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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 N	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	8	9	10	8	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	13	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	328	1569	748	841	1908	485	399	3990	2444	1565	1041	852	485	1085	3930	1627	1811	1493	1266	680	322	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 2.17				8:21AM 1.51			11:15AM 1.40					1:30AM 1.44	5:08AM 0.96	4:13PM 1.32	1:14AM 1.27		2:03PM 1.37	3:52AM 1.49	4:05AM 1.70		7:37PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 0.51	1:33PM 0.61	10:37PM 0.62		2:50PM 0.58	10:05PM 1.26	4:58AM 0.35	4:49PM 0.50	9:54PM 0.97	9:09AM 0.64	6:05PM 0.62	7:29PM 0.54	10:12AM 0.65		7:09PM 0.27	7:13AM 0.25		9:44PM 0.38	10:35AM 0.63		2:02AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	4	22	1	3	6	5	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	20	21	10	6	16	15	15	12	14	12	16	13	10	15	16	16	19	13	12
Low °C	5	11	12	16	19	10	4	15	15	12	11	13	11	16	12	7	12	16	15	16	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	20	21	7	4	15	15	15	11	12	10	16	11	7	14	15	16	19	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.1 NNE	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	10	8	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	-	11	13	12	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.6 E	2.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.6 NW	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	15	13	7	11	11	9	9	9	8	6	9	20	-	16	18	9	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 N	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	-	8	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	12	11	-	-	-	7	4	-

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Hawai River East Cape	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 N	2.4 SE	2.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	13	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	8	11
Energy(?)	1834	2094	5583	3559	1179	1126	2132	231	1111	1799	1648	1682	1908	1210	1046	512	837	1453	1235	1427	570	3025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 2.17		4:04AM 1.73	7:28AM 1.55		2:50PM 2.79		9:14PM 1.50		1:52AM 0.89				1:02PM 1.33			11:23PM 1.23			9:43AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)								4:08PM 0.33								4:59PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	2	17	1	5	-	-	-	7	1	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	5	4	6	5	11	14	10	12	7	6	19	16	14	6	5	7	8	10	9	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	1	1	3	5	8	13	8	11	4	4	19	15	14	2	2	4	6	8	6	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	-	2.0 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 NNE	0.3 NE	2.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 S	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	10	10	9	11	13	9	-	9	9	8	8	10	11	8	9	10	10	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	13	-	12	12	12	-	9	-	-	8	9	13	8	9	10	11	8	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 NNW	1.1 NNE	2.5 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 N	2.4 SE	-	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	-	1.9 WNW	1.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	10	9	9	9	10	-	8	8	9	-	9	8	-

	Sunday 26				Monday 27
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Hawai River East Cape	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.8 SSE	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	12	8	14	10	11	8	10	10	13	12	6	10	11	6	6	9	13
Energy(?)	1427	1575	1982	858	234	449	670	209	182	2	144	71	80	141	224	94	55	88	279	329	112	1850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	16	16	8	6	8	6	11	13	13	10	14	13	16	21	22	16	17	19	16	16	5	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	4	1	4	2	8	12	11	8	14	13	15	21	22	15	17	19	15	14	2	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 NE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	12	-	14	10	14	8	10	10	7	12	10	6	11	13	11	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 SSE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	11	6	10	-	4	4	-	10	13	11	6	8	14	13	7	13	10	9	11	11	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 W	0.7 NNE	1.5 N	1.5 NW	0.8 S	0.6 NE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	-	0.8 NNE	-	0.4 NE	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.8 SSE	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	12	4	4	8	6	5	6	5	6	3	2	-	6	-	6	6	6	9	7

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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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