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NIWA provides online access to major climate and environmental monitoring systems and forecasting tools.

Cam-era

Cam-Era is a network of computer-controlled video cameras that monitor the New Zealand environment for research and resource management. These are also useful for surfers and swimmers. Read more about Cam-era

Cliflo

CliFlo is the web system that provides access to New Zealand's National Climate Database. Read more about Cliflo

UV & Ozone

This is the home for NIWA's UV and ozone research, including maps and graphs showing daily predictions and measurements for UV levels across New Zealand. Read more about UV & Ozone

Freshwater Biodata Information System

Keyword searching and map-based tools to display data about fish, algae, aquatic plants and invertebrates from New Zealand's freshwater streams, rivers and lakes. Read more about Freshwater Biodata Information System

Tide Forecaster

This utility can forecast high and low tides anywhere in open coastal and ocean waters around New Zealand for up to 28 days. Read more about Tide Forecaster

Water Quality Information System (WQIS)

Data on a range of common water quality indicators (e.g. nutrient concentrations, water clarity) from New Zealand's freshwater streams, rivers and lakes. Read more about Water Quality Information System (WQIS)

Sea Levels

This system combines daily sea-level data from NIWA, regional councils, port companies, Antarctica NZ, Bureau of Meteorology and territorial authorities. Read more about Sea Levels

Water Resources Explorer NZ (WRENZ)

A GIS web tool that allows you to create layers of different water resource information on top of a map of New Zealand. Read more about Water Resources Explorer NZ (WRENZ)

Canterbury Wave Conditions

NIWA run a computer model which simulates wave heights across the Canterbury continental shelf and along the coast. Read more about Canterbury Wave Conditions

Climate Explorer

This subscription based service can be configured to generate a range of complex climate maps from our databases. Read more about Climate Explorer

Environmental Data Explorer New Zealand

Provides almost real-time and historic data from NIWA's environmental monitoring networks (river flow, sea level, climate, air quality) Read more about Environmental Data Explorer New Zealand

Freshwater Fish Database

The New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database (NZFFD) records the occurrence of fish in fresh waters of New Zealand. Read more about Freshwater Fish Database

Statistical Calculators

A variety of online statistical calculators to aid environmental research. Read more about Statistical Calculators

Marlborough Sounds Environmental Monitoring

This service previously provided weekly maps of chlorophyll a concentration, temperature and salinity for the Marlborough Sounds. This service is no longer being operated. Read more about Marlborough Sounds Environmental Monitoring

NIWA Invertebrate Collection

The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) holds specimens from almost all invertebrate phyla. This is a result of about half a century of marine taxonomic and biodiversity research in the New Zealand region, the South West Pacific and the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Read more about NIWA Invertebrate Collection

eHarvest

NIWA provides a real-time monitoring and reporting service to various sectors of the New Zealand Shellfish Industry. Read more about eHarvest

EcoConnect

NIWA's environmental forecasting and information service (paid subscription only) Read more about EcoConnect

Wave Forecast

up to 5 day forecasts of wave conditions across the Southwest Pacific and Southern Ocean. Read more about Wave Forecast

Satellite Data Services

NIWA provides a subscription service of live satellite data for sea surface temperature, chlorophyll analysis and satellite cloud imagery. Read more about Satellite Data Services

SolarView

This calculator estimates the solar energy that can be collected by a solar capture device (solar panel) at a given address, panel direction and roof slope. Read more about SolarView

NZ Energy Asset Database

This database contains a listing of all New Zealand supply, conversion and distribution assets (both current and future) with a complete set of parameters that define: capacity, cost, GHG emissions profile, risk profile, plant life etc. Read more about NZ Energy Asset Database

HIRDS

NIWA’s High Intensity Rainfall Design System (HIRDS) offers planners and engineers more certainty about the frequency of high-intensity rainfalls. Read more about HIRDS

Screensavers

Each year we create a screensaver based on our calendar. It depicts some of NIWA’s great science, great services, and great staff. Read more about Screensavers