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 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 S	2.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	19	17	16	18	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	598	560	1883	3345	1045	1245	2964	4186	2858	3729	1785	1850	1331	1061	1380	1231	805	553	855	570	1551	2199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:33AM 1.37			4:07AM 1.84		7:36PM 2.18	7:36AM 1.71	5:03PM 1.83		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84			4:19PM 2.60	7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84	3:54PM 1.16	9:37PM 2.28	6:04AM 2.23	5:11PM 1.10	8:23PM 1.87	8:07AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.16	1:12AM 0.88	10:13AM 0.50	1:14PM 0.44	2:00AM 0.89			11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42	10:10AM 0.63		1:24AM 0.44			3:59AM 0.61	12:16PM 0.57		2:41AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	8	-	-	4	3	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	5	-	-	4	1
High °C	17	14	10	14	20	19	22	15	12	19	18	16	19	19	19	21	21	17	18	24	17	17
Low °C	14	14	8	12	19	16	19	14	10	18	18	16	18	19	18	20	17	17	18	24	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	12	7	13	20	19	22	14	12	19	18	16	19	19	19	21	21	16	18	24	16	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW	2.1 S	2.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	19	9	16	10	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	13	8	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	9	17	-	18	5	7	12	12	7	7	7	6	7	18	16	15	7	7	10	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	9	9

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	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 S	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 S	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	19	10	18	18	16	9	16	15	15	14	17	16	15	14	11	14	15	11	14	14
Energy(?)	573	461	560	2240	3283	1050	1988	1776	3345	2811	2394	2329	1026	1249	3428	3335	3273	4448	3277	1356	4239	3232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								4:07AM 1.84				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84			2:30PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13AM 0.54									10:19AM 0.50			8:12PM 0.45				6:34AM 0.48	12:41PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	12	-	1	2
Temp. °C	14	23	14	13	12	11	9	9	12	14	15	14	17	17	10	9	16	12	19	17	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	23	12	12	11	10	7	7	10	13	14	14	17	17	8	7	15	10	19	17	11	12
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 S	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	9	19	10	10	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	10	15	14	11	14	15	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	8	6	9	18	18	10	9	-	-	10	-	-	17	16	-	-	13	-	-	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	-	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	2.5 S	2.1 W	1.0 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	10	10	5	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	11	14	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 24																	Thursday 25
	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	1AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 S	3.5 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	20	20	20	20	19	10	10	10	10	9	9	18	17	8	17	12	8	9	10
Energy(?)	181	269	598	195	1083	302	682	587	2798	2701	2538	2410	637	885	2042	1994	158	1883	748	156	3480	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:40PM 1.92										1:24AM 2.28	12:21AM 1.05	3:22AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13AM 0.54					12:47PM 0.95							7:28PM 0.44		10:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	20	14	13	15	16	15	11	12	13	14	13	18	18	9	9	23	9	17	21	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	20	12	11	13	15	13	9	9	11	12	11	18	18	7	6	23	6	17	21	11	13
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.8 S	1.8 W	1.4 SW	0.7 NE	1.6 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	20	9	20	11	19	19	18	18	9	9	9	9	8	9	12	5	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 S	0.3 NNE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	6	20	9	6	9	19	-	-	13	13	12	12	18	17	14	17	9	8	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	1.0 NE	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	3	6	6	6	2	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	9	-

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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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