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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			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	Scott Point Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Onemana Coromandel	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	7	6	4	2	3	5	4	4	4	2	8	4	5	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	4.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SW	1.2 NNW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNW	0.2 S	2.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	13	12	15	17	12	6	12	13	14	10	13	11	11	10	8	11	11	9
Energy(?)	3715	6201	2283	385	531	7019	1665	522	2016	162	936	6459	3853	538	2580	3694	1911	587	1325	9	1967	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 2.76		10:22PM 2.48		4:30PM 1.75	10:43PM 2.23	11:20AM 2.50		10:36PM 1.41	11:14AM 1.52		11:09PM 1.34	11:50AM 1.47		1:14AM 2.34		3:25PM 1.72	7:26PM 2.08	10:42AM 1.53	5:07PM 1.62	11:32PM 1.46	11:51AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:41PM 0.21		7:39AM 0.34			5:07AM 0.24	4:45PM 0.37		4:49AM 0.18	3:06PM 0.26		5:22AM 0.23	2:25PM 0.49	7:14PM 0.60	7:32AM 0.93		1:51AM 1.09	4:32AM 0.58			5:37AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	10	8	5	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	20	21	17	9	16	16	14	17	13	10	9	18	16	6	4	4	19	23	15	13
Low °C	18	18	20	19	17	7	15	14	13	17	11	8	9	18	13	4	4	3	18	20	13	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	21	16	5	16	15	12	16	11	8	7	18	15	3	2	4	19	23	13	12
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:04	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	1.9 N	0.8 NNE	1.5 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	13	11	12	17	12	12	7	13	14	10	13	11	12	8	8	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	-	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.8 N	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	13	-	11	9	8	-	15	11	11	12	8	7	8	13	16	12	6	-	-	9	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NE	0.9 NW	1.3 S	4.5 WSW	-	0.5 E	-	1.2 NNW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	0.7 NW	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNW	0.8 NW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	4	6	12	-	3	-	6	12	13	5	-	-	11	11	10	8	4	11	9

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	3	7	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.0 NE	3.5 SW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	8	16	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	14	16
Energy(?)	4986	887	6095	8987	6237	5050	4226	1847	1594	1395	207	1020	1005	538	3722	2655	4161	7044	2883	4883	1366	2588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:12AM 1.55				10:10PM 2.26				10:04AM 1.57											8:45PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)					9:56PM 0.31			3:44AM 0.15			1:34PM 0.24	4:09PM 0.33		12:15AM 0.37		5:45AM 0.51	7:28AM 0.46	11:27AM 1.03	2:22PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	2	1	-	-	8	-	-
Temp. °C	15	25	18	11	11	17	17	20	20	20	19	21	21	10	15	16	7	12	16	6	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	25	18	10	10	16	16	20	20	20	18	21	21	9	14	16	6	10	16	3	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 NE	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	8	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.1 E	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.9 NW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	-	-	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	5	7	6	10	-	-	12	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NE	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	4.5 SW	0.5 NE	4.0 W	0.9 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	8	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	12	9	11	4	4

	Wednesday 22																Thursday 23
	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	3	7	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	0.7 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	12	18	18	16	15	15	14	15	18	14	12	11
Energy(?)	5583	430	3715	3678	16016	4398	5008	1038	1080	1080	408	1566	1565	1043	5953	5942	5676	1856	635	1089	291	337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																11:00PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)										3:34PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	18	18	10	9	18	18	20	20	20	15	20	20	13	17	17	11	10	13	9	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	18	6	5	18	18	20	20	20	13	20	20	12	16	17	8	9	10	6	16	16
Sunrise	6:28	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	7	15	16	-	15	15	9	9	9	12	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	11	14	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.6 N	-	-	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 W	1.0 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	15	13	-	-	18	19	15	14	14	9	18	18	9	-	20	8	10	18	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	-	0.6 WNW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.2 N	-	-	1.4 NNE	-	3.0 NW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	9	5	-	-	5	-	7	-	3	3

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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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