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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	0.7 NE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	12	13	13	12	9	12	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	13	14
Energy(?)	1047	2469	1463	387	995	1042	1692	692	748	353	245	626	669	827	296	1094	709	660	870	1436	1210	3096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 2.82	12:08PM 2.77		12:23AM 2.59	12:20PM 2.27	3:13PM 1.82			1:22PM 3.24	7:08PM 2.10	7:44AM 1.57		8:03PM 1.45		2:42PM 2.08	3:18AM 1.95		3:40PM 2.06	7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			5:56AM 0.41	6:22PM 0.51		6:15AM 0.60		12:44AM 1.00	7:14AM 0.89		1:31AM 1.01		2:14PM 0.51	2:26AM 0.45	8:30AM 0.77		9:08PM 0.78	9:27AM 0.79		2:12AM 0.52		2:43PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	11	20	13	17	19	9	18	21	14	17	17	20	17	24	22	19	15	15	13	13	12
Low °C	17	8	19	12	16	18	9	17	19	13	15	16	19	16	23	21	18	15	15	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	9	20	12	16	19	6	18	21	13	17	16	20	17	24	22	19	14	15	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	13	13	12	9	12	11	8	8	11	11	8	11	10	8	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	9	10	10	9	10	-	12	13	12	6	14	11	16	12	9	8	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.5 NE	-	1.6 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	8	3	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1013	1506	1121	1076	1061	1505	3071	2685	1238	1115	2545	1895	1480	1469	1042	1036	1129	1042	1001	1243	1093	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				11:45PM 2.66										6:15AM 1.65		12:20PM 2.27						5:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)						5:38AM 0.55	8:31AM 0.52	11:42AM 1.07		6:18PM 0.85		11:59PM 0.43						6:38PM 0.70		10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	15	14	17	12	16	19	18	10	9	8	7	18	19	20	19	18	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	15	14	17	11	15	19	18	8	7	6	5	18	19	20	19	18	8	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	5	-	-	-	11	13	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	12	4	4	12	12	12	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22										Sunday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1139	1504	1047	1061	1076	1712	537	391	1857	1857	369	219	214	208	1797	1688	1546	1505	1505	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:21PM 0.99						5:38AM 0.55				9:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	18	18	19	14	11	17	17	10	10	10	9	17	17	17	17	18	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	18	18	19	12	10	17	17	9	10	10	8	17	17	17	17	18	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	9	13	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	13	-	-	-	11	-	9	-	-	9	9	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12

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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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