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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	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	9	9	12	12	11	10	10	10	16	16	15	14	7	12	13	7	10	10	11	12
Energy(?)	1912	5939	1031	648	2690	1163	1313	1352	1182	843	1266	1235	720	945	602	1102	574	289	28	661	853	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.98					4:35AM 2.93	5:04PM 2.47		5:20AM 2.60		1:04AM 1.74			7:29PM 2.89	12:29PM 1.69	2:15PM 1.49	2:57AM 1.57		3:12PM 1.51	3:55AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.44	8:46AM 0.43	5:14PM 0.61	10:59PM 0.49	10:48AM 1.04		11:06PM 0.53	11:35AM 0.64	6:59PM 0.35		7:20AM 0.15	1:10PM 1.13	1:48AM 1.13	6:19AM 0.30		8:36PM 0.11	9:07AM 0.13		9:33PM 0.08	9:53AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	2	-	5	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	14	16	13	16	19	13	14	13	20	18	21	21	16	19	22	13	14	16	12	23
Low °C	13	16	13	13	13	15	17	13	13	13	19	17	20	21	13	19	21	12	13	16	10	17
Chill °C (?)	10	17	13	16	11	16	19	11	14	12	20	18	21	21	15	19	22	10	12	15	10	23
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	10	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	15	14	12	12	13	10	11	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	9	10	-	11	12	14	11	11	16	16	9	10	18	16	8	15	10	13	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	2.4 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	0.3 S	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	7	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 24							Sunday 25								Monday 26
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	9	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	12	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	5255	5309	5300	2869	960	4218	3013	4147	3409	3183	1030	1036	1010	1447	1303	3645	3191	3795	1091	1048	1026	2606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 1.94								3:27AM 2.79			11:03AM 1.57		4:05PM 3.07						11:25AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41AM 0.45				9:35PM 0.86											5:27AM 0.17				5:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	16	14	13	19	15	14	13	14	13	17	17	17	15	12	16	14	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	14	13	19	15	13	12	14	12	17	17	17	15	10	16	13	17	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	9	12	13	13	13	13	9	11	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	10	14	13	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	12	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 24
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	6	12	14	13	14	13	9	9	8	13	13	12	8	9	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	3313	4179	5255	791	295	5309	2357	6729	5121	5528	2771	2117	1395	3954	3772	2398	904	1977	841	746	1873	1226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:34AM 1.94												3:16PM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	15	12	13	13	17	17	11	16	15	15	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	8	10	10	17	17	8	15	14	14	13	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	1.1 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 E	1.0 E	2.0 SSW	1.0 E	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	7	12	14	13	14	13	9	12	9	13	13	11	10	9	9	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	10	-	-	9	9	9	10	10	9	12	9	12	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.3 W	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SW	2.1 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	-	12	8	9	8	-	9	8

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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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