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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	Fri	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karekare Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	6	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2143	569	3961	2560	1027	613	516	47	1090	313	72	4536	3700	4355	2143	456	1061	878	1079	985	719	740
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:49AM 1.83	4:18AM 1.57		2:41AM 2.11	12:22PM 2.18	2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	1:11PM 2.24		4:17AM 2.13	2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	8:12PM 1.57	11:38AM 1.72		8:30PM 1.89		1:23PM 2.62	2:27AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		10:38AM 0.11	5:51PM 0.12	8:18PM 0.05	6:15AM 0.27		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		2:20AM 0.29			2:47AM 0.17	7:15AM 0.16		8:22PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	14	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	17	15	17	20	21	25	11	17	17	17	17	20	20	11	16	18	16	21	15	14
Low °C	8	12	16	10	14	20	19	24	10	16	16	16	17	19	19	11	14	18	13	19	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	17	14	17	20	21	25	9	17	15	16	16	20	20	10	16	17	16	21	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	0.6 NNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 NE	1.8 SE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	11	11	11	11	7	8	11	6	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 S	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SE	1.2 E	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	-	-	14	13	6	10	9	10	13	-	18	-	8	11	14	13	8	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.9 SW	0.7 N	0.8 SSW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	7	12	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 SW	2.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	7	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1121	1000	2120	4364	3022	2294	3961	3852	3295	3217	4093	1220	1027	954	764	517	1011	516	519	535	555	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							2:39PM 2.40				2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21		5:24PM 1.60		10:19PM 2.53				11:25AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32PM 0.29											6:21AM 0.26								4:30AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	8	9	14	17	17	16	14	15	13	10	14	17	17	19	25	19	14	21	24	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	6	7	14	16	17	16	13	14	11	8	13	17	17	19	25	19	13	21	24	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	7	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	8	13	10	7	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	2.2 NNE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	7	-	-	-

	Friday 30				Saturday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	10	12	10	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	10	13	13	11
Energy(?)	962	522	2316	1011	2193	2435	270	1523	2120	1547	2961	1690	1788	1857	1752	326	199	500	50	549	606	743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:14PM 2.01			2:16AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)																10:09AM 0.29					3:23PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	11	12	19	25	21	18	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	10	8	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	9	10	19	25	21	18	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 N
Period (s)	12	13	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	-	11	8	13	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	11	-	-	-	-	11	8	6	5	6	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	3	11	-	12	10	-	10	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	4	4	-	-	-	6	11

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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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