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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	8	9	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	18	17	16	14	15	12	13	19	18	17	16	13	16	15	17
Energy	2362	1326	7622	7730	2204	5403	3267	1275	5120	2668	1616	720	1257	964	1041	999	1495	688	830	1109	1581	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 1.49	5:19AM 2.46		10:55PM 1.73			6:43PM 2.31	7:07AM 2.77		7:32PM 2.48	7:48AM 2.59	4:15PM 1.49	10:48PM 2.17	8:36AM 2.68		9:23PM 3.28	9:42AM 3.26		12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	10:58PM 3.67
Low Tide / height (m)		11:41AM 0.60	4:42PM 0.33		7:14AM 0.21	5:45PM 0.23	12:52AM 0.44		1:21PM 0.47	1:43AM 0.28					4:00PM 0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:59PM 0.15	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	10	10	13	13	15	15	17	16	15	13	7	16	12	11	12	13	9	8	10	14
Low °C	9	11	10	9	11	12	14	12	15	14	13	12	6	15	12	10	11	12	7	7	9	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	7	11	11	14	15	16	16	14	11	5	15	11	10	12	13	8	8	9	14
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.2 S	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	22	10	12	13	13	17	16	14	9	12	13	19	12	17	16	13	12	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	-	26	11	12	17	20	18	-	-	-	15	20	23	13	18	12	-	19	16	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	9	9	8	6	8	7	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	13	17	16	16	16	19	18	18
Energy	3503	4335	1236	1120	1346	1072	1077	1539	1431	7730	7963	8484	8587	7242	5197	7788	6926	5887	5388	3735	3522	3074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:26AM 2.85						10:55PM 1.73				11:17AM 1.76	1:26PM 1.39			11:59PM 1.72			6:59AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 0.27	11:00PM 1.06			7:16AM 0.33				6:42PM 0.26			5:08AM 0.33				5:30PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	16	11	12	11	15	13	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	14	10	9	8	7	14	13	17
Chill °C (?)	6	16	11	12	10	15	12	11	10	6	6	7	7	10	13	8	7	6	4	13	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	22	13	13	13	12	12	17	16	16	16	14	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	10	10	-	13	12	11	21	19	19	18	10	11	10	10	10	19	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	-	16	16	16	-	-	-

	Monday 11					Tuesday 12
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	9	9	8	6	8	7	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.5 S	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	3811	4903	1514	1514	2541	2362	1783	956	942	6625	6725	6898	7242	7241	717	7856	3363	3363	3521	2254	2221	2811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	10:45AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 0.27										4:23AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	12	12	10	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	8	16	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	14	14	13	-	-	-

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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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