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

	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	6	19	11	10	12	13	12	14	16	16	15	19	19	16	14	13	13	11	14	15	14	14
Energy	246	237	1840	1040	1754	3720	4837	7484	8190	5559	3266	4484	3666	2214	1447	1009	737	1125	1482	1099	3127	3729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 2.39	2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:58PM 1.71		1:00PM 1.56	1:24AM 1.61		1:57PM 1.54	1:40AM 1.61		1:08PM 1.74	11:56PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:47PM 0.82	2:58AM 0.28		4:34PM 0.28		6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24	7:23AM 0.14		7:32PM 0.39	7:00AM 0.29			6:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	18	14	14	11	11	11	11	8	9	10	10	14	14	12	15	15	12	10	12	13	17
Low °C	11	16	14	14	8	8	9	10	6	6	10	10	13	12	11	12	13	11	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	18	14	14	9	9	10	8	6	9	8	8	13	13	10	14	15	11	10	10	11	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.6 WSW	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	11	10	12	12	13	14	16	16	15	19	19	16	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	1.1 W	1.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.8 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	19	12	10	7	13	-	21	-	11	19	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NW	-	1.8 S	-	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	6	2	-	-	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	11	-	-	4	-

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.8 W	1.5 NNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	8	16	6	13	19	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14
Energy	269	1569	246	224	237	663	2517	1840	1405	1353	1040	1076	1754	1041	3570	3720	4076	4084	4837	3167	7484	5968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 3.29	4:38AM 2.39			12:53PM 2.39				2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			6:54AM 0.24				8:59PM 0.44						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:47PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	11	18	18	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	9	8	9	10	11	9	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	8	14	11	18	18	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	9	8	6	7	8	9	8	9	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	8	4	6	13	13	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	19	19	12	7	12	11	11	10	12	7	-	-	13	13	12	-	6	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	1.5 NNW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	16	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	-

	Thursday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 NW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	3.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	13	8	8	8	16	16	8	8	6	8	8	13	13	19	19	19	12	8	12	12	11	11
Energy	312	212	269	308	1674	1569	460	500	246	545	534	224	205	238	237	205	3978	663	3063	2971	2517	1936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:27AM 2.67	1:47AM 3.29			4:38AM 2.39								12:53PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)								7:45AM 0.22													8:59PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	15	10	10	10	15	15	11	13	11	13	14	18	18	18	18	18	13	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	8	8	8	13	14	9	12	11	12	13	18	18	17	18	18	13	14	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.6 NW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	3.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	4	4	8	12	6	12	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	20	12	12	12	18	-	12	15	-	15	12	19	19	19	19	19	12	12	12	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	16	16	-	8	6	8	8	3	3	2	2	2	6	-	7	-	-	-

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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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