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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	1.3 W	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	-	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	11	10	7	13	12	14	12	11	-	14	13	14	12	8	11	12	11	7	8
Energy(?)	139	246	877	379	267	342	756	3829	1686	465	694	0	1428	1299	1521	615	447	470	525	573	247	778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	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	8:04AM 1.71		8:53PM 1.87	9:59AM 1.84	2:17PM 3.31	2:35AM 2.75		4:36PM 2.05	7:29PM 1.86	6:48AM 2.32		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		2:22PM -0.03	3:03AM 0.12			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	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	5	2	3	4	1	2	-
High °C	17	18	15	22	14	12	17	17	14	21	17	10	19	18	16	12	16	11	13	13	18	24
Low °C	15	16	15	19	13	9	13	16	13	19	16	7	18	17	15	12	15	10	12	13	18	21
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	22	13	10	16	16	13	21	16	8	19	18	16	12	15	9	12	12	18	24
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	15	14	11	10	10	13	12	14	10	11	13	14	13	14	12	8	11	12	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	4	9	11	18	13	16	15	12	16	9	9	16	6	9	12	9	16	-	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NW	-	1.3 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 N	-	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	1.6 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	5	3	8	3	-	7	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	3	4	7	8

	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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.7 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	20	9	11	16	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	558	520	630	647	1222	640	723	636	675	501	346	352	716	251	269	553	1155	559	1549	3293	3259	3137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86				6:56PM 1.85	7:38PM 1.75	12:07AM 3.52					3:15PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)						12:14AM 0.18				12:29PM 0.03						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	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	19	17	15	14	15	15	15	21	23	19	18	13	12	10	13	17	17	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	17	15	14	15	15	15	21	23	19	18	13	11	9	12	17	16	15	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 NNE	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	6	9	9	9	11	11	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	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	21	9	14	13	9	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	20	12	13	16	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 NW	2.5 SW	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	9	8	-	-	-	8	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-

	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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	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	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	9	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	615	624	139	180	553	113	113	247	70	408	500	304	277	126	158	313	209	585	75	245	280	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:35PM 1.52								2:00AM 2.70
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	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	18	15	17	17	16	15	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	15	16	15	17	18	18	14	17	17	15	14	13	13	11	13	14	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	15	12	12	7	11	10	11	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	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	21	8	8	9	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	7	7	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.8 SW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	9	-	-	3	8	-	3	4	8	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-

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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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