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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	Thu		Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anaura Bay East Cape	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Scott Point Northland	Karekare Auckland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 NE	1.6 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 S	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	6	6	10	10	7	9	9
Energy(?)	720	840	520	979	1079	463	8914	1817	443	1582	1953	1912	1727	1629	794	205	301	117	411	469	1212	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:14AM 1.73	12:26PM 1.44	2:30PM 1.20	4:00AM 1.08	5:58AM 2.72	1:13PM 1.45	1:25AM 1.48			7:47PM 1.88	8:22AM 1.86		8:19PM 3.05	11:28AM 2.41		10:33PM 2.08	11:01AM 2.14		11:33PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)			6:14AM 0.31		9:25PM 0.26	12:09PM 1.13		7:22PM 0.28	7:46AM 0.27	2:27PM 0.49	2:07AM 0.37		2:08PM 0.90	2:37AM 0.75	5:24AM 0.49	4:20PM 0.23		4:54AM 0.21	5:19PM 0.10		7:16AM 0.40	4:47PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	6	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	5	1	-	-
High °C	18	20	25	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	20	21	19	20	23	20	17	15	17	12	14	20
Low °C	17	18	24	13	11	13	13	11	14	15	19	19	18	19	20	19	16	14	13	10	14	20
Chill °C (?)	17	20	25	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	20	21	19	20	23	20	17	13	17	10	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	6	6	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.3 N	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	12	11	8	12	-	-	9	18	13	8	8	7	8	8	10	9	9	16	15	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.2 NNW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	3	-	14	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	10	7	9	3

	Thursday 27				Friday 28							Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1289	1305	2357	1649	1698	658	612	1066	1157	1459	1369	1383	1047	1047	3149	7106	915	5142	4552	3890	3139	1811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:58AM 2.71		12:15PM 1.53		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.71		8:37PM 0.26								12:09AM 0.52					1:28PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	19	12	13	15	24	23	22	14	11	10	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	25	22	19	11	12	15	24	23	22	13	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	11	5	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	11	12	10	10	12	11	10	10	12	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 27										Friday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 NW	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	384	1147	1287	534	642	607	1219	1499	2301	38	909	909	600	580	415	53	62	1065	1075	1193	1278	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																		6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											11:09PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	23	19	18	17	20	21	21	15	14	14	15	15	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	25	25	23	18	17	17	20	21	21	14	13	13	15	15	9	8	7	8	7	9	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.1 NW	0.4 S	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	5	13	10	10	8	13	7	11	6	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	-	-	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	16	8	8	13	16	11	12	9	15	15	15	15	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.0 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	-	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	3	11	11	8	8	-	11	11	11	7	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	-

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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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