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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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 W	0.6 SE	2.5 W	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 NNW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	11	11	7	11	12	14	13	12	13	14	13	14	13	6	10	12	11	8	9
Energy(?)	139	251	856	379	342	333	148	2795	1711	578	786	2345	1470	1149	1294	818	410	360	625	38	286	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:14PM 2.27			5:49AM 1.80			7:25AM 1.95		7:59PM 1.64			9:29PM 1.79	9:25AM 1.74		2:35AM 2.75		4:36PM 2.05	7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93		7:15PM 2.25	7:53AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM -0.04	11:38PM 0.43	12:11PM 0.36	3:52PM -0.04	1:11AM 0.15		1:43PM 0.13	2:15AM -0.05	7:10AM 0.55	2:22PM -0.03	3:27AM 0.21		3:20PM -0.03	8:23PM 0.16	9:37AM 0.47		1:52AM 0.20		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	1	2	-
High °C	17	18	15	22	23	12	17	17	14	21	17	10	19	18	16	20	16	11	13	20	18	20
Low °C	15	16	15	19	20	9	15	16	13	19	16	9	18	17	15	18	15	10	12	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	22	23	10	17	16	13	21	16	8	19	18	16	20	15	9	12	20	18	20
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	15	14	11	11	18	6	16	14	10	12	13	14	13	14	13	9	10	12	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	-	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	12	4	9	8	10	11	-	16	13	16	-	9	-	6	5	12	18	16	-	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	1.3 W	0.4 NW	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	1.1 NE	-	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	5	8	8	4	4	7	4	12	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	9

	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.8 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	20	9	11	13	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	558	520	591	771	1195	640	723	636	675	200	342	607	503	227	245	557	1305	745	1768	3340	3324	3183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86		11:44AM 3.46			7:03PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)						12:14AM 0.18								12:46AM -0.01		6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	19	17	15	14	15	15	15	14	23	22	17	16	12	10	13	17	17	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	17	15	14	15	15	15	13	23	22	16	15	11	9	12	17	17	15	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.8 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	13	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 S	1.2 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	21	9	14	13	9	4	8	8	8	11	8	15	6	9	4	18	13	16	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	2.5 SW	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	9	8	-	-	-	6	4	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05																Thursday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	8	15	15	15	8	12	14	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	615	624	139	180	500	113	113	247	43	125	502	231	403	587	158	296	193	561	548	252	280	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:35PM 1.52	6:41PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	18	15	15	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	15	16	15	17	18	18	14	15	17	15	14	13	13	11	13	14	13	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	9	9	9	15	14	12	14	15	14	14	12	7	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	21	8	8	9	15	15	12	8	7	9	12	9	13	7	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	-	1.1 NE	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	8	-	-	8	2	-	3	8	8	4	-	4	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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