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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			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	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Te Araroa East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 E	5.0 SSW	3.5 ESE	3.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 N	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	9	15	15	14	13	13	10	11	12	10	11	11	11	18	16	10	14	16	11	15
Energy(?)	119	1857	1205	939	1811	1820	1166	1592	543	6370	7190	4824	1091	1536	927	647	1931	474	736	1509	175	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:17AM 1.78		4:08PM 1.26	11:37PM 1.82	11:45AM 1.88		11:25PM 1.88	11:42AM 1.96	2:53PM 1.79	10:22PM 2.78	11:43AM 3.27		12:40AM 2.03	11:24AM 3.23		12:40AM 3.31	12:53PM 3.42		8:36PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 0.86	8:50PM 0.42	7:25AM 0.49			5:44AM 0.57	5:15PM 0.58		5:36AM 0.53			5:37AM 0.86	5:54PM 0.76		5:12AM 0.16	6:30PM 0.65		6:46AM 0.66	2:34PM 0.19	2:48AM 0.17	7:16AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	15	13	14	17	14	19	20	16	16	14	15	14	15	11	15	14	18	18	20	19	20
Low °C	22	15	11	14	16	10	16	18	13	14	14	15	13	15	11	12	13	16	14	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	24	13	12	14	16	13	19	20	15	15	12	14	14	13	9	15	13	18	18	20	19	20
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.9 SE	1.0 N	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	15	15	14	9	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	18	9	10	14	11	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.2 N	1.6 E	-	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	-	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	12	9	13	13	13	12	10	-	11	11	-	15	12	6	16	12	8	16	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	8	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-

	Friday 13					Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Mon
	10AM	1PM	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	0.8 SW	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	8	9	7	11	16	16	15	15	15	8	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	949	319	578	822	888	1646	1910	3165	3059	3169	1538	1155	1704	1820	3227	3020	1166	1391	1369	3185	3132	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:51PM 1.64			10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:07PM 2.88				10:29AM 2.98		5:26PM 1.31		10:42PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)				6:55PM 0.47	9:30PM 0.33			4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	19	23	23	15	21	11	11	11	14	14	13	21	14	14	13	15	16	19	19	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	23	23	14	21	9	9	10	14	14	12	21	13	13	12	13	15	19	19	15	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	0.2 N	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	8	9	7	11	11	16	15	15	15	10	14	14	13	15	9	13	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.3 S	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	2.0 E	1.6 E	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	11	9	12	9	16	16	8	8	7	8	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	8	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Friday 13																Saturday 14
	8AM	9AM	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	7	8	6	12	12	12	11	11	9	12	8	7	9	12	11	11	10	6	6	10
Energy(?)	881	300	119	403	123	1458	1458	1663	1631	1660	592	167	268	359	1269	122	525	525	659	269	285	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)															9:52PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:42PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
High °C	17	21	22	12	21	15	15	16	16	16	15	21	14	15	13	20	14	14	13	20	20	14
Chill °C (?)	17	21	22	9	21	14	13	15	15	15	13	21	13	14	12	20	13	13	12	20	20	12
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.7 ENE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 N	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	6	9	12	11	11	10	6	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 N	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	14	-	8	10	-	-	6	6	6	12	14	6	12	13	4	8	8	8	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.0 W	1.1 ENE	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	7	12	6	12	12	12	11	11	6	3	5	7	9	-	7	7	7	6	6	7

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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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