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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	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	7	8	7	5	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.9 NE
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	12	11	10	14	16	15	15	13	14	19	19	19	16	14	14	13	12	7
Energy	3101	1330	1620	1457	3451	1189	1543	6586	7588	6397	3726	1052	8706	8961	8036	8115	4950	3041	1599	1074	563	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:24PM 2.51			1:00PM 1.56	7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		11:28PM 1.76		2:08PM 1.31				1:11AM 1.65	3:10AM 1.57	4:27PM 1.62		4:50AM 1.34	5:13PM 1.65		5:31AM 1.55	4:07PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33PM 1.02	6:51AM 0.15		2:08AM 0.46		5:26PM 0.28		7:55AM 0.17		9:03PM 0.37	8:29AM 0.22	4:07PM 0.44	6:57PM 0.34	9:14AM 0.77		10:43PM 0.45	11:02AM 0.26		11:28PM 0.47	11:46AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	13	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	12	13	11	8	9	6	11	12	12	14	10	10	12	12	13	13	15	13	17	12
Low °C	15	12	10	11	8	8	8	4	10	10	11	12	9	8	11	12	11	12	13	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	12	9	8	7	3	11	12	12	14	8	8	11	12	12	13	14	12	17	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.6 NE
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	12	11	10	14	16	15	15	13	15	19	19	19	16	14	14	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	17	16	15	10	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	9	-	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7

	Sunday 24			Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Maori Bay Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Coopers Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 S	3.5 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	12	12	13	11	11	15	10	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	3101	3296	1372	1330	1175	1038	1620	1552	1457	1295	4162	3451	1196	4586	1189	1567	1543	5708	6494	6586	6024	5393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.26				4:55AM 2.91			1:00PM 1.56				1:31AM 1.47	4:04AM 2.56	8:25AM 1.86					11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33PM 1.02			6:51AM 0.15											5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	14	13	12	10	12	13	11	13	11	11	14	8	8	9	7	6	5	4	5
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	14	12	12	10	12	12	9	11	9	9	13	8	6	7	4	3	2	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	3.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	12	12	13	11	11	15	10	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	1.2 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	17	10	-	16	15	15	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 N	3.5 ENE	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	12	4	11	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Maori Bay Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	15	15	17	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	16
Energy	4028	3663	3101	3350	3196	3296	3230	3099	1372	1365	1347	1330	1330	1330	1175	1125	1081	1038	1697	1659	1620	1602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	4:55AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)				3:23PM 0.25							10:33PM 1.02								6:51AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	16	9	9	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	16	9	9	14	12	12	15	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	15	17	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	11	9	11	11	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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