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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	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	7	4	4	4	1	4	5	9	5	2	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	4.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.6 ESE	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	15	16	18	14	14	15	15	14	10	15	15	16	15	14	7	13	10	13	12
Energy(?)	6730	6358	4828	3194	2314	1045	6395	419	1886	2537	2103	119	1553	3918	14631	4918	993	586	339	2	2695	4270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 3.09	7:24AM 1.98		7:59PM 2.36			11:46PM 1.99			11:40PM 1.97	11:14AM 2.76		10:19PM 2.53	10:12AM 2.52		9:32PM 1.49		1:01PM 1.96	3:29AM 2.34	12:57PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM 0.45	2:09AM 0.83		2:24PM 0.49	2:15AM 0.38	7:45AM 0.23	2:30PM 0.41		8:24AM 0.24	4:59PM 0.86		5:06AM 0.25	4:19PM 0.25		4:01AM 0.19	4:20PM 0.31		7:39AM 0.34		9:27PM 0.62	6:53AM 0.89	6:03PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	11	-	6	1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	17	17	11	8	17	17	16	20	11	10	15	18	17	21	8	11	16	14
Low °C	13	13	9	14	16	17	10	7	17	16	15	18	9	9	13	17	11	19	7	9	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	12	17	16	8	6	17	16	16	20	8	6	13	17	16	20	4	8	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 NNE	3.0 WSW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	15	16	18	-	14	15	15	14	10	8	15	-	15	14	14	13	7	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	1.1 ENE	-	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	1.0 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	-	18	7	-	19	14	-	8	8	8	15	9	12	8	-	-	5	-	6	10	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 W	0.9 NNE	-	1.1 ENE	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.9 SSW	0.4 NW	5.5 SW	-	0.5 NE	2.5 NNE	0.6 WSW	2.2 SSW	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	8	14	-	-	-	-	5	15	4	16	-	5	7	3	6	-	12

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Long Point Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	6	8	8	7	6	5	5	9	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	12	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	5361	7421	7048	6403	5429	4484	3745	8116	4044	3071	5400	3255	2699	3162	3334	3412	1097	8234	6593	3510	2547	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							7:41AM 2.19	10:54AM 1.90	1:23PM 1.86						8:25AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)					1:30AM 0.49								2:51AM 0.33				1:37PM 0.37	5:38PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	12	13	11	15	12	11	11	10	12	15	14	16	17	17	10	10	8	9	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	12	13	9	15	10	8	11	10	12	14	13	16	17	17	8	10	5	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	12	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.5 NW	0.2 NNW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	18	-	18	-	17	-	7	15	10	17	18	18	16	15	8	8	9	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	4.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	15	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17										Saturday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Long Point Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	6	8	8	7	6	5	5	9	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	15	15	16
Energy(?)	5192	6308	5879	6996	6365	3461	6851	1055	3575	1788	4692	2281	6475	6035	5429	5298	2388	11634	4880	7353	1920	2170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 2.28														9:33AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)						6:44PM 0.28								2:08AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	13	14	18	14	13	15	9	11	10	11	11	13	13	18	10	13	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	12	14	18	14	12	14	7	8	8	11	10	13	13	18	7	10	5	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	-	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	19	19	-	18	6	18	-	9	19	13	19	-	-	18	18	8	-	21	-	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 NNW	4.0 WSW	1.1 N	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	15	5	-

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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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