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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	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty
Rating	5	5	5	6	4	7	7	4	5	4	5	4	3	9	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	1.4 SW	4.0 W	2.1 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	1.2 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 SW	2.2 W	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	10	7	14	7	18	15	13	12	21	10	11
Energy(?)	2601	3054	3974	591	5078	2006	6811	1784	4979	3346	2613	2117	785	9635	223	3792	2660	1777	1400	129	155	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:47AM 2.04	1:00PM 1.55	7:30PM 2.42	6:52AM 2.32		6:57PM 2.05	6:37AM 1.90		7:57PM 2.40			10:59PM 2.06			1:58AM 2.27	9:38AM 2.66	12:08PM 2.16	12:22AM 2.26		3:25PM 2.04	10:35PM 2.90	10:58AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 0.96		12:46PM 0.78	1:15AM 0.72		1:43PM 0.47	2:14AM 0.39	6:04AM 0.37	4:55PM 0.33		6:47AM 0.24	5:34PM 0.20	7:49PM 0.17	3:34AM 0.01		6:15PM 0.09	6:39AM -0.05			4:53AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	27	36	4	-	3	28	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	12	15	13	11	9	9	9	17	8	14	10	8	10	9	11	11	12	12	14	15	9	16
Low °C	11	14	13	8	8	6	8	17	6	13	9	7	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	12	8	13
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	9	7	6	7	16	5	13	8	7	6	5	11	10	11	10	13	14	8	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 N	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	1.2 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 SW	2.2 W	0.4 SW	0.8 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	13	14	14	16	15	14	8	14	14	10	10	11	7	18	15	13	12	12	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	1.1 N	0.3 SW	0.6 NNW	1.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.1 N
Period (s)	18	19	17	-	-	16	-	-	8	20	7	15	16	14	14	8	12	-	23	21	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	3.5 W	-	4.0 W	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	13	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	7	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	7	7	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.4 S	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	10	16	12	18	17	17	16	16	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3469	1215	3263	3024	4015	4071	5242	4282	3439	3113	5078	5006	3150	2006	1648	1237	6811	6707	6030	1394	2085	2107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					6:04PM 1.92				6:38AM 2.00	10:38AM 2.11				9:34PM 1.78				10:08AM 1.84			7:57PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15PM 1.05									3:31PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	19	5	7	-	-	2	2	7	4	-	-
Temp. °C	6	11	12	11	14	15	15	13	13	11	9	8	7	6	9	12	9	8	6	7	14	15
Chill °C (?)	3	11	11	11	14	15	15	12	12	8	7	6	4	3	7	11	7	5	4	3	13	14
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.4 S	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	10	16	12	13	13	17	16	16	13	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	18	-	18	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	6	6	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	7	7	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	15	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	17	17
Energy(?)	3756	3540	2601	2642	2837	2928	2957	3067	3267	2548	616	536	2158	512	1158	3989	469	446	379	1245	5100	4609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						11:43AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	9	11	13	15	15	15	14	14	12	10	9	9	8	10	13	8	8	8	7	13	13
Chill °C (?)	2	8	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	11	8	7	6	5	7	13	5	5	5	5	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	15	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	-	9	9	-	9	9	17	9	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	6	-	-

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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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