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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	Mon		Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 E	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	16	16	15	14	12	13	11	11	13	7	11	12	12	12	15	11	11	13	8
Energy(?)	1476	82	1376	1224	1224	931	822	185	477	1626	1364	1163	311	249	1668	666	1981	671	1251	543	581	943
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 1.68	12:42PM 1.63		4:38AM 1.44	5:01AM 1.45	4:55PM 0.96	1:50AM 1.60	7:03AM 3.06		7:19PM 2.19	8:02AM 2.35		8:17PM 2.19	9:10AM 3.48		9:28PM 2.42	9:40AM 2.49		10:19PM 2.53	10:44AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	5:41PM 0.16		6:34AM 0.36	6:59PM 0.35	9:41PM 0.30	11:53AM 0.62		7:29PM 0.12			1:41AM 0.45		2:22PM 0.47	2:35AM 0.57		3:23PM 0.31	3:41AM 0.17		4:14PM 0.16		4:30AM 0.05	5:01PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	15	20	19	18	22	23	19	21	15	14	15	19	16	17	19	14	19	26	22	23	20
Low °C	23	13	19	19	16	19	22	16	20	15	10	12	19	15	14	18	10	17	26	20	22	19
Chill °C (?)	25	15	20	19	18	22	23	19	21	13	12	15	19	15	16	18	12	19	26	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 SSE	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	2.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	9	15	14	7	13	11	10	13	7	7	12	-	-	15	8	11	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.6 N	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	11	18	16	16	9	9	12	8	6	10	10	13	11	11	-	-	10	8	13	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NW	2.2 ENE	-	-	2.4 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	5	12	12	3	11	-	-	8

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.1 SW	2.0 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	16	9	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1031	1012	1303	1147	3002	2331	2474	1503	1229	1001	1183	1131	1053	1030	1002	933	822	615	704	668	618	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:12AM 1.68		3:35AM 1.36		12:20PM 1.46						5:11AM 2.04				5:43PM 2.05				6:50AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		6:01PM 0.59								4:56PM 0.29		11:12PM 0.51				11:51AM 0.65				12:27AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	15	22	21	22	14	20	12	19	18	17	17	18	22	23	21	20	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	15	22	21	22	13	20	10	19	18	17	17	18	22	23	21	20	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	9	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	6	6	15	11	16	14	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 26										Tuesday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 S	2.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	12	13	13	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	18
Energy(?)	1054	1058	1503	1476	1476	1455	1455	857	2023	1687	1775	1666	1686	1714	1602	1318	1417	1501	1404	1377	1384	1336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																4:21AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)									10:00PM 0.89													10:35AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	24	25	25	15	17	13	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	24	25	25	15	17	10	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.9 S	2.5 SW	0.8 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	7	6	6	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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