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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	10	10	7	10	9	8	13
Energy(?)	1233	1556	1128	907	1116	833	1104	713	729	1299	2273	876	1499	2419	1669	824	858	424	1060	1253	486	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 2.08	5:59AM 1.57	6:28PM 1.55	7:05PM 1.62	7:23AM 1.62			7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:55AM 1.64		9:19PM 1.72	9:40AM 1.63				5:45PM 2.15	10:41PM 1.66	11:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			12:16PM 0.51		1:14AM 0.29		1:09PM 0.55	12:10AM 0.27		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		3:07PM 0.41	3:33AM 0.41		3:49PM 0.45	11:20PM 0.81	10:12AM 0.51			5:21AM 0.30	5:36PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	18	15	13	18	18	15	12	13	14	16	18	17	20	18	15	16	18	13	21	14
Low °C	12	9	14	13	12	14	15	14	11	12	13	14	17	16	18	16	12	15	17	12	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	8	18	14	12	18	17	14	10	12	14	16	18	16	20	17	15	15	17	13	21	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 S	1.3 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	10	10	11	10	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	1.2 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.3 SSE	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	12	10	9	16	10	10	10	7	8	6	5	5	16	-	14	11	-	13	14	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	10	10	7	10	3	-	4

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3665	3051	1780	1306	1133	1059	1128	1035	1013	1021	1108	1116	1272	1728	1575	1422	1232	1520	1825	544	686	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:35AM 1.61				6:28PM 1.55					7:23AM 1.62		3:05PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	3:27PM 0.16	6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39				11:07AM 0.21					1:14AM 0.29						9:25PM 0.49		2:26AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	10	9	11	11	14	18	18	16	15	12	12	12	15	18	19	17	15	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	16	8	7	11	11	14	18	18	16	15	11	11	11	14	18	19	17	14	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	14	11	16	15	10	15	10	17	17	16	17	10	10	10	10	-	-	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	9

	Wednesday 01										Thursday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	3716	892	1233	1229	1306	1208	1462	1359	1376	1595	1309	1064	1064	1133	1133	1022	1114	959	939	943	786	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:16PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)											11:50PM 0.39	12:26AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	15	14	14	13	11	13	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	17	14	13	13	12	10	11	8	8	7	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	10	15	15	11	11	14	13	14	14	11	10	10	16	16	16	13	13	13	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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