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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	5	9	9	5	7	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	3.0 NE	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	13	15	17	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	9	7	9	11	11	9	7	13
Energy(?)	804	990	5913	9533	5387	2186	7451	8227	5473	4216	3483	1779	1528	1615	397	327	1673	625	2460	908	705	1387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:27PM 1.58	3:36AM 1.34		1:17PM 1.56	1:42AM 1.69	9:02AM 2.73		2:04AM 1.85		2:18PM 1.82			3:27PM 2.41	12:10AM 2.04	10:35AM 3.69		10:59PM 3.62	11:12AM 3.78		11:36PM 3.70	11:09AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 0.40		9:17PM 0.38	7:04AM 0.43		7:18PM 0.34		3:12PM 0.57	7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28		9:53PM 0.23	8:48AM 0.20			4:30AM 0.24	4:07PM 0.05		5:07AM 0.15	5:28PM 0.10		5:02AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	4	-	-
High °C	20	19	13	13	15	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	20	21	16	17	18	12	20	19	19	14
Low °C	19	17	13	12	15	18	18	19	17	18	19	15	16	20	16	17	17	10	20	19	19	11
Chill °C (?)	20	19	10	11	14	17	19	19	18	19	19	18	20	21	16	16	17	12	20	18	19	14
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	0.2 N	0.3 N	1.6 WSW	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	13	20	15	17	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	9	17	16	11	11	10	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	10	12	9	9	19	-	-	-	18	18	-	-	16	16	14	-	8	-	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	0.8 SSW	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	9	-	4	9	7	-

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	9	9	9	5	9	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	10	11	12	9	10	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	1025	710	591	679	1799	3131	1317	1429	9533	10823	11813	3776	10356	3773	5640	6296	6862	8227	8762	8562	7528	6793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:35AM 1.30		3:04PM 1.27								1:01PM 1.64						7:55AM 2.03				9:06PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)				6:34PM 0.43			1:53AM 0.90						7:03PM 0.37						2:59PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	17	16	14	11	14	14	13	12	15	15	13	13	12	17	18	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	15	13	9	13	13	11	10	13	15	11	12	10	17	18	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	12	11	13	9	10	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.0 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	11	9	13	9	9	9	21	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 S	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14																Sunday 15
	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Three Points East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	9	9	9	5	9	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.0 SE	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	10	13	8	8	10	10	11	10	12	13	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1200	532	804	505	1088	447	851	778	2559	2804	2961	1850	3779	1703	3095	1358	1262	1549	1572	1990	2015	1747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:35AM 1.30					12:36PM 1.49									9:19PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)							1:32PM 1.03												1:46AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	11	20	15	16	18	19	19	14	14	14	16	13	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	9	20	14	15	18	18	18	12	12	12	16	10	12	12	17	17	17	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	9	8	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	12	10	12	13	20	23	22	22	22	10	10	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	11	7	13	10	9	9	11	11	9	9	20	9	20	12	8	13	13	13	13	22	22	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SW	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	3	10	-	6	6	10	10	11	10	12	11	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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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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