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

	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	9	4	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	18	16	16	14	16	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	17	18	18	17	14	13	15	15	14
Energy	1885	1760	11029	1129	5143	3163	3363	2292	3444	4840	4825	6532	6014	8240	10334	9398	4460	1679	1162	1006	1312	1483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:47PM 2.71			11:30PM 2.17	10:08AM 3.00		10:34PM 3.84		12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24	5:11AM 2.48		6:46PM 1.89	8:17AM 1.44		9:22PM 1.91	9:52AM 1.75		10:17PM 1.84	9:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.22		8:07AM 0.01	2:49PM -0.00		4:02AM 0.06	4:33PM 0.01		6:37AM 0.21		7:48PM 0.19	11:30AM 0.59		12:53AM 0.13		2:26PM -0.02		3:46AM 0.06	3:32PM 0.23			3:06PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	6	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	12	14	10	16	11	13	12	14	10	11	7	10	15	8	11	12	10	15	16	13	16	11
Low °C	12	13	9	16	8	12	10	13	9	8	5	9	14	6	9	11	9	11	12	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	14	7	16	10	12	11	13	9	10	4	7	13	5	8	10	8	15	16	13	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:26	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	0.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	16	16	14	16	14	14	21	12	12	12	12	17	18	18	17	14	13	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	18	-	-	12	10	7	8	11	20	13	-	18	-	16	14	11	11	10	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	0.6 S
Period(s)	11	14	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	14
Energy	1885	1435	1707	1760	1401	12138	11029	1225	1129	7084	6226	5143	3429	5168	3163	3526	3363	1087	2581	2292	3703	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 2.71									11:30PM 2.17				10:04AM 2.85				10:34PM 3.84
Low Tide / height (m)					2:49AM 0.34		8:07AM 0.01		2:49PM -0.00	5:18PM 0.28				4:13AM 0.09				5:36PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	1	1	-	-	-	7	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	13	15	10	10	16	16	12	11	9	10	12	12	13	12	10	14	14	8	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	14	12	15	7	7	16	16	12	10	7	8	11	11	12	11	10	13	13	4	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.9 S	-	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	19	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	8	8	12	8	-	10	-	7	-	8	8	22	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	5.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	14	18	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy	1278	1914	1885	1482	1459	1435	1483	1633	1707	1776	1769	1760	1621	11469	1401	3216	12138	12138	11856	11438	11029	9809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									8:47PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)															2:49AM 0.34						8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	13	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	20	15	15	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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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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