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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 NW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW	5.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	12	10	7	13	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	7	9	13	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	251	963	488	267	377	749	3436	1736	1950	639	2423	1891	1251	1440	1172	228	639	1039	850	129	234	6847
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:25PM 1.71		9:06AM 1.59	6:56PM 1.85		7:25AM 1.95		7:14PM 1.53	8:21AM 2.00		8:55PM 1.64		2:04PM 2.94	3:30AM 1.99	4:19AM 2.10			6:48AM 2.32		7:15PM 2.25	7:53AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		11:38PM 0.43			1:11AM 0.15		1:53PM 0.01	1:24AM 0.00		3:06PM 0.30	3:10AM -0.05	8:04AM 0.72		9:09PM 0.34	10:29AM 0.39	1:28PM 0.27	12:33AM 0.44		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50		3:13PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	1	1	-	1	-
High °C	18	15	20	13	12	17	17	14	21	18	10	17	17	16	20	18	15	10	13	20	18	18
Low °C	16	15	18	13	9	13	16	12	19	16	9	12	17	16	19	16	14	9	12	13	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	14	20	12	10	16	16	13	21	18	8	17	16	16	20	18	14	8	12	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	7:49	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	15	14	12	10	18	13	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	7	9	13	12	7	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	8	8	11	10	17	16	16	10	16	-	-	-	6	6	12	12	9	-	8	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.4 W	-	2.0 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	1.3 N	1.0 N	-	0.7 SE	1.2 SW	0.4 NW	5.0 S
Period (s)	8	4	-	-	7	-	12	-	3	6	-	-	5	-	-	5	6	-	4	4	4	12

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	4PM	7PM	8PM	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	20	9	11	13	12	12	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	591	738	1426	640	694	636	675	326	365	630	553	251	223	597	1141	534	1302	2269	3259	3183	3045	1369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86					7:03PM 1.62	12:07AM 3.52					3:15PM 2.61				3:49AM 2.64	4:46AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)				12:14AM 0.18				12:07PM 0.00						6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	14	14	15	15	23	21	22	17	13	12	10	13	17	17	16	14	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	14	14	15	15	23	21	22	16	13	11	9	12	17	16	15	13	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 NE	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	6	9	9	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	9	4	8	8	8	9	15	15	11	11	5	12	13	16	16	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 NE	2.5 SW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	3	4	9	4	-	-	-	2	8	6	7	-	-	-	-	4	12	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 05										Thursday 06
	2PM	3PM	2PM	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	7	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	378	518	673	248	304	304	403	733	445	383	856	92	118	389	121	469	38	252	234	149	148	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:59PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	10	12	10	11	13	10	10	12	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	7	11	10	11	11	11	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	14	8	12	10	10	9	13	9	8	8	7	8	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	1.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	10	8	4	4	8	4	4	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

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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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