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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	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	14	9	10	10	12	11	12	13	14	13	12	16	14
Energy(?)	137	1972	3025	810	607	2497	2036	1522	795	155	1627	1295	1548	689	1151	657	566	1355	1049	742	4239	1993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:07PM 2.18	2:25AM 2.33	5:04AM 2.17	2:36PM 2.23	3:20AM 2.23	4:46AM 2.55	5:06PM 2.44		5:46AM 2.43	6:09PM 2.33	7:29PM 1.86	5:17AM 1.93		8:35PM 1.79		4:00PM 2.55		7:41AM 1.82	4:50PM 2.03	8:02PM 1.82	8:44AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	12:53PM -0.01		8:09PM -0.07	11:22AM 0.13		9:02PM 0.00	11:04AM 0.46		11:32PM 0.35	12:03PM 0.54		1:52AM 0.20	11:27AM 0.49	2:32PM 0.31	2:57AM 0.25	9:43AM 0.63		10:30PM 0.66			2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	9	8	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	14	11
High °C	17	16	13	17	18	10	15	19	15	22	15	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	17	13	12	10
Low °C	15	15	12	15	17	8	12	18	13	20	15	13	14	17	15	14	13	15	17	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	16	18	8	14	19	14	22	14	12	13	16	17	16	15	15	16	12	10	8
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	2.5 W	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	10	12	11	12	8	14	13	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.6 W	-	1.1 SW	-	-	1.2 W	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	16	-	-	16	-	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	13	-	-	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.4 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.5 W	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	3	-	-	5	9	3	9	10	-	-	-	3	5	7	7	3	-	-

	Friday 07							Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	527	599	1163	519	2843	1979	1258	3025	3045	2809	2586	2317	1140	3469	3232	1061	1099	1008	2036	1366	1504	1230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64				2:36PM 2.23	5:27PM 2.00		12:30AM 2.97				12:38PM 2.46	3:36PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13						6:46AM 0.09	9:30AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	10	13	17	15	15	13	13	12	13	14	20	15	10	9	14	14	13	12	19	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	17	14	14	12	11	10	11	12	20	15	8	8	14	14	13	10	19	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	9	11	12	16	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	13	16	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Friday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.2 W	0.6 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	7	18	18	8	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	213	328	332	219	104	433	130	1163	1163	1163	2154	519	2576	746	837	79	115	114	1979	226	2990	2990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:08AM 2.20									1:45PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)									9:16AM 0.31								5:37PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	18	16	18	17	19	19	18	15	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	9	7	7	7	8	9	11	12	14	15	18	15	18	17	19	19	18	14	18	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	7	6	13	8	8	11	11	11	16	12	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	10	8	7	10	10	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	3.0 W	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	2	3	3	-	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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