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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	8	4	8	9	5	6	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	20	18	17	16	9	9	13	13	19	18	17	16	13	13
Energy	3479	5682	852	1326	3693	7590	5110	1997	3581	7374	4745	2668	849	1139	1273	945	1033	997	1495	679	599	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 1.25	4:49PM 2.73	12:42AM 1.33	10:45AM 1.55			6:08AM 2.33		12:18AM 1.68			2:54AM 1.42	3:35AM 1.68	1:13PM 1.89	1:21AM 1.96		1:49PM 2.10	2:12AM 2.01	4:24AM 2.07	3:11PM 2.58		3:21AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			6:29PM 0.29	4:39AM 0.38	4:58PM 0.31	12:00AM 0.90		12:46PM 0.66	6:02PM 0.23	8:55AM 0.29	1:23PM 0.24	8:41PM 0.16	9:48AM 0.27		7:10PM 0.11	7:30AM 0.07		8:03PM 0.09	10:37AM 0.37		9:15PM 0.09	9:34AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	10	12	12	10	12	13	16	16	17	15	13	13	8	13	12	11	12	14	8	8
Low °C	11	16	9	11	11	9	10	12	15	14	16	13	13	12	6	13	12	9	10	12	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	15	9	11	9	7	11	11	15	16	16	14	11	11	6	11	11	10	12	14	6	7
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	4.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	12	13	11	22	13	12	13	18	17	16	9	9	13	13	19	12	17	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	26	11	10	17	20	18	-	-	10	15	20	11	13	18	12	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

	Monday 11					Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Shag Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	7	5	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	18	13	16	16	16
Energy	7232	6200	3235	5578	3450	4335	3271	1120	7442	1072	1026	4022	1161	7427	7940	8262	8355	6922	4946	11504	6731	5887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:21PM 1.22					5:26AM 2.85						11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76	1:17PM 1.87			11:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		10:36AM 1.07		4:10PM 0.38		11:00PM 1.06							7:33PM 0.37			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	17	12	11	10	16	14	12	10	14	12	11	13	10	9	10	10	11	14	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	6	16	10	8	8	16	14	12	8	14	12	9	13	7	6	7	7	9	13	7	8	7
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.0 SW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	11	14	13	13	15	13	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	-	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	10	-	10	16	23	21	19	19	18	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	16	16	16

	Monday 11																	Tuesday 12
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Shag Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	7	5	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13
Energy	3466	6254	3479	2570	1989	6200	5429	2059	1290	3256	2380	3840	2999	1627	4123	4417	4561	4692	996	2709	1958	2049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:56AM 1.47							4:56PM 2.26						10:07PM 1.66		12:03AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)													6:41PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	16	11	9	10	17	16	15	12	12	14	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	15	9	6	7	16	15	14	12	10	14	9	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	4.0 SW	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	11	13	13	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	12	11	10	10	10	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	11	-	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	-	14	-	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	12	12	3	3	4	4

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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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