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.
New Zealand Wavefinder
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Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | 4.0 WNW | 3.0 WNW | 2.5 WNW | 4.0 WSW | 6.0 W | 5.5 W | 3.5 W | 4.5 WSW | 5.0 WSW | 4.0 W | 3.5 SW | 2.5 W | 3.0 WSW | 1.7 ENE | 4.5 W | 4.5 W | 5.0 W | 4.5 WSW | 3.0 WSW | 6.0 WSW | 5.0 W | 5.0 WSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Energy(?) | 4416 | 1750 | 1349 | 7945 | 14955 | 12526 | 5589 | 7987 | 14114 | 6733 | 6124 | 2717 | 3288 | 581 | 7610 | 7368 | 12054 | 9906 | 6264 | 14743 | 9114 | 11319 |
| Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State(?) | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:41AM | 6:20PM | 6:59AM | 7:20PM | 7:57AM | 9:51PM | 10:23AM | 10:38PM | 11:09AM 7:18AM | 11:17PM | 11:44AM | 2:35AM | 2:30PM | 2:48AM | ||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:18PM | 11:52AM | 12:24PM | 12:41AM | 12:57PM 11:06PM | 1:37AM | 3:44PM | 4:05AM | 4:32PM | 4:55AM | 5:07PM | 5:33AM | 5:49PM | 9:00PM | 7:56AM | 9:06PM | ||||||
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Summary | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | mod. rain | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | mod. rain | heavy rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs |
Rain (mm) | 2 | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 8 | 16 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
High °C | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Low °C | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Chill °C (?) | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Sunrise | - | 7:05 | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | 7:15 | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | 6:23 | - |
| Swell1 (m) & direction | 4.0 WNW | 3.0 WNW | 2.5 WNW | 4.0 WSW | - | 1.6 SW | 3.5 W | 1.3 WSW | 1.5 WSW | 4.0 W | 3.5 SW | 2.5 W | 3.0 WSW | 1.7 ENE | 1.2 WSW | 4.5 W | 5.0 W | 4.5 WSW | 3.0 WSW | 2.2 SW | 1.4 SW | 1.8 SW |
| Period (s) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | - | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| Swell2 (m) & direction | 0.2 W | 0.2 W | 0.4 WSW | - | - | 0.9 SW | - | 1.2 SW | 1.1 SW | - | 1.1 NW | - | 2.3 NNW | 0.3 SSW | 0.9 SW | - | - | - | - | 0.5 S | 1.2 SW | 1.5 SW |
| Period (s) | 22 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 9 | - | 8 | 8 | - | 9 | - | 9 | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Wind waves (m) & direction | - | - | - | - | 6.0 W | 5.5 W | - | 4.5 WSW | 5.0 WSW | - | - | - | - | 0.5 S | 4.5 W | - | - | - | 1.3 WNW | 6.0 WSW | 5.0 W | 5.0 WSW |
| Period (s) | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | - | 15 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
List of all animated swell maps
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