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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	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	9	6	5	7	6	7	8	5	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 NE	0.6 SSE	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	1.8 SW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	6	9	13	13	13	18	15	18	16	16	14	16	15	14	13	16	13	13	15
Energy(?)	121	418	1447	253	97	9884	4603	2797	5101	3021	5298	7446	4384	4827	5780	2475	3250	7819	501	4769	1067	8200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:06AM 2.80	5:48PM 2.93		9:13AM 1.80		12:10AM 1.79	11:18AM 2.22		12:59AM 1.82	9:28AM 2.75			7:42AM 1.38	4:56PM 1.51	9:52PM 1.95		2:40PM 1.84	2:41AM 2.12	11:58AM 1.96		10:08PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	11:05PM 0.82	11:16AM 1.19		11:45PM 0.82		3:21PM 0.54		5:05AM 0.51	6:44PM 0.28			2:30PM 0.80	1:24AM 0.20	1:48PM 0.32			8:24AM 0.24		8:24PM 0.29	5:51AM 0.42	5:29PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	6	18	-	1
High °C	8	15	15	20	19	11	11	16	14	15	14	11	7	15	14	12	14	14	10	15	15	13
Low °C	6	11	13	17	15	11	9	14	13	9	8	11	5	15	12	10	12	13	9	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	6	14	15	20	19	8	9	16	13	14	13	8	5	14	12	10	14	12	8	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	1.8 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	11	10	8	9	19	13	13	13	15	18	-	16	14	16	15	14	14	16	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	-	0.7 NE	2.0 SW	-	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	11	26	6	10	8	-	19	19	18	10	8	-	8	18	-	8	16	8	7	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	1.9 WSW	1.3 NE	0.2 NNW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	4.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	2.0 W	-	-	4.5 W	-	-	-	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	10	6	2	13	-	-	-	4	-	16	7	-	8	-	-	13	-	-	-	15

	Tue	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	9	9	9	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.7 SW	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.6 SSE	2.1 WNW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	22	22	23	11	7	7	8	8	14	17	17	16	17	19
Energy(?)	1327	1960	1792	1664	1236	1408	1447	1024	1860	2319	1066	1136	499	465	74	552	11689	10033	9075	9075	6897	3359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 1.92	8:04AM 1.77					11:13PM 1.76		6:18AM 2.81	5:44AM 1.08		2:23PM 1.64			12:10AM 1.79			8:46AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		10:48PM 1.13									1:23AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	13	15	10	15	15	11	12	12	11	14	16	21	19	14	9	8	9	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	12	14	8	14	14	8	10	10	9	13	16	21	19	14	6	6	7	7	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	2.1 WNW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	23	11	22	8	11	7	7	8	8	18	17	17	16	17	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	2.1 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	24	24	6	18	22	5	23	24	11	11	8	21	18	-	17	-	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 NW	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 ENE	-	4.0 SW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	5	12	-	-	7	7	3	-	14	-	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	9	9	9	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	11	9	11	11	11	11	8	13	8	8	7	8	24	24	24	9	11	12
Energy(?)	1472	1763	1756	2411	948	121	434	469	391	395	485	1723	267	266	197	72	568	563	572	1162	561	1434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:28PM 0.83						4:24AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	15	15	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	13	16	16	12	12	14	15	13	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	14	5	5	4	3	3	3	8	12	16	16	12	10	13	14	11	6	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.7 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	10	9	11	11	11	11	8	13	8	8	7	8	11	10	10	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	11	11	8	26	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	5	5	24	24	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.8 SW
Period (s)	6	8	8	13	11	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	5	5	-	-	12

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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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