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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	Wed		Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Scott Point Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSE	1.9 SW	3.0 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 E	1.9 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	8	13	16	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	14	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	704	1201	1137	604	2428	1327	313	649	1774	5245	2243	1729	2139	423	503	817	487	2153	2736	1832	1873	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							5:35PM 2.20	9:04PM 1.82		2:13PM 1.35	9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90	1:34PM 1.76	1:56AM 1.79	10:00AM 2.76		11:55PM 1.92	6:09AM 1.41	5:39PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		10:22PM 0.59	9:18AM 0.66	4:33PM 0.34	10:56PM 0.23	8:42AM 0.34		3:23AM 0.43	8:22AM 0.22			4:12AM 0.42	4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41		7:35PM 0.32		3:23PM 0.74		12:17PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	3
High °C	20	16	23	13	11	17	9	14	18	12	11	17	17	15	21	20	15	17	18	16	15	16
Low °C	19	15	21	13	9	15	8	13	17	12	9	15	16	13	18	19	14	16	17	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	15	23	13	11	16	7	14	17	9	9	17	17	14	21	20	14	16	18	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	7:13	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.9 SW	0.4 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 E	0.9 WSW	1.5 E	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	7	13	16	9	13	9	14	15	13	12	14	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 SW	-	1.3 NE	-	0.1 N	-	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	11	8	16	14	-	9	-	10	-	16	22	11	10	10	9	13	-	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	7	13	-	-	-	5	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Long Point Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.3 NE	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 W	1.9 ENE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	9	8	10	8	12	12	8	9	13	16	14	14	14	10	10	14	13	12	9	10
Energy(?)	684	983	503	681	563	699	855	566	1567	1060	1081	2428	2020	2027	2009	1406	2380	1382	2014	2762	604	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)											8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81	11:17AM 1.78					2:49AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)										6:51PM 0.10			2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	11	18	17	17	11	21	16	11	11	9	9	15	17	20	14	15	6	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	10	18	16	17	11	21	15	11	11	7	6	14	16	20	14	14	3	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.3 NE	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	10	8	12	12	8	9	13	16	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	12	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.9 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	12	10	-	7	8	8	7	16	16	-	-	-	-	6	-	16	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	3.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	3	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	12	4	4

	Wednesday 12										Thursday 13
	2PM	3PM	2PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Long Point Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSE	3.0 ENE	2.2 SSE	2.5 ENE	2.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	9	7	10	12	6	6	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	12	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	744	751	563	1190	704	674	1050	314	89	164	324	377	376	429	424	444	415	236	1897	121	124	1162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:19AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	15	20	17	16	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	16	10	21	21
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	13	20	16	14	14	12	13	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	12	16	10	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSE	0.8 SW	2.2 SSE	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	9	-	10	12	6	6	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	12	12	12	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	13	8	13	11	-	-	9	12	8	9	10	10	10	8	12	12	6	12	6	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	3.0 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	8	-	7	10	-	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	7	8

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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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