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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			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	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	15	8	15	15	14	13	21	12	22	7	13	14	8	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	10	14
Energy	7248	697	2104	1182	2598	1438	3735	829	1074	1987	8467	5631	925	2990	1257	2162	3116	777	3516	1904	1322	1402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.86	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86			7:54PM 3.04		4:04PM 1.54	8:36PM 3.17	8:50AM 3.22		9:08PM 2.98	9:03AM 2.48		9:27PM 2.54	9:38AM 2.48	12:19PM 2.01	12:36AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45PM 0.23		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		8:21AM 0.14	1:42PM 0.65	2:04AM 0.66	9:02AM 0.46		2:45AM 0.56		2:47PM 0.26		3:04AM 0.30	3:03PM 0.36		3:40AM 0.28		6:34PM 0.35	9:04AM 0.37	4:29PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	16	17	17	17	14	17	19	13	10	10	13	8	13	13	11	15	16	15	15	16
Low °C	11	13	13	15	16	15	14	16	17	10	8	8	12	7	10	11	10	10	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	16	17	16	17	12	17	19	10	6	9	11	6	12	13	11	14	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	-	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	15	14	13	-	12	12	17	-	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	-	16	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	7	-	-	-	24	22	12	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	2.2 S	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	7	13	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	12
Energy	7248	6040	4814	3898	3062	3175	1006	1274	1299	1513	1265	1008	1178	1093	1438	1380	1201	1007	1049	1450	1318	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 1.86			6:35AM 3.00		1:37PM 1.57		7:04PM 2.92				7:05AM 2.36					10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.23											12:57AM 0.55				1:24PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	17	17	12	11	11	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	12	11	12	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	17	17	11	9	9	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	16	8	16	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	8	19	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	7	-	9	-	13	-	-	-	12	18	18	20	13	10	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-

	Sunday 26											Monday 27
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	8	12	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	17
Energy	16189	7248	7248	6670	6123	532	486	556	605	363	697	697	414	1833	566	422	689	783	554	1872	1016	1718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							6:03PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)					4:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	15	16	15	15	12	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	20	20	4	9	12	12	-	12	19	7	18	18	14	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	8	7	-	7	7	-	-	4	8

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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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