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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	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.5 NE	1.5 W	0.8 E	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	18	18	12	10	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	478	945	760	198	710	1313	242	251	617	332	365	128	454	896	846	2199	3105	2310	1625	1757	1435	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:25PM 1.40	3:53AM 1.39	12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64	8:15AM 1.84	1:35PM 2.60	2:00AM 2.70	9:08AM 1.83	3:39PM 2.07		4:08AM 2.20	4:31PM 2.05		6:32AM 1.92	3:49PM 2.35	3:20AM 2.23	8:45AM 1.95		1:11AM 1.01	10:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41PM 0.11	6:45AM 0.32	2:37PM 0.22	7:07PM 0.30			7:56PM 0.23			10:25PM 0.61	10:24AM 0.06		12:13AM 0.01	12:48PM 0.07		9:02PM 0.00		3:21PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	-	3	-
High °C	16	26	14	25	9	11	17	18	16	22	24	11	15	14	12	18	18	16	8	10	13	14
Low °C	14	24	12	20	8	8	15	17	14	20	23	9	13	13	10	14	17	7	7	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	26	12	25	7	10	17	18	16	22	24	8	15	13	12	17	18	15	6	8	13	14
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 NE	1.5 W	0.8 E	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	18	18	12	10	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	-	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	1.7 NNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	4	8	14	8	6	8	9	12	4	4	15	-	10	16	12	-	-	15	7	-	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	2.5 NE	1.2 WNW	-	1.2 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.4 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	4	7	9	-	6	-	5	3	4	4	3	5	6	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	5	-

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 NE	1.5 W	3.0 NNE	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	7	10	8	10	10	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	14
Energy(?)	524	537	528	564	783	760	1829	1386	1179	236	614	1321	1390	1361	901	767	1004	560	721	619	1314	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:13AM 2.44		3:25PM 1.40		7:51PM 1.29	12:18AM 2.53					1:58PM 2.00				3:48AM 1.93			12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				6:18PM 0.40			1:15AM 0.26	6:45AM 0.32					8:07PM 0.04				7:05AM 0.01					12:14AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	16	23	12	24	13	15	24	9	9	8	8	9	10	13	18	18	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	16	23	10	24	11	14	24	7	7	8	7	6	8	12	18	18	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 W	1.3 NE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	8	10	8	13	13	8	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	14	4	5	15	8	14	9	-	-	8	6	13	8	7	6	-	10	9	14	13	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 W	2.0 NE	1.2 WNW	3.0 NNE	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 E	0.4 NW	2.5 SW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	9	8	10	10	-	6	13	-	-	-	2	6	-	4	4	9	4

	Monday 03																Tuesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	12PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.0 W	1.8 NE	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	10	15	10	10	10	10	-	10	11	12	6	12
Energy(?)	465	478	478	271	247	285	518	347	350	386	249	86	228	231	106	106	0	495	173	142	50	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:36AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09AM 0.14										7:19PM 0.13								1:19AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	12	12	14	12	24	15	26	17	17	30	18	18	15	14	18	16	13	11	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	12	24	15	26	17	17	30	18	18	15	14	18	15	9	9	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.2 S	1.0 W	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.3 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	5	5	14	10	11	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	20	4	4	10	8	10	8	11	11	-	15	15	15	15	10	10	-	14	9	8	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.8 NE	-	-	1.8 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NW	-	-	4.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	8	-	7	-	-	8	5	3	-	3	-	-	10	9	7	6	6	3

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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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