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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	3	9	6	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	5.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	15	12	13	12	14	14	11	10	12	12	11	9	10	10	9	11	12	9	11
Energy(?)	538	7385	2366	1117	1613	944	1305	7781	1138	1279	395	2320	713	2839	284	2887	2413	401	1888	777	380	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 1.46	10:39AM 1.56		1:52AM 1.88		2:06PM 1.88		9:20AM 1.55		10:09PM 1.55	10:24AM 1.62		10:25PM 1.18			11:32PM 1.46	9:14AM 1.50			11:26AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 0.33		4:16AM 0.15	4:56PM 0.24	7:42PM 0.47	8:01AM 0.51		12:04AM 0.49				4:13AM 0.49	4:41PM 0.29		7:56AM 0.79	3:32PM 0.45			3:43PM 0.55	12:38AM 0.66	4:39AM 0.41	1:12PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	1	-	5	2	1	-	15	6	10	-	8	4	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	8	15	17	15	15	8	6	11	16	12	5	4	9	5	18	7	9	11	10	15	15
Low °C	18	7	14	14	14	13	7	5	7	16	4	5	4	5	5	18	5	8	10	8	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	4	14	16	14	14	4	2	9	15	10	5	3	6	2	17	3	6	8	8	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	7:08	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.3 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE	1.8 N	0.6 SE	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	13	15	12	13	13	12	14	11	10	13	6	10	6	10	10	9	8	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 NW	-	1.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	2.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	-	5	-	10	5	-	9	10	7	6	6	-	-	9	12	16	11	11	11	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	5.0 W	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	3.0 SW	0.3 WNW	2.5 SW	0.4 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	12	-	3	-	3	12	14	3	-	3	12	12	11	9	-	10	3	11	4	4	5

	Thursday 23				Friday 24							Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	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	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	7	6	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	9	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	5.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1082	1051	1005	1170	6249	5193	4654	10593	2791	3203	1597	1569	1390	1119	1713	2528	549	823	4573	11964	1016	9120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:10PM 1.13	1:18AM 1.94						8:45PM 1.58							6:11PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.33					7:28AM 0.46	11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64	6:00PM 0.38			2:42AM 0.26				3:20PM 0.47				1:31AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1
Temp. °C	21	21	21	18	7	7	7	11	16	14	13	12	9	11	16	13	17	9	6	6	5	4
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	18	4	5	6	8	16	13	11	11	6	9	15	13	17	6	2	3	2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	2.1 NW	-	0.4 NE	1.4 W	-	1.1 S	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	-	-	11	-	9	12	-	16	5	6	9	9	15	7	7	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	4.5 SW	-	-	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	3.0 SW	5.0 WSW	-	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	-	-	4	4	4	6	-	11	5	4	13	14	-	13

	Thursday 23										Friday 24
	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	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	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	7	6	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	9	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	6.0 W	6.0 W	6.0 W	5.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	0.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	9	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1233	1130	1082	512	10518	9967	9899	6893	236	3139	128	125	85	256	2791	3646	76	1722	1722	7880	1220	7200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:10PM 0.43						1:58AM 0.25							8:14AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	18	10	10	9	6	15	18	20	20	16	14	18	7	18	6	7	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	17	7	6	4	1	13	17	20	20	14	11	18	1	18	1	3	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NE	0.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	-	-	-	10	12	14	13	13	12	9	14	9	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	18	-	5	5	5	12	11	-	6	9	9	12	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 S	6.0 W	6.0 W	6.0 W	5.0 SW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.9 NNW	3.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	5.0 WSW	0.9 W	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	12	12	12	11	7	8	4	4	5	7	6	12	4	5	5	12	4	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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