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

	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	6	4	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 SW	1.2 W	1.7 ESE	0.9 W	4.5 SSE	2.4 E	4.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	19	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	6	10	10	9	11
Energy(?)	534	206	910	747	1815	2203	3522	1230	3436	4212	3603	1748	852	1192	1470	1628	371	228	261	5784	1264	5783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 1.87		1:21PM 2.94		12:16PM 1.33		7:36PM 2.18	4:51AM 1.81	5:09PM 1.86	7:54PM 1.64	5:39AM 1.79		3:55AM 2.17	8:07AM 2.19			4:59AM 2.45		9:37PM 2.28	10:07AM 2.28		10:39PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38AM 0.49		11:33PM 0.54	6:01AM 0.55	7:03PM 0.16	2:00AM 0.89	10:58AM 0.51		2:20AM 0.38	11:49AM 0.51	1:33PM 0.65	9:44PM 0.43		2:30PM 0.65	10:42PM 0.44	11:14AM 0.65	1:56PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61		3:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	7	12	1	-	1	2	-	-	3	1	4	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	18	14	14	12	13	18	19	17	17	14	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	12	11
Low °C	16	14	12	17	12	14	9	11	16	17	16	17	13	15	17	17	16	16	14	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	15	11	18	13	13	10	12	18	19	17	16	14	16	17	18	17	16	15	17	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 SW	1.2 W	1.7 ESE	0.9 W	3.5 S	2.4 E	4.5 SE
Period (s)	11	9	19	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	6	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.3 W	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	5	8	8	16	-	-	11	-	7	7	22	6	6	18	6	6	12	7	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	3	7	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	9

	Tue	Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 SW	1.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	8	9	19	9	18	17	9	16	20	15	15	18	17	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2329	1292	1053	653	551	461	539	1974	1784	2045	1922	4086	1200	1553	1331	1425	1018	3522	3427	3472	2856	3021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:53AM 2.19								5:35AM 2.17								6:20AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14PM 0.33				5:13AM 0.54				10:00PM 0.35	12:42AM 0.37			7:34AM 0.36	11:53AM 0.62			8:12PM 0.45	10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	4	-	-	1	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	16	11	14	22	13	13	9	10	10	10	19	14	15	20	17	10	9	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	8	13	22	11	12	7	9	8	8	19	13	14	20	17	8	6	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	8	9	8	10	9	17	16	16	11	15	15	10	10	15	15	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.3 S	1.2 SW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	23	11	21	8	6	19	18	18	9	12	-	10	10	16	18	17	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	1.6 SW	-	0.3 W	3.0 W	-	0.6 NE	2.4 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	-	-	10	8	-	3	9	-	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	14

	Tuesday 23						Wednesday 24
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	11	8	6	10	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	160	2240	922	1551	578	155	258	174	905	428	139	1231	869	1018	1243	925	1739	2134	2235	2391	2448	2381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:32AM 1.91												3:40PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:48PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	17	13	13	21	12	12	12	12	11	11	21	12	12	21	19	12	12	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	17	12	12	21	11	11	10	10	9	8	21	9	9	21	19	9	9	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	2.4 W	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.4 S	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	2.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	9	10	8	9	10	11	11	10	11	21	16	9	9	16	9	20	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	11	-	8	7	6	22	22	7	21	16	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	7	11	-	11	8	6	-	-	3	6	2	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	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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