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 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Elliot Bay Northland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Murdering Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.5 S	1.5 E	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	12	12	11	6	7	9	9	15
Energy(?)	925	350	655	686	612	1036	956	362	5022	1822	1887	1767	232	2613	2947	2481	1391	290	281	1300	372	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:17PM 1.32	11:42AM 1.44		12:12AM 1.48			12:08AM 1.18	12:36PM 1.38	1:13PM 1.45	4:48AM 1.18	6:59AM 2.78				3:00PM 1.49	12:15AM 1.87	9:17AM 1.97		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		11:28PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30AM 0.30	6:11PM 0.50		8:24AM 0.55	6:14PM 0.25		6:22AM 0.26		10:14PM 0.26		1:10PM 1.03	10:53PM 0.46	8:41AM 0.24				3:27PM 0.29	3:30AM 0.64		6:45PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
High °C	19	24	17	21	24	14	13	13	13	14	17	12	19	19	17	16	19	27	25	16	15	13
Low °C	17	23	16	18	24	13	10	12	12	12	17	12	16	18	16	15	17	26	17	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	19	24	17	21	24	13	12	11	12	14	17	10	19	19	16	16	19	27	25	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	9:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NW	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SE	0.9 NNE	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	-	14	14	14	9	13	12	12	11	6	7	7	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 NE	0.9 N	0.3 N	0.2 SSW	0.8 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 ENE	0.3 NW	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	11	7	12	11	8	11	-	-	9	8	10	3	8	-	-	8	5	9	-	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 N	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.5 S	1.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	-	-	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	9	9	-

	Wed	Thursday 27									Friday 28							Saturday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	14
Energy(?)	2104	2272	1108	1022	1002	540	1183	1296	2279	1618	508	584	610	1196	552	1190	1342	1393	1006	1041	3004	6976
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 1.32				11:05AM 1.37						4:58AM 2.71		12:20PM 1.40						5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)				5:29AM 0.42	7:35AM 0.53			5:30PM 0.27		8:37PM 0.26			8:24AM 0.55					12:09AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	17	15	15	16	19	25	24	23	19	13	15	15	21	22	25	14	11	10	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	16	19	25	24	23	19	12	15	15	21	22	25	14	11	10	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.3 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	6	10	14	12	11	7	6	12	10	8	8	11	10	10	10	12	9	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	1.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	-	-	0.6 NW	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	9	-	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

	Wednesday 26				Thursday 27
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.3 N	2.1 ENE	1.7 NE	2.0 NE	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1018	934	530	686	926	280	283	308	976	248	214	417	1085	766	990	745	2503	1085	825	1556	640	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:19AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)													7:35AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	20	18	18	17	18	21	20	20	14	12	16	16	18	19	22	20	16	15	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	17	18	21	20	20	14	12	15	15	18	19	22	20	15	14	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 ENE	1.7 NE	2.0 NE	0.7 SW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.2 WSW	2.2 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	9	9	12	8	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.9 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	16	7	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.3 N	1.3 N	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	-	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	6	6	-	2	3	3	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	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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