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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	Wed	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12
	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	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 S	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	10	7	13	12	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	12	6	10	9	12	10	10	11	7
Energy(?)	963	488	238	331	139	3200	2981	1877	617	1425	1793	1144	1185	538	712	417	565	857	653	817	2447	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 1.23	6:28AM 1.86	6:56PM 1.85		7:35AM 1.70		7:54PM 1.87	9:06AM 1.85		1:55AM 3.34		2:52PM 2.07		7:04AM 2.02	4:30PM 2.02		6:48AM 2.32		7:15PM 2.25	9:14AM 1.86		8:22PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	2:48AM 0.29	12:44PM 0.16		1:11AM 0.15		1:07PM -0.02	2:07AM 0.14		2:50PM -0.01	7:35PM 0.54	7:52AM 0.17		9:59PM 0.12			11:02PM 0.24		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.67	2:41AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	4	2	8	-	-	3	-	5
High °C	15	20	14	12	17	17	14	20	17	17	17	18	17	8	18	9	17	17	15	17	19	14
Low °C	15	18	13	9	15	16	13	18	16	16	14	17	16	8	16	8	17	16	14	17	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	20	14	10	16	16	13	20	16	17	17	18	17	6	17	7	16	17	15	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	12	10	10	13	12	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	12	10	10	9	12	10	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 E	0.6 W	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.3 E	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	18	7	16	-	10	16	4	-	-	6	6	12	9	12	5	11	15	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.3 W	-	2.1 W	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	2.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	2.2 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	-	12	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	11	7

	Wed	Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	20	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1426	640	694	636	675	326	365	593	511	251	232	599	1084	585	930	2012	2844	2981	1515	2084	2283	3289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:28AM 1.86					7:03PM 1.62	12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14AM 0.18				12:07PM 0.00						6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					10:09AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	15	15	22	21	22	17	12	12	10	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	15	15	22	21	22	17	12	11	9	12	17	16	14	13	12	12	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	13	16	12	14	14	14	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 NE	0.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	4	8	8	8	9	15	15	7	11	5	12	13	16	16	-	-	-	16	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 ENE	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	4	-	-	-	2	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Wednesday 05				Thursday 06
	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	11	12	8	11	9	9	11	11	21	11	9	9	9
Energy(?)	502	449	445	516	856	617	725	786	978	78	102	378	111	307	56	111	154	43	296	214	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											5:25AM -0.11	6:07AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	10	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	15	8	12	10	11	15	15	14	14	13	12	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	11	12	8	10	9	9	9	21	21	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	4	4	8	8	7	7	10	11	6	10	11	11	-	7	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	4	4	4	-	5	4	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	5	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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