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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Raneika Beach Hawkes Bay	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	9	9	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	4.5 S	6.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	13	11	11	15	14	14	14	11	13	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	18	16	18
Energy(?)	481	619	302	306	2213	1236	1185	3533	1977	2414	5504	19559	4161	4290	5421	1812	1673	981	328	1089	1023	990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 1.72			10:12AM 1.67		1:23AM 1.71		1:38PM 1.66	2:39AM 1.68		2:32PM 1.63	9:33PM 2.24	10:14AM 2.92	5:28PM 1.26	12:47AM 1.97	1:00PM 2.09		12:40AM 2.03	12:53PM 2.11			12:55PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40PM 0.71	1:10AM 0.83	4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62		9:24AM 0.46		8:12PM 0.35	8:42AM 0.38		3:44AM 0.39				6:58AM 0.34			6:46AM 0.36	6:55PM 0.21	10:18PM 0.12	6:46AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	22	20	17	21	15	13	14	15	14	18	17	16	15	16	15	21	16	14	17	14	14	20
Low °C	18	19	15	21	15	11	13	14	10	16	17	13	14	16	14	19	15	13	17	14	12	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	17	21	13	11	14	13	13	18	15	14	15	15	15	21	16	14	17	14	13	20
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 NNE	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 E	5.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	0.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	-	11	11	7	14	14	11	13	12	20	11	11	16	11	8	18	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	-	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	9	9	15	-	8	15	13	13	12	-	11	-	-	10	14	12	11	10	11	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 N	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.4 SSE	4.5 S	6.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	-	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	-	1.5 ESE	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	11	9	-	14	-	7	11	13	10	11	11	-	10	9	-	10	-	6

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	12	7	7	8	7	8	8	13	12	7	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	629	512	330	403	325	771	511	722	593	609	958	298	218	337	1605	1730	2007	3240	3114	1630	1430	2482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57							10:52PM 1.72				10:10AM 1.81	1:38PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)					3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54	8:04PM 0.45						2:07PM 1.03					4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-
Temp. °C	14	14	22	22	24	19	19	17	17	18	21	23	20	20	12	11	10	11	12	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	22	22	24	18	19	16	17	18	21	23	20	20	11	9	8	10	12	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	12	12	7	12	7	8	8	13	12	9	10	11	11	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	7	16	7	8	9	11	9	9	9	12	11	14	13	12	16	16	8	8	7	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.8 N	1.9 ENE	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	7	7	8	7	8	8	-	6	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 ENE	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	13	4	13	5	5	6	11	11	9	13	12	12	13	13	13	8	13
Energy(?)	45	331	369	373	405	540	41	581	71	71	191	329	176	157	100	273	246	338	309	84	787	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:22PM 1.24						8:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)							7:50AM 0.51					12:41PM 0.95			3:32PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	18	14	14	13	14	15	16	17	22	24	22	22	24	23	23	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	18	14	14	12	13	14	15	16	22	24	22	22	24	23	23	16	16	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 E	1.2 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	13	10	10	10	11	11	9	13	12	12	13	13	6	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	8	-	7	7	6	8	9	7	7	13	19	5	10	9	8	8	6	6	13	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NNE	2.2 ENE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	5	5	3	5	5	6	4	6	5	5	6	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	4

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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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