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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	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	9	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	4	7	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	5.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	2.4 SW	2.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	9	8	13	11	14	12	13	17	14	14	16	15	13	12	13	13	13	10	13
Energy(?)	2700	1650	1584	2200	3284	695	1370	9609	1397	3250	8176	5035	835	2450	1526	1125	5363	2032	5435	7135	1046	4976
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:31PM 1.23	1:24AM 0.86		3:03PM 1.25	3:34AM 0.86			7:41PM 1.57		12:23PM 1.60	2:08AM 1.63		1:44PM 1.82	9:34PM 1.78		1:52PM 1.72	9:09PM 2.84		3:20PM 1.53		7:37AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			8:41PM 0.71	7:09AM 0.57		9:56PM 0.52	8:52AM 0.57	4:48PM 0.55	2:09AM 0.70	5:54AM 0.40		8:10PM 0.78	8:35AM 0.35			6:17AM 0.31			8:58AM 0.19		9:36PM 0.21	1:39PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	5
High °C	15	9	7	16	9	11	16	9	10	14	13	12	13	14	13	9	9	14	12	10	6	6
Low °C	12	7	6	12	7	9	15	9	7	13	13	11	9	14	13	8	8	13	12	10	3	5
Chill °C (?)	14	6	4	16	5	9	16	5	7	13	12	12	12	13	12	6	6	13	10	10	6	1
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	10	9	12	13	11	-	21	13	17	14	14	16	15	13	12	13	13	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	13	10	10	10	10	-	-	20	18	18	7	-	-	16	16	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.7 W	-	5.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	2.2 W	-	-	2.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	11	9	8	5	-	14	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	13	13	10	13

	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	7	8	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	6	4	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	9	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6433	7372	5673	1538	1522	1664	1397	1161	3972	1436	1518	1249	601	1276	5676	5245	1057	3044	1201	1082	744	1247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:35AM 0.95					1:34PM 1.25		9:05PM 1.39					12:25PM 1.36		6:27PM 1.54	9:43PM 1.47		5:44AM 2.28			12:18PM 1.39	3:54PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 0.47							4:01AM 0.46				5:33PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	15	17	16	16	5	5	7	7	16	17	11	5	6	5	9	12	14	12	17
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	15	17	16	16	1	2	4	4	16	17	10	2	3	2	7	12	14	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	11	8	9	13	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 N	0.6 NNW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	10	10	10	10	4	12	12	10	23	-	22	22	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-	8	-	-	12	12	-	-	6	4	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 31
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	7	8	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	6	4	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 W	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	15	15	11	11	10	10	9	12	7	7	12
Energy(?)	2321	2363	1823	3988	4291	3622	3425	2358	2354	2989	1237	93	108	989	1039	1707	1619	1375	1002	444	444	3550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			12:23AM 0.95							9:56AM 1.48		11:28AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	10	10	10	10	4	4	6	7	14	14	6	8	7	8	10	5	5	5	17
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	9	9	8	8	1	1	2	3	12	13	2	6	4	5	6	1	2	2	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.8 N	0.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.5 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	15	8	10	10	10	10	-	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	-	10	6	10	15	6	10	7	10	-	6	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 N	1.9 SSW	1.7 W	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	3.5 SW
Period (s)	4	4	9	12	12	-	-	11	10	11	11	4	4	11	11	10	10	9	12	7	7	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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