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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	2.2 SW	2.0 NW	1.9 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	2.5 S	0.7 W	2.1 N	1.6 N	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	8	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	12	11	8	10	8	7	7	12
Energy(?)	337	753	527	731	869	967	683	5227	1644	860	1599	3517	2433	3270	2378	1108	198	1861	101	564	339	3015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:29PM 1.23	12:48PM 1.84		4:00AM 1.08		2:03PM 2.02			2:32PM 1.62	11:18PM 1.75	9:15AM 1.91		8:44PM 1.98	9:17AM 1.97		1:11AM 2.00		1:19PM 2.23	11:33PM 2.23	11:53AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 0.48		6:28AM 0.69	6:51PM 0.30	9:25PM 0.26	9:39AM 0.56		12:31AM 0.55	9:06AM 0.39				2:33PM 0.39	3:02AM 0.28		5:51PM 0.46		7:25AM 0.13			5:48AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	9	8	5
High °C	25	18	17	26	15	12	18	15	13	19	12	20	21	20	17	22	25	21	12	20	14	16
Low °C	24	17	15	24	13	9	16	14	11	19	11	18	20	19	14	19	24	15	11	19	14	15
Chill °C (?)	25	17	17	26	14	11	18	14	13	19	11	20	21	20	17	22	25	21	10	20	13	16
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:21	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:40	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.0 NW	1.9 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 E	2.0 S	0.7 W	0.6 E	1.6 N	2.5 NW
Period (s)	8	10	8	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	8	9	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	10	11	8	11	11	-	9	9	-	8	8	8	9	9	6	10	7	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	2.5 S	0.4 SE	2.1 N	-	2.3 N
Period (s)	3	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	3	7	-	10

	Thursday 27						Friday 28							Saturday 29								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Elliot Bay Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WNW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1002	934	1289	1275	2357	1390	1630	777	569	518	593	940	1147	1280	1256	1068	2909	1044	1506	1052	4425	3831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 1.84														6:23AM 1.73	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	7:35AM 0.53			6:20PM 0.71		8:37PM 0.26		6:53AM 0.60						12:09AM 0.52						4:01PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	25	22	19	12	13	19	16	22	26	14	12	10	10	11	13	18	16	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	19	25	22	19	11	12	19	16	22	26	14	10	10	9	10	11	18	16	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WNW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	15	12	15	10	10	12	8	8	8	-	11	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	11	9	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 27																Friday 28
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Elliot Bay Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	2.1 NE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NE	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	7	11	11	8	7	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	7
Energy(?)	1085	991	337	204	1162	268	395	1188	519	809	1479	395	388	1012	977	977	281	411	374	163	615	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:42AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	7:35AM 0.53																			2:37AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	18	18	24	23	22	18	18	22	17	22	21	18	17	14	14	14	16	12	12	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	18	24	23	22	17	17	22	16	22	21	18	17	13	13	13	15	11	11	15	8	7
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.2 NE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NE	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	14	10	10	11	7	11	13	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	0.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	14	8	8	16	8	16	16	10	15	8	8	8	13	9	9	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	-	2.1 NE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	2.5 NE	1.4 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	11	6	7	-	-	-	7	3	3	9	7	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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