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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Porridge Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	6	6	5	4	4	3	4	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.0 S	1.1 WSW	5.0 N	5.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	4.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	9	9	10	14	12	15	13	13	15	16	9	11	11	12	14	13	13	7
Energy(?)	4005	1993	1153	959	963	79	55	2119	3967	3664	2717	2736	828	1306	6277	7921	4368	3430	581	5110	1859	431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:40AM 1.75		10:29PM 1.75	9:44AM 2.23		8:53PM 1.89	8:07AM 2.86		7:19PM 3.19	6:10AM 1.25	6:45PM 1.51		7:00AM 1.36	7:27PM 1.58		7:42AM 1.45		9:42PM 3.28	8:20AM 1.53			8:14AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.38		3:27AM 0.55	2:45PM 0.56			1:05PM 0.97	1:34AM 0.84	12:12PM 0.36		1:02AM 0.41	1:02PM 0.30		1:41AM 0.33	1:45PM 0.27	1:45PM 0.34			2:17PM 0.21	11:19PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	47	25	-	-	-	6	9	-
High °C	12	15	16	17	15	11	17	7	12	13	13	12	15	14	11	13	13	11	14	15	13	19
Low °C	9	14	16	17	13	8	17	7	9	12	13	10	11	13	10	13	12	9	9	10	12	17
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	16	13	9	17	3	10	11	12	12	15	12	7	11	12	11	13	14	13	19
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	-	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 S	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	9	8	6	-	11	15	13	13	10	11	16	16	11	12	14	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	-	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 WSW	-	-	1.3 W	2.2 NNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	18	22	20	17	-	9	10	-	16	10	-	-	15	16	-	-	14	10	12	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	2.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	5.0 N	5.5 NW	-	-	0.5 NNE	4.0 W	-	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	9	9	3	3	14	12	-	-	-	3	-	9	11	-	-	3	13	-	7

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17									Thursday 18
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 S	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	9	9	14	6	14	8
Energy(?)	2109	4239	3741	3663	3376	3688	1703	2432	2654	1060	997	959	852	950	724	602	555	1271	241	232	63	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high
High Tide / height (m)							6:22PM 2.78			3:38AM 1.10				4:51PM 1.36					5:06AM 1.15		1:50PM 1.60	4:31PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		3:39AM 0.31			1:35PM 0.63			11:25PM 1.19				9:55AM 0.45					11:49PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8
Temp. °C	11	9	11	12	14	14	12	14	14	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	10	13	18	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	10	6	9	10	13	12	11	13	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	8	12	18	17	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NE	1.6 N	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 S	1.4 N
Period (s)	13	20	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	9	8	14	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	4	-	18	16	16	-	16	20	18	18	18	17	16	10	10	10	16	-	9	7	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	1.9 SW	2.5 NNW	0.7 NNE	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	4	4	3	4	9	9	4	6	5	3

	Tuesday 16
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	6PM	6PM	6PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 NNW	1.7 SSW	1.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	5	13	7	13	12
Energy(?)	292	5436	5289	4937	9472	7034	987	2248	2126	1316	1193	1175	1193	1088	1088	1097	6	23	949	176	154	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										8:30AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	9	9	8	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	22	16	13
Chill °C (?)	10	5	6	5	7	6	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	15	22	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.7 NNW	1.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	22	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	5	13	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	18	18	21	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	10	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	1.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	3	13	13	13	13	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	3	3

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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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