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 27			Saturday 28			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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.7 W	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 E	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	16	19	18	16	14	9	11
Energy(?)	1142	1256	920	995	1324	1159	1038	884	2192	5003	3061	1985	2035	2759	496	1645	798	1092	1116	753	498	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 1.92	8:16AM 2.73	1:04PM 1.86	9:40PM 2.54	9:14AM 2.93		9:51PM 2.99	9:44AM 2.62		10:06PM 2.51	10:26AM 2.72		10:46PM 2.60	11:04AM 2.77		11:23PM 2.65	11:20AM 2.50	1:18PM 2.18	7:10PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)						3:46AM 0.46		3:28PM 0.39			4:00PM 0.16		4:14AM 0.10	4:41PM 0.05		4:55AM 0.03	4:58PM 0.27		5:13AM 0.28		1:26AM 0.17	8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	19	22	23	19	22	11	10	11	12	10	14	16	14	17	18	17	21	15	23	22
Low °C	11	16	16	19	20	19	20	11	9	10	11	10	13	15	12	14	18	16	18	15	22	17
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	22	23	19	22	8	7	8	9	8	13	15	14	17	18	17	21	15	23	22
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	-	2.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	2.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 W	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 E	2.2 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	-	13	11	9	-	12	10	20	16	11	18	16	14	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	16	12	18	16	16	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	11	9	19	11	10	8	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 E	1.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	8	-	3	11	14	13	13	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Friday 27					Saturday 28								Sunday 01								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	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	16	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	11	13
Energy(?)	1170	1051	1925	1094	1475	1369	1089	1054	1109	1111	1324	1145	1144	1180	1171	1123	1038	829	827	593	1478	1877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)									8:20AM 2.81				8:25PM 2.23				8:38AM 2.33					12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54PM 0.80					1:51AM 0.66				2:16PM 0.50				2:37AM 0.39				2:52PM 0.51	4:49PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	7	-
Temp. °C	20	22	14	19	10	15	15	16	20	22	23	20	18	18	17	17	20	22	21	15	8	9
Chill °C (?)	20	22	13	19	10	15	14	16	20	22	23	20	18	18	17	17	20	22	21	14	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	16	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	20	8	8	18	7	16	7	6	16	16	16	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	7	10	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	-	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	6	-	-	8	7	3	7	7	4	3	6	7	-	11	-

	Friday 27																Saturday 28
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	14
Energy(?)	1184	1148	1142	1104	1234	1455	779	817	912	942	942	905	821	900	900	898	811	914	763	653	32	422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)													7:16PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)							1:22PM 0.78												1:25AM 0.74			4:23AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	11	19	13	17	19	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	21	19	21	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	19	20	10	19	12	17	19	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	21	19	21	14	10	7
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	8	16	19	16	18	6	6	20	20	20	-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	-	-

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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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