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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	5	9	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 NE	1.0 N	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 W	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	9	14	12	12	12	12	8	9	10	8	6	10	9	11	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	711	5414	1460	328	384	1130	3840	1534	1966	1034	356	569	276	376	151	267	1103	7251	2903	2544	887	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 1.65	8:14AM 1.78		10:04PM 2.28	10:34AM 2.31		8:19PM 3.05		2:09PM 1.80			2:56PM 1.89		9:30AM 3.06		3:01AM 2.18	11:27AM 2.99		10:41PM 3.05	11:08AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28PM 0.59			2:34PM 0.50		4:28AM 0.54	2:08PM 0.90	2:37AM 0.75	8:36AM 0.14		10:18PM 0.11	7:59AM 0.80		12:40AM 0.23		3:43PM 0.11	8:39PM 0.00	5:15AM 0.06	3:55PM 0.13		4:54AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	14	19	18	15	19	19	21	22	20	19	20	20	18	14	15	21	22	11	18
Low °C	16	14	12	14	17	17	14	18	17	20	21	16	18	18	18	14	14	12	20	21	9	18
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	13	18	18	14	19	19	21	22	20	19	20	20	17	11	13	21	22	9	18
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.0 NW	1.6 SSE	0.5 E	1.0 N	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.6 SW	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	-	13	10	14	14	12	12	12	12	6	9	7	8	9	10	9	11	12	12	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 N	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	9	14	-	-	12	7	8	18	9	10	10	10	8	14	15	9	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.4 NE	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.7 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.8 NNW	1.1 NE	0.3 SW	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	4	14	-	-	9	7	-	-	-	7	8	-	5	7	6	3	9	11	-	-	11	-

	Saturday 29					Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Te Paki Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 NE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	8	13	10	14	9	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3041	6021	1888	7872	4667	3555	3092	1951	1674	570	253	284	306	1756	296	1407	1430	633	1342	2058	1589	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78						12:44AM 1.73	4:00AM 1.58	6:48AM 2.53		11:47AM 1.80		6:23PM 2.36	7:07PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)							3:32AM 0.59												2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	16	13	11	11	12	17	23	14	22	12	17	18	17	18	11	14	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	16	13	10	10	11	17	23	13	22	11	16	18	17	18	9	14	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	2.2 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	9	13	10	6	9	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 N	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 ENE	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	15	-	6	14	14	5	7	-	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 N	0.4 SSE	2.5 NNE	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	4	4	9	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 29																Sunday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Te Paki Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	11	10	15	9	15	10	9	11	11	14	14	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2262	328	711	463	7106	4065	4506	885	878	102	387	244	861	240	179	687	698	1892	2273	808	660	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:57AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)											5:32PM 0.32				9:01PM 0.36		11:31PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	20	14	20	13	16	17	16	16	10	14	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	10	15	12	13	13	13	15	16	20	13	20	13	15	16	16	16	8	14	18	14	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	12	-	-	11	11	10	5	9	15	10	9	11	11	14	14	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	10	4	10	12	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	0.6 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	13	13	14	-	-	3	5	3	-	4	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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