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

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	8	11
Energy(?)	212	1783	958	330	402	1617	1266	1454	1375	1246	1446	806	470	575	543	232	472	298	252	240	268	130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.81	10:53PM 1.60	7:18AM 1.76	3:31PM 1.96	3:40AM 2.85	4:15AM 1.77	5:37PM 1.78	2:43AM 2.01	7:32AM 2.10		8:11PM 2.09	6:47AM 1.61		10:58PM 2.10	11:22AM 2.07			8:20AM 1.58		7:01PM 2.66	7:43AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)						9:35PM 0.98	10:27AM 0.59		8:39PM 0.67		1:57PM 0.85	2:23AM 0.93		1:13PM 0.71		5:01AM 1.25	1:28PM 0.84	12:12AM 1.06			1:23AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	19	15	21	20	19	20	12	19	22	23	20	20	17	20	25	19	18	16
Low °C	14	14	13	13	18	13	19	18	19	20	12	17	18	22	19	17	17	18	21	18	18	14
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	13	19	15	21	20	19	20	10	19	22	23	20	20	17	20	25	19	18	15
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:25	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	-	12	-	6	7	13	13	8	8	9	7	8	-	13	7	7	7	16	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06							Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	10	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	590	731	571	703	535	507	1108	1765	1055	1835	1048	2489	4349	4730	2611	2891	1738	1416	1725	1246	1246	1305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 1.88			2:51PM 2.10				1:23AM 2.23	5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88	8:04PM 2.28						2:37PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)				12:47PM 0.27			9:30PM 0.41	10:24PM 0.28				12:17PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	12	19	13	15	15	15	13	17	13	15	14	15	14	17	12	13	18	14	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	11	19	12	14	15	15	12	16	11	14	12	14	13	16	10	12	18	14	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	13	8	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.5 N	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	7	10	7	15	14	10	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	6	6	15	13	7	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	12	12	13	13	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06
	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.1 S	1.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	11	13	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	8	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	546	832	479	784	186	250	1231	1531	617	1465	1074	1560	263	307	233	213	1029	782	1141	1236	1201	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:32AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	13	13	12	15	15	15	13	18	14	15	15	17	17	14	14	16	17	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	12	13	11	15	15	14	11	18	12	13	13	16	16	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.2 SE	1.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.3 SW	-	0.2 E	-	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	13	8	13	12	10	12	-	11	-	7	-	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	-	0.5 N	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	6	11	6	15	13	17	-	13	-	14	-	-	-	7	7	16	14	16	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 N	2.5 WSW	0.8 S	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	2.1 SW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	-	3	11	4	12	12	11	6	6	6	6	10	8	10	-	-	-

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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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