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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	Fri	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31
	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	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kingston Norfolk Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	8	9	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.7 S	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	0.3 NE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	14	13	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	13	7	12	13
Energy(?)	408	958	7881	15957	11179	492	328	2701	1118	2790	1182	828	1639	2254	1102	784	970	713	949	9	850	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:42AM 1.91	9:06AM 1.67		8:55PM 1.22	7:58AM 1.52		10:09PM 1.55	7:27AM 1.55			4:53AM 1.65	5:07PM 1.62	8:19PM 1.48	8:53AM 1.57		9:15PM 1.48	11:26AM 1.57	3:21PM 1.29	10:31PM 1.44	11:00AM 1.58		12:09AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			3:20PM 0.47	3:00AM 0.29		4:16PM 0.29			1:56PM 0.57	10:37PM 0.62	11:04AM 0.76		2:44AM 0.58		3:23PM 0.61	3:38AM 0.54	4:39AM 0.41			4:45AM 0.42	5:19PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	5	2	-	6	22	28	31	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	7	7	9	19	11	10	8	17	12	10	8	15	14	11	17	15	12	13	12	15
Low °C	8	14	7	6	6	18	5	9	7	13	12	9	7	15	13	8	14	14	11	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	11	16	4	3	6	19	10	8	5	15	9	7	5	13	12	9	16	14	10	11	9	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:02	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 NNW	0.3 NE	1.1 NNW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	14	14	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	10	13	7	19	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	1.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.4 W	0.1 SW	-	1.5 WSW	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	5	13	9	9	7	5	-	7	9	10	16	-	11	10	9	8	9	8	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 E	2.2 SW	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 W	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	-
Period (s)	-	3	12	14	13	-	-	-	3	-	4	9	10	-	-	3	3	-	3	12	12	-

	Fri	Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kingston Norfolk Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	8	9	9	9	5	5	4	3	3	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	12	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4680	1324	1362	1018	1268	1006	552	710	1054	7920	9195	8154	11179	4165	3085	2414	808	557	1613	4100	2272	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:10AM 1.55			6:11PM 1.53			3:21AM 1.83					6:36PM 1.56	8:23PM 1.41	11:44PM 1.26			7:28AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31PM 0.36		2:54AM 0.49				3:20PM 0.47							12:39PM 0.57					1:17AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	7	13	12	11	10	14	17	11	7	5	5	5	6	9	11	9	11	18	5	5	5	13
Chill °C (?)	4	12	11	9	9	13	17	8	4	3	2	2	2	6	10	6	8	18	2	2	2	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 SE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	12	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	-	5	6	9	5	15	8	7	-	-	-	9	8	10	11	9	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	0.8 NE	-	1.4 WNW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NNE	-	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SE
Period (s)	11	4	-	6	10	5	5	4	4	13	13	13	13	13	-	5	5	-	10	12	12	5

	Friday 24				Saturday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kingston Norfolk Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	8	9	9	9	5	5	4	3	3	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	15	15	13	10	13	14	12	12	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	610	1530	1654	2432	416	1811	1343	531	431	402	438	416	1404	3021	3021	3351	732	797	385	915	2302	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 1.58																11:14AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	13	13	11	10	14	12	8	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	12	19	15	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	4	11	11	8	8	12	11	6	6	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	12	18	14	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	15	15	13	10	13	14	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	8	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	-	8	5	-	-	12	12	9	12	12	20	20	20	20	9	8	9	6	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 N	-	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	1.1 W	-	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	8	10	10	11	-	5	-	12	12	-

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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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