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

	Sun	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	2.2 N
Period(s)	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	16	15	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	13	12	13	12	11	10
Energy	1330	1620	1457	1013	1380	3792	5277	6079	6000	7154	8500	8664	14235	7095	5392	3135	2187	1275	1215	735	432	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:00PM 1.56	1:24AM 1.61	8:25AM 1.86		11:16PM 1.88		2:08PM 1.31	12:29AM 1.66	9:58AM 1.85		12:56AM 1.75	3:15AM 1.25	4:35PM 1.38		4:08AM 1.52	4:31PM 1.61		5:31AM 1.55	5:16PM 1.61	10:52PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 1.02	6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24		5:09PM 0.31		7:55AM 0.17		6:12PM 0.31	3:46AM 0.41	4:07PM 0.44	6:40PM 0.36	9:26AM 0.23		10:45PM 0.32	10:13AM 0.64		11:28PM 0.47	11:46AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
High °C	15	12	13	10	8	8	8	13	13	8	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	14
Low °C	12	11	11	10	8	7	7	11	11	7	7	9	10	11	13	13	10	10	10	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	8	6	6	5	13	13	5	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	2.2 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	16	15	13	15	15	16	16	16	15	13	12	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	16	10	10	11	11	12	-	-	15	10	9	9	-	-	11	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-

	Sun	Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Maori Bay Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Coopers Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 S	3.5 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	12	12	14	11	11	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Energy	3046	1330	1175	1038	1620	1552	1457	3463	4088	1013	2632	1282	1380	1005	3792	5323	5802	5277	5280	5393	6079	6407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:55AM 2.91			1:00PM 1.56						8:25AM 1.86					11:16PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33PM 1.02			6:51AM 0.15			4:18PM 0.28						11:55AM 0.49		5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31	7:55AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	11	12	13	11	13	10	15	9	8	15	8	7	6	7	7	5	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	9	14	7	6	14	6	4	3	4	4	1	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 S	-	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	12	12	14	-	11	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	-	16	16	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 NNE	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Maori Bay Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	3230	3522	3046	1365	3304	1330	1330	1330	1175	1131	1081	1038	1697	1659	1620	1602	1570	1552	1516	1493	1457	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:55AM 2.91								1:00PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					10:18PM 1.05								6:51AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	13	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	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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