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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 S	1.1 NNE	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	12	11	14	7	10	12	12	12	12	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2762	839	1061	942	821	503	341	3843	1856	1000	950	88	797	473	727	1549	2083	1401	891	1396	1453	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:32AM 2.19	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74		9:00PM 2.13	9:26AM 2.10			5:44AM 1.88	5:55PM 1.91		5:52AM 1.33	6:45PM 1.97		7:32AM 2.06	5:56PM 0.92			3:57PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.40			11:01PM 0.63		1:15PM 0.60	3:11AM 0.85		2:08PM 0.65	11:19PM 0.84	12:02PM 0.94		12:08AM 0.69	11:47AM 0.79		1:06AM 0.66			12:42AM 0.38	8:44AM 0.76		10:21PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	13	-	-	-	-	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	21	20	21	23	20	13	18	18	21	16	14	14	12	11	13	13	21	26	26	21
Low °C	11	13	21	19	21	22	11	11	17	16	20	16	14	14	11	11	12	13	19	22	25	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	21	20	21	23	20	11	17	18	21	15	14	13	11	10	12	12	21	26	26	21
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:59	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:38	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NNE	2.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	9	14	12	11	14	8	10	12	10	12	12	9	9	10	10	13	14	13	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	6	16	15	11	12	14	10	11	10	9	10	9	17	15	8	8	-	4	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	7	4	12	12	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 10								Sunday 11									Monday 12
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	8	10	12
Energy(?)	1183	1439	1173	1016	1086	1045	1120	1861	1396	1010	1197	1145	821	127	658	648	671	293	728	688	1867	1196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:22AM 2.43							3:35AM 1.97				3:45PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)						12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72						9:38AM 0.68					8:06PM 0.29		5:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	13	11	15	14	16	19	21	19	20	20	19	21	23	21	21	20	24	21	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	9	15	13	16	19	21	19	20	20	19	21	23	21	21	20	24	21	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.2 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 NE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 NE	2.0 S
Period (s)	9	4	9	12	10	10	14	13	13	11	15	14	14	8	14	14	14	8	9	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	-	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 N	1.1 SW	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	15	10	14	15	14	14	6	-	13	15	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	2.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	15	-	-	-	7	14	8	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	8	10	-

	Friday 09				Saturday 10
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	10AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	0.1 S	1.1 NNW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	15	8	12	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	8	8	15	5	8
Energy(?)	625	2465	1324	1223	2039	2762	1439	2735	310	792	767	751	802	263	821	805	808	357	266	9	151	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:13PM 0.47	11:53PM 0.40		1:27AM 0.60							7:39AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	17	13	13	13	12	12	19	19	18	19	21	20	21	21	26	31	26	27	26
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	16	12	12	13	12	11	19	19	18	19	21	20	21	21	26	31	26	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 S	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	10	15	12	9	9	4	9	9	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	4	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	16	-	16	15	15	10	14	15	18	6	6	6	12	16	16	16	-	15	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	-	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	0.4 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	12	15	8	-	8	15	15	15	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	8	3	5	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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