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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Brighton Otago	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	5	6	5	4	5	5	6	9	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 S	3.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	13	13	8	11	13	13	15	13	15	14	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	257	179	5351	2739	469	2636	764	1887	2119	4987	3234	3879	3293	2728	4700	1435	5959	4688	2626	3705	3646	1332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:24AM 2.25		11:59PM 2.15			12:08AM 3.40	7:41AM 1.81		10:21PM 1.69	10:26AM 1.46				2:43PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)								9:42AM 0.38	5:48PM 0.14		6:07AM 0.16	5:57PM 0.49				4:34AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	3	8	-	-	-	-	8	4	3	3	4	-	54	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	11	12	18	13	12	12	11	14	16	14	17	20	9	12	13	13	13	14	16
Low °C	10	14	11	11	10	17	9	10	11	11	11	15	13	14	19	8	11	13	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	9	9	10	18	12	11	12	10	13	15	14	16	20	5	10	11	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 S	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	10	-	12	13	13	7	11	13	13	15	13	15	14	12	8	-	-	15	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 N	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	16	-	10	14	18	16	9	8	8	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 N	0.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	3.0 S	3.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	5	5	12	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	8

	Wed	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 S	3.5 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	9	12	10	10	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	13
Energy(?)	404	230	589	290	1187	232	367	1239	4429	3792	3335	1956	1660	1554	3566	1380	1359	2039	1945	2033	1354	2119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)										10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)												4:09AM 0.50		11:14AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	8	14	10	10	12	15	16	13	10	9	10	11	12	17	13	21	21	15	14	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	6	14	7	8	11	14	15	12	8	8	8	11	12	17	12	21	21	14	13	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 S	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 NNW	2.4 W
Period (s)	9	12	8	10	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 SW	1.9 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	8	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	10	10	13	10	11	11	-	-	16	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 N	1.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	10	3	8	4	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.4 ESE	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	9	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	432	177	320	180	296	230	230	88	3136	3425	3685	2990	3050	82	1903	1481	1481	2184	2251	2173	2962	5641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:53AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)											4:05AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	11	11	14	14	14	9	11	10	10	11	11	17	10	21	21	18	18	18	13	11
Chill °C (?)	6	14	8	9	12	14	14	7	8	6	6	8	8	16	6	21	21	17	17	17	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	10	12	12	10	12	12	12	-	-	11	14	12	12	16	16	16	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	5	5	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	12	12	-	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.8 NW	2.5 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	2	2	5	5	5	-	10	10	10	10	10	4	12	-	-	11	11	11	11	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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