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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	Sun	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10
	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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Matata Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Tathra NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 NNE	3.5 N	2.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	4.0 SSW	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	11	11	14	15	15	14	13	10	9	15	8	11	12	7	9	15	14	16	14	12
Energy	920	2034	1304	1512	791	1225	1275	1167	540	2332	732	787	792	1863	1524	461	3349	2149	921	1366	5745	936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 2.53	10:55AM 2.71		9:41PM 1.53	10:23AM 1.00		11:50PM 2.38	11:07AM 0.96	3:03PM 1.81	11:02PM 1.43	11:31AM 0.88		12:09AM 1.33	12:52PM 0.74		7:11PM 1.80	4:56AM 1.65		8:04PM 1.79	8:23AM 1.73		8:56PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:55AM 0.40	5:17PM 0.41		4:31AM 0.25	3:43PM 0.44		5:15AM 0.30			5:56AM 0.36	5:01PM 0.33		7:26AM 0.40	1:03PM 0.63	1:37AM 0.69	11:23AM 0.64	1:56PM 0.62	2:29AM 0.66		2:48PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	22	22	21	13	15	14	14	21	16	16	20	13	16	16	18	19	20	16	19	6	18
Low °C	18	21	21	18	11	14	10	10	19	13	15	19	9	12	15	17	18	17	14	17	4	18
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	21	13	15	13	14	21	15	16	20	11	15	16	17	19	20	16	19	2	18
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	-	3.0 NNE	2.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	14	15	15	14	13	10	9	15	8	11	12	-	8	15	14	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	-	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	-	-	-	9	17	14	14	21	9	10	10	-	13	11	10	10	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	2.3 NNE	3.5 N	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	14	-

	Sun	Monday 04									Tuesday 05							Wednesday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.3 SW	2.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1083	586	658	2116	1964	2034	591	2256	1277	1532	1532	1074	1263	1157	1225	1328	1012	1275	1208	1208	1067	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:41PM 2.86				9:42AM 1.05				9:37PM 1.53						4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				3:50AM 0.22				3:08PM 0.39	7:48PM 0.50				4:51AM 0.40				8:28PM 0.58	11:01PM 0.60				11:19AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	19	18	21	17	22	11	20	20	18	18	21	15	14	13	13	11	10	9	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	19	18	21	16	22	10	20	20	18	18	21	15	14	12	12	10	9	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 E	1.3 SW	2.1 E	1.8 WSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	11	11	11	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	4	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	3	9

	Sunday 03						Monday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	0AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 SW	2.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	10	10	10	13	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	16	16
Energy	1220	653	659	920	920	920	846	920	857	978	978	789	1160	1160	380	374	705	428	478	459	524	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						9:05PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)												3:55AM 0.39	4:06AM 0.37			9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	11	21	20	20	14	20	11	21	21	18	20	20	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	21	20	20	13	20	10	21	21	18	20	20	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.6 SW	0.1 S	1.8 WSW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	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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