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

	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	6	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	3.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 ENE	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	15	7	13	14
Energy(?)	373	3709	696	1370	1266	1074	1502	1279	1404	536	683	568	235	279	182	321	288	208	200	230	1446	2694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26		5:08AM 1.81	5:31PM 1.75		5:53AM 1.70			5:08AM 2.21		10:42PM 1.55	4:46AM 1.84	5:42PM 2.62		6:36AM 2.24		7:08PM 2.22	7:23AM 1.93		7:44PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.27	12:17PM 0.62		12:43AM 0.67	11:22AM 0.50		11:45PM 0.58	12:12PM 0.62	4:33PM 0.46	11:08PM 1.31	11:26AM 0.90	4:18PM 0.58		11:07AM 1.00		12:00AM 1.31	12:55PM 1.12		1:27AM 1.01		2:07PM 1.03	2:02AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	17	11	21	19	16	21	12	17	21	21	18	15	21	20	25	22	19	23	14	13
Low °C	12	13	16	9	20	18	15	19	12	16	20	21	18	14	20	17	20	22	17	22	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	17	9	21	18	15	21	10	17	21	21	17	15	21	20	25	22	19	23	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 N	0.8 NE	1.1 ENE	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	6	11	11	11	11	15	7	7	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.5 S	-	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	13	6	13	13	12	-	9	12	5	-	12	8	13	18	5	12	15	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.3 NE	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	2.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	11	-	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	5	-	-	8	6	2	13	5

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	10PM	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2467	1903	1871	2053	3709	4335	5073	4614	1237	788	1063	1169	1730	1128	1246	1325	1011	1118	1098	1335	1135	1208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88	9:32PM 1.64		3:34AM 2.50		8:07AM 1.65		2:37PM 3.06				3:19AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 0.51				10:37AM 0.38											9:12PM 0.63				9:34AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	18	13	14	9	13	20	21	20	16	15	16	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	18	13	14	6	11	20	21	20	16	15	16	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.6 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	14	12	-	9	12	12	13	12	12	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07
	8PM	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	3044	1979	2013	2013	2434	373	360	334	135	507	623	1118	1118	1081	859	846	381	623	701	869	1733	822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:18AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	15	16	13	14	17	18	19	21	20	20	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	15	16	12	13	16	18	19	21	20	20	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	7	14	13	7	7	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 S	1.5 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	4	12	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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