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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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Paparahi Point Northland
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 SSE	2.4 S	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	8	14	12	12	9	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	14	7	13	13	11	11	10
Energy(?)	821	588	516	1144	1655	1165	1080	622	297	326	1052	1823	1814	285	767	1194	391	855	673	6444	1445	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 2.15		4:25AM 2.02	4:40PM 2.04	1:39AM 1.32	12:44PM 1.96	1:51PM 1.67	2:12AM 1.75	12:57PM 2.14		3:07AM 1.59			8:47PM 2.80			11:56PM 1.82	12:05PM 1.86		12:36AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			10:13PM 0.60	10:35AM 0.80		7:23PM 0.24	6:32AM 0.78		7:46PM 0.43	6:44AM 1.20	1:34PM 1.25	8:47PM 0.59	9:28AM 0.59	3:34PM 1.36	3:03AM 0.96	10:11AM 0.60	5:41PM 0.48		6:01AM 0.56	6:22PM 0.39		9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	18	23	16	12	16	17	14	13	13	12	11	22	21	26	23	22	27	17	20	21
Low °C	21	21	12	22	15	10	13	16	12	12	12	11	11	21	19	24	22	19	23	17	15	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	23	15	11	16	16	12	12	12	12	11	22	21	26	23	22	27	16	20	21
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:44	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	2.0 WSW	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 NE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 SSE	2.4 S	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	10	12	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	14	14	10	15	14	7	13	13	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 S	0.5 NNW	-	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	-	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	0.1 E	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	11	12	4	-	11	9	8	10	9	-	14	9	8	15	10	11	12	10	10	8	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 E	4.0 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	14	-	12	9	10	10	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	3	11	-	-

	Sunday 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 N	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	6	7	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	821	821	658	730	804	207	637	1430	1566	2816	1021	1434	1434	1067	1162	1032	1080	1184	1038	1180	1009	1095
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:45PM 2.15			12:50AM 1.32				11:10AM 2.14							8:46AM 1.63				9:24PM 1.62	12:18AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38AM 0.68							6:45AM 0.43					7:26PM 0.50						3:09PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	21	20	19	10	13	12	13	23	15	14	14	13	12	13	16	14	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	20	19	9	13	11	11	23	14	13	14	13	11	12	16	14	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	9	7	9	8	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	3	15	10	11	9	8	10	10	13	8	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 N	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Sunday 11																Monday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.7 N	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	2.3 W	0.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	5	6	9	6	16	14	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	9	9	8
Energy(?)	893	667	821	821	821	146	14	11	209	1011	890	42	34	3641	1219	18	5916	5711	5426	599	599	1678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:20PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38AM 0.68							4:25PM 1.10		6:44PM 0.44							1:35AM 0.64			4:33AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	21	22	28	23	28	26	15	22	20	19	15	20	19	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	21	22	28	23	28	26	13	22	19	18	14	20	18	7	7	7	7	7	6
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	2.3 W	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	12	6	9	9	16	14	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	9	13	9	13	8	11	15	15	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 N	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 N	1.5 WSW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	6	9	-	8	8	-	-	7	12	12	12	9	9	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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