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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	Fri		Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	7	11	11	11	12	7	10	6	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	237	2080	569	3595	480	1027	584	519	426	230	1779	76	122	5815	4168	2471	711	990	1240	944	589	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:49AM 1.83		4:44PM 1.45	12:09AM 2.10				4:03AM 2.50	5:09PM 1.84	1:44AM 2.19		2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21			3:13AM 2.15			1:06AM 2.54	8:56AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.29			8:51AM 0.14	6:42PM 0.02	9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13	5:13PM 0.05	9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		7:03PM 0.08		2:26PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	15	19	24	15	28	21	17	27	15	21	25	18	20	20	12	16	17	19	23	13
Low °C	17	8	12	17	21	14	27	19	16	23	14	19	24	17	18	19	11	14	16	16	19	13
Chill °C (?)	18	10	15	19	24	15	28	21	17	27	13	21	25	17	20	20	12	16	17	19	23	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	9:24	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	2.1 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	2.5 WSW	1.3 N	0.6 NE	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	9	13	14	13	11	11	11	12	7	10	6	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 NE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	9	-	8	13	7	11	7	10	10	-	18	-	20	10	-	14	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	-	1.2 NE	-	-	3.0 NNE	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	12	7	-	5	-	-	7	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 NE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	13	11	12	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7
Energy(?)	1596	705	1086	1000	2120	4439	3178	3001	3806	848	3404	2279	1459	1220	1027	2065	801	686	515	519	678	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33								2:39PM 2.40			12:09AM 2.10				8:30AM 1.80				10:19PM 2.53		4:49AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 0.29											6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	16	15	8	9	14	15	17	14	13	12	11	10	14	26	15	17	19	19	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	15	6	7	14	15	17	13	12	11	10	8	13	26	15	16	19	19	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	10	12	13	13	9	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	13	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 NE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	11	4	4	4	11	12	11	12	12	4	12	11	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Friday 30										Saturday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	6	12	12	14	13	10	10
Energy(?)	431	236	305	265	334	964	352	242	235	358	2197	2080	1415	1415	1390	230	1607	1658	413	403	59	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33		3:27PM 1.63								11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:28AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	20	18	16	15	15	13	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	21	8	8	16	18	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	20	20	18	15	14	14	13	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	21	6	6	16	18	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	13	6	6	12	10	12	8	8	10	9	9	-	-	-	9	11	11	14	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	11	6	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	6	12	12	11	11	11	6	12	12	-	-	-	-

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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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