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 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NNE	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	9	10
Energy(?)	816	237	2012	578	3771	1820	631	1092	520	140	467	5784	3682	1985	1708	2426	2395	1084	1308	2449	274	1428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.87	1:42AM 1.97		2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46	4:46AM 1.82	5:42PM 1.46	12:58AM 2.17		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19	4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51	2:27AM 2.17		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15			9:06PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:56PM 0.64	11:08AM 0.30			7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	10:58AM 0.65		8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18	5:46PM 0.12	3:16AM 0.34	10:01AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	15	18	12	16	18	15	19	28	19	17	24	14	16	17	15	20	22	15	19	20	14	15
Low °C	12	18	8	12	16	11	17	27	19	15	23	13	15	16	14	18	21	12	16	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	10	16	18	14	19	28	19	16	24	11	14	17	14	20	22	15	19	20	14	15
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	9:24	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.1 N	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	6	9	13	14	-	14	10	11	12	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	12	-	10	8	13	10	12	-	15	10	10	18	12	20	16	13	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NW	1.8 ENE	-	0.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	12	11	6	11	-	4	8	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 NE	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	13	11
Energy(?)	2301	1842	1098	1228	1226	1491	1086	1001	2190	1932	3184	3397	3597	4179	3457	2263	1574	1220	1027	755	597	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.86				1:41PM 2.33							11:29AM 2.07	2:39PM 2.40			12:09AM 2.10				8:30AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37								6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	16	16	15	16	15	8	8	14	18	18	17	14	12	12	11	15	27	20	18
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	15	16	14	16	15	6	6	14	18	18	16	13	11	11	10	14	27	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	10	8	13	13	9	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	-	-	-	12	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	11	4	4	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Friday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	12	12	6	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	13	11
Energy(?)	1651	2418	27	2295	3550	803	169	145	409	409	2171	2134	480	1252	448	494	1593	1718	1718	88	1086	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.86									10:30AM 1.96			1:41PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)																4:53PM 0.24					9:32PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	10	9	9	15	17	12	14	15	16	15	15	17	17	13	13	13	24	16	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	7	7	14	17	12	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	10	10	10	24	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.4 E	2.2 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	10	10	11	7	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.2 S	0.6 S	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	-	6	4	-	-	11	11	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	5	4	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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