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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	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shag Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Brighton Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	2	4	3	4	6	4	1	3	4	4	4	3	2	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	5.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 NE	1.9 S	2.4 N
Period(s) (?)	14	13	16	16	15	14	14	12	14	14	8	11	12	6	12	14	13	10	12	7	11	8
Energy(?)	223	683	165	366	785	12615	2829	203	424	2391	550	67	1355	161	400	7297	11332	890	305	274	1280	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 1.86	12:38PM 2.00	3:45PM 2.36	9:49PM 2.49			9:32PM 1.49	6:42AM 1.45	4:49PM 1.64		5:11AM 1.69	5:29PM 1.58	10:47PM 1.07	10:50AM 1.49	6:36PM 1.47	3:21AM 1.83		3:37PM 1.81	12:43AM 2.17		5:42PM 2.02	12:23AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 0.26			10:23AM 0.27	5:00PM 0.71				11:52PM 0.37	11:25AM 0.41		4:18AM 0.39			9:09PM 0.45	9:36AM 0.61			6:56AM 0.51		6:46PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	12	1	1	13
High °C	12	19	18	19	16	12	10	24	18	18	15	16	11	16	15	8	12	16	12	17	15	18
Low °C	10	19	14	18	13	12	9	22	17	18	14	14	10	16	13	7	10	16	8	16	12	17
Chill °C (?)	10	19	17	19	14	9	9	24	17	17	15	15	9	15	13	4	10	15	10	17	14	18
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	-	2.5 W	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	13	16	9	15	-	14	12	8	14	8	11	12	6	12	11	14	10	12	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.7 SE	0.3 NNE	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	14	10	7	6	3	-	14	19	14	-	17	18	4	7	6	-	9	18	10	12	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.2 NNW	5.5 WSW	-	0.5 NE	1.1 S	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 ESE	0.7 NNW	-	0.8 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.4 NE	1.9 S	2.4 N
Period (s)	-	8	4	9	2	14	-	3	5	5	6	3	4	-	4	14	13	-	-	7	11	8

	Mon	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Kingston Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	8	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.4 N	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 NE	2.3 NE	1.7 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	13	16	8	12	6	15	15	15	15	7	8	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1094	1333	1021	1346	1054	381	435	201	1437	1731	1256	1153	842	1095	1375	9040	7025	5064	4226	3810	1391	1395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-flow	low	high	low	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:22AM 2.01	3:26AM 2.38			10:32AM 3.90		5:34PM 1.39			3:52AM 1.74			9:12AM 1.55								10:04AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:42PM 0.25				9:43AM 0.26		2:57PM 0.32		9:36PM 0.26	10:29PM 0.30							7:27PM 0.26			4:34AM 0.20	9:12AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-
Temp. °C	11	9	11	16	13	15	20	19	6	9	10	10	20	28	17	11	10	10	17	16	14	21
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	15	12	14	20	19	2	7	7	7	20	28	16	9	8	8	17	15	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	0.2 N	1.2 SSW	0.5 NNE	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	16	13	16	15	12	6	15	15	15	15	8	8	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.8 NE	-	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	0.1 S	1.5 NE
Period (s)	14	-	8	14	6	-	20	11	9	10	8	10	15	12	5	-	-	-	11	7	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	1.0 NNE	1.7 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.4 N	0.9 W	-	0.8 W	0.4 NW	1.7 NE	2.3 NE	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	4	5	8	8	6	4	-	4	3	7	8	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 20				Tuesday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Kingston Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	8	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	4.0 W	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 N	1.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	2.5 WSW	7.0 W	7.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	15	14	14	6	14	8	15	9	16	16	10	8	16	15	14	14	12	12	15	12
Energy(?)	515	5445	286	2498	223	92	1068	26	203	13	276	358	253	196	208	2655	18809	20524	835	835	5009	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:15AM 1.75	4:04AM 1.80								12:43PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			9:19PM 0.86												9:39AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	10	11	17	12	13	18	16	7	16	7	8	18	18	14	8	9	8	18	18	7	20
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	17	11	12	17	16	6	15	6	6	17	17	12	3	4	2	18	18	1	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 NE	1.0 N	1.7 SSW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	6	6	14	7	15	9	16	16	8	8	16	-	-	-	12	12	19	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	15	14	16	12	8	6	9	7	7	18	10	10	-	-	-	14	14	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	4.0 W	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.7 NW	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 NE	2.5 WSW	7.0 W	7.5 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	3.5 W	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	13	2	-	-	7	7	-	-	4	-	-	10	5	5	15	14	14	4	4	15	8

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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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