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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	6	5	4	3	6	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	2.3 W	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	17	8	7	14	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	14	13	13	15
Energy(?)	671	1125	5571	1567	713	1570	614	15366	2627	3436	1426	1287	1347	1044	821	930	773	1981	598	1490	3087	1468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:08PM 1.18	10:56PM 1.97	11:06AM 2.00	1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96	11:10AM 2.01	2:24PM 1.94	2:48AM 1.96		3:03PM 1.91	3:42AM 1.83		6:28PM 1.55		11:12AM 3.53		11:30PM 3.52	7:23AM 1.39			5:24AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 0.37		7:47PM 0.13	5:01AM 0.40		8:31PM 0.12	9:08AM 0.15		9:28PM 0.13	9:50AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44	5:07AM 0.37				1:29PM 0.22	11:17PM 0.34	11:34AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	13	1	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	1	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	14	18	12	10	11	17	19	17	12	17	16	14	21	19	15	11	12	12	15
Low °C	14	16	10	12	15	10	10	10	16	17	16	10	14	16	13	19	16	10	10	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	17	19	15	13	18	9	6	8	16	19	17	12	17	16	13	21	19	14	11	9	10	14
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 NW	0.7 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	2.3 W	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	11	9	10	14	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	14	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 N	-	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 WSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	17	8	-	10	14	-	14	10	10	15	15	10	15	-	10	-	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 NW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.8 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	4	6	5	8	7	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	11	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29					Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wed
	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	7	9	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	3.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	11	16	16	16	14	16	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1003	5141	1033	1048	4272	5571	3182	5307	4689	1166	1342	1288	2720	662	597	6686	5058	12861	10441	3148	5192	4661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											1:32PM 1.90									4:28PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 0.22			4:34PM 0.28					7:27AM 0.21				8:02PM 0.12								8:31PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	4	3	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	17	16	15	12	16	10	12	17	13	13	11	16	15	17	11	18	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	20	20	17	16	15	10	16	8	10	16	12	11	9	16	15	16	10	17	7	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.2 NNW	3.5 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	17	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	15	11	16	16	16	8	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	2.0 SW	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 N	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	10	18	12	8	8	16	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	11	-	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	7	7	10	11	-	-	8	14	16	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 29																Monday 30
	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	7	9	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	4.0 S	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	14	17	14	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	954	7076	671	153	781	771	672	952	1125	258	536	282	392	638	661	624	1940	775	382	376	6587	6040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 1.47		10:13AM 1.92		12:50PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)													7:13PM 0.15		9:02PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	15	14	15	16	18	19	18	14	16	16	18	18	20	16	21	19	20	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	15	13	15	15	18	19	18	12	16	16	17	17	20	15	21	19	20	9	9
Sunrise	7:16	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	10	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	10	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	14	5	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 S	-	0.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	12	-	3	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	3	6	5	5	5	5	5

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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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