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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Karekare Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 W	1.9 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	15	14	11	11	7	7	9	10	11	12	9	11	10	10	14	6	14	16	14	14
Energy(?)	1693	2261	1292	727	790	942	312	500	680	2861	1419	1042	912	885	686	1332	1120	270	1818	485	1014	1182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:07AM 3.01				6:51AM 1.71		7:24PM 1.69	6:10AM 2.22		9:58PM 2.12	10:21AM 2.09		10:52PM 2.12	7:47AM 2.35		7:37PM 2.78	7:32AM 2.06		1:39AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.33	9:03PM 0.81	7:18AM 0.35	3:12PM 0.40	11:08PM 0.90		2:46PM 0.81	1:42AM 0.64	12:23PM 0.86	2:15PM 0.65		4:07AM 0.91	4:40PM 0.87			1:23PM 0.85	1:57AM 1.10		1:40PM 0.81	7:42PM 0.32	8:08AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	2	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	18	20	20	21	23	11	14	16	18	18	21	15	15	12	25	12	26	21	24
Low °C	16	15	11	12	20	20	21	22	10	12	15	16	16	20	13	12	11	22	11	24	19	22
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	17	20	20	21	23	8	12	16	18	18	21	15	14	11	25	12	26	21	24
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:34	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	17	16	9	14	11	11	7	8	9	10	11	12	10	11	10	10	14	6	14	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.1 NE	0.2 E	1.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 NE	0.9 E	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	10	15	7	15	15	13	12	-	10	8	10	13	13	19	16	7	8	8	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.2 W	0.4 SSE	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	12	16	-	3	-	-	3	7	9	10	-	-	9	3	10	10	10	4	-	-	3	-

	Friday 09							Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 NNE	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	12	7	8	15	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	16	14
Energy(?)	848	796	444	88	1794	696	1280	1441	1992	1016	1132	1203	1083	1565	1214	1071	1671	1006	821	752	537	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 2.19		4:02PM 2.85				4:22AM 2.43					8:02PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.25		8:33AM 0.80		2:19PM 0.33								1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64			9:38AM 0.68			4:24PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	13	19	23	17	19	14	13	12	15	13	18	21	21	18	17	19	19	21	22	19	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	19	23	16	19	13	12	10	15	12	17	21	21	18	17	19	19	21	22	18	10
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 NE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	7	16	12	9	15	14	12	10	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.6 W	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	1.3 SW	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	18	18	14	13	6	17	15	15	-	15	14	6	6	-	13	12	10	12	11	11	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.7 W	0.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	5	5	7	3	12	7	8	4	-	-	3	14	3	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

	Friday 09
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NNE	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	7	9
Energy(?)	918	935	409	91	856	359	2187	1383	1774	373	3177	2315	2322	3299	2261	563	647	686	634	707	345	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.25										11:27AM 0.42	12:59PM 0.61								8:34PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	17	13	17	15	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	20	20	20	19	19	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	16	16	11	17	14	13	13	17	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	20	19	19	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 NE	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 S	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	7	12	11	12	18	-	11	-	4	4	-	16	13	13	13	13	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	18	13	13	18	13	17	12	-	13	-	17	17	-	10	18	7	6	12	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.2 W	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	5	5	6	3	5	-	12	12	12	-	16	16	16	16	16	6	-	-	6	6	9	9

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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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