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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	Thu		Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	11	11	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	102	39	1564	314	2005	569	686	2825	425	634	554	156	80	16	1368	4030	2106	2669	1885	1283	2296	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 1.84		1:29PM 1.77	2:04AM 1.95		2:09PM 1.89	2:41AM 2.11		5:24PM 1.60			1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		5:05PM 2.51			2:39PM 2.22		4:32AM 2.47	3:27PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37AM 0.57	7:19AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.11	7:59AM 0.20		8:18PM 0.05	8:51AM 0.14		11:29PM 0.26	7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		11:22PM 0.55	8:32AM 0.14		1:01AM 0.16	10:47AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	16	17	12	15	14	14	18	20	19	26	21	17	19	17	16	18	18	14	21	19
Low °C	15	10	12	16	8	12	13	11	17	19	17	21	14	10	18	17	14	16	18	13	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	12	15	16	10	15	13	12	18	20	19	26	21	15	18	16	15	18	17	14	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 NW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	10	11	12	9	13	12	11	14	11	11	11	5	8	10	12	12	12	-	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	13	-	12	11	11	-	10	8	13	4	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	6	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	2.2 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	1.9 W	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	5	11	-	10	12	-	4	12	6	-	-	4	-	6	9	-	-	11	11	-	-	5

	Thursday 29			Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	504	813	722	1633	2177	4464	1197	1299	1161	1172	1139	2005	2051	2421	2866	2867	4080	3718	3313	1005	1500	1324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40				1:28AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 0.57						7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37				5:51PM 0.12				6:21AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	11	10	8	12	16	17	19	16	9	8	8	14	15	18	16	14	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	11	9	8	6	11	15	16	19	15	8	6	6	14	15	18	15	13	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	11	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NE	-	-
Period (s)	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	12	11	-	-	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	-

	Thursday 29										Friday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	453	504	131	87	95	2133	54	2380	2558	91	90	2961	2961	2961	2213	3632	3595	495	527	1144	1786	1806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:34AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							7:01PM 0.20													8:23AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	13	12	16	16	9	9	8	8	10	9	7	9	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	16	17	13	13	10	9	16	16	7	7	6	6	8	7	5	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	7	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	13	13	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	11	6	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	11

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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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