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 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			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	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ruapuke Raglan and West Waikato	Kingston Norfolk Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.9 ENE	0.8 NE	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	15	10	11	15	16	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	748	338	691	513	980	941	361	1487	1134	636	786	1137	674	1074	673	1422	1287	1692	1920	2338	1496	1409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:23PM 2.32	1:40AM 2.13			10:18PM 1.27	8:32AM 2.12		8:55PM 2.10	9:03AM 1.64			5:58AM 2.72	1:13PM 1.45	2:26AM 1.50		3:52PM 1.98	1:57AM 1.34		3:03PM 1.95	3:37AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 0.56	7:53AM 0.53	4:19PM 0.31			2:47PM 1.06	3:19AM 0.99		3:51PM 0.44	11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13		8:22PM 0.36	7:52AM 0.29		7:47PM 0.18	8:07AM 0.19		9:23PM 0.17	9:55AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	14	25	23	19	24	22	19	26	15	12	16	16	16	17	23	20	21	18	14	23
Low °C	20	22	12	20	21	17	23	21	17	25	14	9	14	15	14	16	22	19	19	17	12	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	13	25	23	19	24	22	19	26	14	11	16	16	15	17	23	20	21	18	13	23
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.6 S	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	11	7	12	11	11	8	13	11	10	10	11	15	10	11	15	16	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 N	0.8 NE	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 N	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	11	13	11	-	12	11	8	-	11	14	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.4 NW	2.5 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	8	11	-	3	11	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 25					Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Fri
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	7	11	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	748	748	757	640	632	545	574	610	730	1304	996	695	565	1035	1027	1062	1024	537	1313	1450	2457	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:23PM 2.32		9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13					11:17PM 1.32				11:05AM 1.37				12:12AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10AM 0.46						1:31AM 1.01				2:14PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16			5:30AM 0.30	7:35AM 0.53			6:20PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	22	20	19	18	13	14	18	24	26	17	16	15	17	16	19	24	25	23	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	23	22	20	19	18	12	13	18	24	26	17	16	14	17	16	19	24	25	23	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 N	0.3 S	0.4 N	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	14	14	12	8	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	-

	Tuesday 25																Wednesday 26
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	6	8	11	6	6	8	10	10
Energy(?)	813	813	748	748	174	189	368	377	328	705	282	107	95	274	209	222	400	231	238	230	280	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																10:35PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10AM 0.46						1:06PM 1.07															4:46AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	20	21	18	19	12	13	13	15	17	18	17	15	17	15	19	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	20	21	18	19	11	11	11	14	16	18	17	15	16	15	19	12	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.0 ENE	0.3 N	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	8	15	8	11	11	11	5	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	1.0 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	5	13	5	8	9	9	12	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	-	-	5	6	-	-	6	6	8	-	-

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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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