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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Piha North Auckland	Long Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	3	3	5	3	1	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 NNW	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	9	9	10	15	11	14	13	10	12	16	8	15	11	12	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	3796	3376	1042	959	1987	60	72	9648	3707	4253	2651	887	1569	943	2085	1591	4620	2789	5020	2047	2252	757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 1.83		7:44PM 1.82	8:36AM 1.84		10:09PM 2.23	10:41AM 2.27	5:55PM 1.43		6:10AM 1.25	6:45PM 1.51		7:00AM 1.36		7:15PM 1.36	7:54AM 1.18	2:24PM 1.83	7:51PM 1.44	4:39AM 1.43		11:03PM 3.09	11:59AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.38	2:12AM 0.44		1:19PM 1.26		4:28AM 0.47		12:15AM 0.50	12:12PM 0.36		1:02AM 0.41	1:02PM 0.30	3:37PM 0.33	1:45AM 0.20			2:09AM 0.16	10:51AM 0.19	1:28PM 0.22		5:53AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	2	-	-	4	-
High °C	13	15	16	17	14	11	17	11	12	12	13	9	15	13	12	12	12	8	12	14	10	10
Low °C	9	14	16	17	14	8	16	10	10	10	12	6	12	13	10	10	11	7	9	12	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	16	12	9	17	8	10	11	12	7	14	11	9	10	11	5	11	13	7	8
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	2.4 NW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 W	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	14	8	6	10	16	14	13	10	12	16	12	15	11	12	14	10	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	2.3 NW	1.0 NNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.2 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	18	16	20	17	-	9	10	10	8	9	-	19	-	10	16	8	14	-	-	13	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	3.0 WNW	0.3 NW	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	3.5 NNW	2.4 W	-	-	-	2.0 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	9	3	-	15	11	6	-	-	-	4	8	7	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	2	1	3	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.5 S	2.1 NNW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	13	14	11	13	13	13	13	16	15	11	9	8	13	8	9	8	16	13
Energy(?)	3585	3269	3376	3688	1703	2291	2108	1060	997	959	934	950	724	4032	1741	943	504	286	76	763	5059	6585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:03AM 1.83			6:22PM 2.78	9:08PM 2.18		3:38AM 1.10				4:51PM 1.36							1:50PM 1.60	4:31PM 1.62	8:29PM 2.83	9:09PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35PM 0.63							9:55AM 0.45					11:49PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-
Temp. °C	10	12	14	14	12	13	14	16	17	17	17	18	18	12	10	9	11	15	16	13	9	8
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	12	11	11	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	11	8	7	8	15	15	11	7	6
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.6 N	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	13	14	11	13	13	13	13	16	15	11	9	8	13	8	9	8	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	2.1 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	18	17	16	-	16	-	-	18	18	17	16	10	10	-	9	8	12	7	5	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	-	0.4 SW	2.1 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	9	8	9	-	4	8	-	-

	Tuesday 16																		Wednesday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	2	1	3	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	10	11	16	14
Energy(?)	4239	7608	3796	3856	1988	3467	3501	1204	1088	1097	1060	1059	949	2367	3	3	490	4	143	10	2567	2846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											3:26PM 1.32						10:47PM 1.67		12:26AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	21	15	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	7	12	11	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	11	21	15	11	12	11
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 W	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 S	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.1 N	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	9	6	9	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	18	17	20	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	10	17	13	13	15	12	10	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 NE	1.4 NNE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	6	-	3	-	-

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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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