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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.7 SSE	2.0 W	0.9 SW	3.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 E	1.8 SW	4.0 NE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	13	7	14	15	13	13	14	13	18	10	18	11	13
Energy(?)	4190	4028	2715	4204	2339	1278	1279	1736	1333	1215	387	1715	368	2847	1795	852	1057	1178	2474	2042	3606	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:05PM 2.00	1:22AM 1.93		1:51PM 2.02	8:48PM 2.43	9:24AM 2.48	2:34PM 2.02	2:50AM 1.95		12:45PM 2.13	10:21PM 2.71	3:31AM 1.92		10:13PM 2.43	3:53AM 2.15		11:44PM 3.40	11:52AM 2.82		12:17AM 2.97	9:09AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.23	7:30AM 0.11		3:00AM 0.43	3:21AM 0.20		8:41PM 0.18	6:35AM 0.08			9:41AM 0.15	4:53PM 0.14		10:03AM 0.24	5:05PM 0.41		5:50AM 0.22	5:59PM 0.63	6:13PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	22	-
High °C	10	11	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	8	17	9	10	12	10	17	11	10	18	14	16	13
Low °C	9	9	7	8	9	9	8	11	10	6	16	6	6	12	7	13	11	10	18	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	8	9	11	10	11	10	8	16	8	10	12	8	16	10	9	18	12	14	11
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:27	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.0 E	2.0 W	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 E	1.8 SW	4.0 NE	2.0 W
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	13	8	14	15	24	13	14	13	13	10	18	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	1.4 WNW	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	18	16	10	-	9	-	21	24	20	18	18	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	18	16	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	4331	4445	4190	4082	4028	3099	3044	3835	3932	3037	3246	3116	3513	1184	3019	3099	3142	1014	1151	2178	1073	1242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 1.87				1:05PM 2.00		8:20PM 2.49		1:22AM 1.93				1:51PM 2.02		8:17PM 2.33					9:28AM 3.44		5:37PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 0.16							5:11AM 0.16							3:00AM 0.43	3:35AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	10	11	12	11	9	9	7	7	11	11	11	13	8	13	6	9	13	11	9
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	8	9	11	11	7	7	4	4	11	10	9	12	6	12	3	7	13	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	18	16	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 SW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	17	6	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	18	-	-	-	-	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	16	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	4520	4520	4331	4388	4388	2473	1874	4199	4190	2929	2891	2999	4028	1443	3495	3412	3429	1112	1374	3597	1230	1631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 1.87										10:39AM 2.02										8:37PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	9	13	10	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	13	10	12	10	12	12	8	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	7	7	11	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	12	8	11	8	12	11	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	16	14	16	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	1.2 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.7 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	16	7	10	-	16	17	15	-	18	18	-	17	-	-	18	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	0.9 S	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	7	6	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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