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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	6	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	6	8	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	11	12	8	13	13	18	16
Energy(?)	3390	1657	1226	762	443	663	1380	980	1302	1589	1221	1042	990	166	164	370	14	1578	3319	84	188	1619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:34AM 2.54		10:10PM 1.53	5:18AM 1.93	5:49PM 2.13		6:01AM 1.92	6:24PM 2.08		12:37PM 1.74		9:33PM 1.89		3:43PM 1.45	7:14PM 1.50	4:36AM 1.64	2:13PM 1.89	2:39AM 1.98		2:48PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.27	11:45AM 1.28	1:12PM 0.76		11:25AM 0.75		11:50PM 0.76	12:14PM 0.73		12:50AM 0.60	6:21AM 0.22	1:12PM 0.58	3:49AM 0.30	9:09AM 0.14		1:30AM 0.20	10:51AM 0.23		8:22PM 0.04	8:52AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	15	13	15	13	21	13	10	15	15	14	19	20	12	21	19	17	11	9	13	24	21
Low °C	9	13	12	12	11	21	12	10	13	14	13	16	19	10	18	19	10	10	9	12	21	18
Chill °C (?)	7	15	11	13	11	21	11	9	15	14	13	19	20	10	21	19	16	9	9	12	24	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	11	20	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	11	4	13	9	9	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	9	8	5	8	7	-	9	9	18	17	16	15	10	6	18	12	10	-	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 E	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	3	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	3	-	8	13	4	-	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	13	14	12	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2187	1280	1040	3376	1783	1295	1203	1071	1074	1063	1216	5033	1089	2192	1093	503	708	547	3749	3895	3347	4788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:31PM 2.83	4:49PM 2.59				4:02AM 1.90				4:22PM 1.93		10:30PM 1.44								11:20PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 0.66	3:38AM 0.54																	5:19AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	9	9	8	9	13	14	13	14	14	13	9	14	10	15	18	21	16	8	7	6	7
Chill °C (?)	16	9	9	5	6	13	14	11	12	13	11	6	13	8	14	18	21	16	5	4	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	15	13	14	12	14	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NE	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	-	7	21	9	9	7	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	3.5 SW	0.4 S	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	6	-	-	4	5	3	-	13	3	12	5	4	-	-	12	12	12	12

	Wednesday 29										Thursday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	11	9	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2657	1645	1556	3355	2757	2207	2067	885	791	791	1615	476	1529	1023	298	159	668	202	550	561	540	2489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									9:37PM 0.91									6:23AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	10	10	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	14	8	10	11	22	10	7	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	9	9	7	8	14	14	15	14	14	14	5	13	6	7	8	22	9	5	8	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	9	9	11	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NE	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	12	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	9	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	-	3	3	3	6

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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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