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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Karekare Auckland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NE	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	12	11	14	14	10	11	11	13	11	9	9	10	15	13	13	13	15	14
Energy(?)	316	2262	1333	1094	1061	942	821	658	41	2441	1550	1269	780	1142	1025	1627	576	1250	1615	1288	622	1110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 2.27		6:21PM 1.75	8:02PM 2.18	5:13AM 2.31	5:36PM 2.29	7:24PM 1.69	7:52AM 1.68		8:26PM 1.65	6:01AM 1.99	6:10PM 1.87		7:19AM 2.80	6:45PM 1.97		7:32AM 2.06		7:43PM 2.02	8:24AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			3:06AM 0.93	9:20AM 0.98		2:18AM 0.73	11:24AM 0.76		1:42AM 0.64		3:43PM 0.86	2:43AM 0.71	12:16PM 0.87		12:52AM 0.87			1:06AM 0.66		1:40PM 0.81	1:59AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	16	21	21	22	22	18	13	16	18	21	17	14	12	11	12	13	14	20	24
Low °C	16	15	11	13	21	20	21	21	12	11	15	16	18	15	12	12	11	11	12	14	19	22
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	16	21	21	22	22	17	11	15	18	21	16	13	11	10	10	13	13	20	24
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	4	9	10	12	11	14	14	10	10	11	13	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	1.2 W	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	16	15	11	11	17	10	8	10	9	8	19	17	15	-	8	-	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	-	-	4	9	9	10	5	-	-	-	3	-

	Friday 09					Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Mon
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	The Box Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.4 NNE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	16	13	8	15	12	12	14	14	10	13	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	444	88	467	674	1341	1480	1052	1016	1094	1305	1288	1026	1233	1010	1332	1006	821	821	658	740	816	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:35PM 2.19						4:22AM 2.43				6:27PM 1.78							3:45PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.80		2:38PM 0.94							12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72		9:50PM 0.53				9:38AM 0.68					10:13PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	18	20	15	13	15	15	14	17	20	21	20	21	17	19	21	22	22	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	23	17	20	14	12	15	15	13	17	20	21	20	21	17	19	21	22	22	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	16	13	9	15	12	12	10	10	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	13	12	6	15	10	16	15	14	14	-	-	15	15	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	7	-	8	15	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 09																Saturday 10
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	The Box Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	17	11	12	16	13	13	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	423	91	316	440	650	2315	485	618	3330	3486	3571	4032	806	703	695	764	684	741	690	773	783	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:37AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 0.42	12:59PM 0.61								8:43PM 0.61	9:12PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	19	18	15	18	18	15	15	15	16	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	15	19	17	13	17	18	13	13	13	14	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	7	12	11	16	4	13	7	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	13	17	14	16	17	18	13	-	-	-	-	7	12	18	18	12	12	12	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	3	6	7	12	16	6	6	16	16	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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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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