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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	3.0 W	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	9	8	9
Energy(?)	539	806	792	198	1030	825	466	1419	130	1597	6370	4667	1888	2170	1113	1991	3352	2412	1591	145	362	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:26PM 1.40	8:56AM 1.52			12:26PM 1.44		1:02AM 1.47		1:55PM 1.64	2:45AM 1.69		2:17PM 1.92	2:41AM 1.85		5:52PM 1.14	1:39AM 1.84		4:42PM 1.74		4:57AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 1.07	2:46AM 0.43		3:03PM 0.48	10:44PM 1.14	6:14AM 0.31	6:51PM 0.30	7:01PM 0.48	7:02AM 0.44		8:41PM 0.41	7:59AM 0.60		8:40PM 0.54	8:41AM 0.24		7:21PM 0.19	9:47AM 0.23		10:11PM 0.10	10:57AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	23	18	24	22	19	24	15	11	13	12	11	19	22	22	18	17	16	21	16	20	22
Low °C	20	22	17	23	21	18	22	15	8	11	10	10	17	21	22	18	17	13	19	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	25	23	18	24	22	19	24	13	9	11	9	11	19	22	22	18	16	16	21	15	20	22
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	11	11	13	10	10	-	11	14	-	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	11	14	6	9	12	11	-	12	14	-	-	8	-	9	7	-	7	18	12	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	1.8 NE
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	14	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	9

	Wednesday 26							Thursday 27								Friday 28
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Awana Great Barrier Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 ENE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.0 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	790	672	553	903	1168	566	1936	2207	1108	1022	1009	839	1197	1304	1500	2002	1503	1623	609	500	1165	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:08AM 1.53					11:17PM 1.32				12:37PM 1.84				11:56PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49				2:14PM 0.51					5:29AM 0.42				6:20PM 0.71				4:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	15	14	16	21	24	17	17	15	15	16	18	19	26	23	21	18	11	18	24	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	21	24	17	16	15	15	16	18	19	26	23	21	18	10	18	24	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	7	10	9	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	12	8	6	6	10	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	10	9	11	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.0 NNE	-	-	1.9 NE	-
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	9	11	-	-	10	-

	Wednesday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Awana Great Barrier Island	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 NE	1.1 E	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	7	7	11	11	8	11	6	6	11	11	11	6	6	11	9	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	814	404	207	246	340	40	207	457	185	185	564	637	485	121	121	665	294	795	950	716	1709	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:38AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	17	17	19	20	21	19	19	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	12	13	16	17	19	20	21	19	19	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	2.1 NE	0.4 SSW	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	11	11	8	11	6	6	11	11	6	11	11	11	9	8	11	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	6	11	11	11	14	14	11	12	12	-	6	13	14	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 NE	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	2.0 NE	-	2.3 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	6	11	6	4	11	-	11	6

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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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