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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	Wed	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19
	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	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	5	8	13	16	14	14	9	14	14	13	12	13	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	8	10	10
Energy(?)	66	943	604	2428	1980	2490	201	2799	3195	2043	1707	2076	407	420	850	311	1043	2662	1604	851	1193	1246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:21AM 0.94	10:41AM 2.20	3:58PM 1.26	2:33AM 1.56		1:43PM 1.45	1:52AM 1.30			9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88			10:34PM 1.88	10:55AM 1.88		11:11PM 1.92	11:30AM 1.93	5:06PM 1.34	8:26PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	10:15PM 0.43	4:20AM 0.89		8:25PM 0.30	7:57AM 0.70		7:42PM 0.14	8:32AM 0.24	3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	4:34PM 0.43		6:59AM 0.39	5:14PM 0.39		4:45AM 0.58	5:04PM 0.57		5:22AM 0.55		2:39AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	21	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	29
High °C	18	18	13	11	18	13	18	18	17	11	17	16	14	22	20	17	16	18	17	24	17	18
Low °C	16	16	13	9	15	9	10	18	17	10	16	16	11	18	19	13	16	17	15	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	12	11	17	10	18	17	17	9	17	15	12	22	20	17	15	17	17	24	16	18
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	13	16	14	14	9	14	14	13	12	13	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	8	16	-	-	6	-	-	-	15	22	9	12	8	13	12	11	11	4	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 N	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 N	-	-	1.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	9	9	6	-	-	8	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	8PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.5 NNE	1.9 NE	3.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 E	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	8	8	9	9	8	13	16	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	14
Energy(?)	503	749	563	1003	604	2480	1257	1246	1084	2428	1992	1998	1980	1275	3678	5073	5281	4436	3277	2771	535	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:06PM 2.22				12:48PM 1.51			8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81	10:58AM 1.99			8:13PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)											2:25AM 0.44				2:55PM 0.53				2:29AM 0.67		7:49AM 0.21	11:12AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	19	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	10	18	17	21	23	14	18	11	10	9	9	15	18	11	9	9	8	8	8	12	19
Chill °C (?)	18	8	18	17	21	23	14	18	11	10	7	6	14	18	9	7	8	5	6	6	10	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.5 NNE	1.2 E	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 E	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	8	9	9	8	13	16	14	14	14	10	-	13	13	13	12	12	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.3 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.2 N	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	8	-	8	7	8	8	16	16	-	-	-	14	-	10	17	11	16	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	1.9 NE	3.5 NE	1.9 SW	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	8	9	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 12				Thursday 13
	6PM	9PM	8PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.1 SSE	2.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 E	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	7	5	5	5	6	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	7	7	8	10
Energy(?)	558	1125	704	763	67	161	190	473	435	498	492	571	605	261	539	1008	502	502	681	869	486	1575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:23AM 1.41							7:41AM 1.82									3:29PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:52PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	11	19	17	17	16	15	16	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	14	20
Chill °C (?)	19	8	19	15	16	14	14	14	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.9 ENE	2.1 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.4 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.4 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	8	9	-	7	6	6	7	11	11	12	12	12	8	12	9	7	7	7	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	11	-	14	12	8	12	8	8	4	4	4	12	8	8	11	11	11	6	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 ENE	-	2.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.5 NW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	6	7	7	4	10

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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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