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.9 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	13	10	10	10	13	13	14	12	11	11	13	12	12	-	7	11	14	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-

	Saturday 09											Sunday 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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	6	9	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	9	8	6	5	5	5	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	2.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	2.4 NE	0.4 SSW	2.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	15	12	10	13	12	13	13	15	14	14	9	9	12	11	15	14	15	10	12
Energy	1551	1490	2638	204	583	360	2032	57	2552	455	1681	5294	10537	109	91	4126	4209	102	4494	8872	2091	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 1.51		2:46PM 2.70													3:16AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)											10:42PM 0.67							5:19AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	14	14	13	15	14	16	14	12	12	10	13	13	14	15	12	9	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	13	12	12	15	12	15	12	10	10	7	12	12	12	13	11	5	14	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	2.4 NE	0.8 ENE	2.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 NE	-	3.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	10	12	10	13	9	13	9	15	10	14	9	9	12	12	13	-	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.8 N	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NE	1.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	10	8	10	9	13	12	7	13	10	9	10	8	8	15	15	8	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 NW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	6	7	4	10	14	14	-	-	12	11	4	14	15	10	3

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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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