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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	Sun	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.7 ENE	2.4 NNW	1.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	9	10	9	11	9	11	11	12	8	11	10	8	11	13	11	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	995	1044	1813	485	838	346	379	860	1173	986	202	668	787	150	671	1616	3355	960	972	2213	1730	2109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:15AM 1.65	6:31PM 1.51			1:02PM 2.21	1:28AM 2.05				6:40AM 1.83	6:53PM 1.80	3:30AM 2.02					3:35PM 1.17	1:04AM 1.28			11:48PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 1.00	12:37PM 0.49		12:47AM 0.45	6:54AM 0.67		7:23PM 0.75	7:39AM 0.73	1:51PM 0.55	12:20AM 0.58	12:50PM 0.71		9:23PM 0.62	8:12AM 0.62	3:31PM 0.49	10:23PM 0.60	9:39AM 0.56			7:13AM 0.23	5:39PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	21	1
High °C	17	19	10	20	22	28	12	19	22	18	25	17	20	26	17	13	16	17	14	15	18	11
Low °C	16	18	10	18	19	26	12	17	21	17	22	16	20	25	16	10	14	16	11	14	17	9
Chill °C (?)	16	19	7	20	22	28	10	19	22	18	25	16	20	26	17	11	16	17	14	14	18	10
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	7:28	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.0 NE	0.7 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	9	10	9	11	9	11	11	12	10	11	10	8	11	13	11	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	2.0 N	1.5 NNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	11	10	12	13	11	14	6	13	12	11	9	-	-	9	8	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	6	6	7	9	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sun	Monday 24								Tuesday 25									Wednesday 26
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 SSW	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	7	7	12	8
Energy(?)	2551	1645	1549	1469	1044	1036	1129	1040	1281	1265	1168	1074	748	812	693	582	1225	1079	674	552	541	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:15AM 1.65		12:20PM 2.27						5:04AM 1.92									7:41AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		12:00AM 0.43						6:38PM 0.70		10:43PM 0.53			7:10AM 0.46		1:02PM 0.54		7:04PM 0.25			4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	7	18	19	19	19	8	8	7	8	20	23	15	20	16	15	13	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	8	6	5	5	18	19	19	19	8	8	6	6	20	23	14	20	16	15	12	13	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	7	7	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	11	12	7	9	6	11	11	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	3	-	-	7	7	7	8

	Sunday 23				Monday 24
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 E	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	12	13	8	8	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	831	356	356	468	1008	995	995	995	1978	5759	5759	2289	953	153	1774	1021	767	762	176	176	677	666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:03AM 2.17				4:20AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	17	17	17	17	7	9	9	9	16	19	10	17	16	16	15	14	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	16	16	16	16	4	5	6	6	16	19	8	17	16	16	14	13	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 E	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	12	13	8	8	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	6	9	-	13	13	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	-	12	12	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

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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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