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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	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.5 E	0.8 ENE	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	10	8	13	16	13	13	14	9	9	12	14	13	11	11	13	18	17	16	15	14
Energy(?)	870	702	243	1213	5616	1467	1646	3020	940	1299	1092	967	2846	1880	310	1556	2726	826	1144	1945	2279	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 1.35		2:48PM 2.16	8:03PM 1.45	12:53PM 3.68		8:54PM 1.48	9:43AM 1.45		2:00AM 3.37		5:09PM 1.95	8:06PM 1.81	4:46AM 1.83		8:52PM 2.01		4:33PM 2.94		5:28AM 2.93	6:05PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	4:37PM 0.27	2:09AM 0.15	8:41AM 0.17		2:17AM 0.14	6:49AM 0.37	1:48PM 0.22	3:10AM 0.14		2:40PM 0.23	7:56PM 0.53	9:23AM 0.56		2:34AM 0.38	11:01AM 0.56	1:43PM 0.58	3:19AM 0.50	10:21AM 1.13		10:51PM 1.14	11:47AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	21	17	13	14	19	16	13	15	16	19	19	18	19	14	12	20	19	19	21	19
Low °C	14	15	19	15	10	11	18	15	13	15	14	12	18	17	16	13	9	18	18	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	21	16	10	12	19	15	10	14	14	19	19	18	19	12	12	20	19	19	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	10	15	9	16	13	13	14	14	9	12	14	13	11	18	13	11	17	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.3 N	-	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 W	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 W
Period (s)	14	8	10	9	-	8	10	9	9	-	14	-	-	13	16	-	16	7	9	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	0.2 WNW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SW	-	1.6 SW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	8	13	5	8	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	10	9	9	12	16	11	10	10	10	15	10	13	13	13	14	16	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	908	739	1428	1230	569	1019	602	302	218	330	1094	1863	6491	3344	4277	3933	1502	2653	2931	3020	3137	2862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)													3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90							1:17AM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15	6:10AM 0.29			2:24PM 0.15						8:34AM 0.31	11:00AM 0.36			7:14PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	12	11	17	19	17	21	22	15	18	12	10	10	13	16	18	18	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	10	9	17	19	17	21	22	15	18	10	8	8	13	15	18	18	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.6 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 SW	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	12	7	11	10	10	6	9	10	8	16	13	14	16	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	17	11	15	15	11	16	10	10	10	10	15	13	13	11	16	-	8	-	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.5 SW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	9	9	4	-	4	-	3	-	9	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19										Friday 20
	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 ESE	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	12	8	8	11	16	11	12	11	14	16	8	9	15	16	9	6	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	820	691	870	1045	239	1494	182	443	749	345	1280	812	1481	480	1201	1722	538	1019	1000	987	865	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	16	15	23	20	16	21	18	16	19	16	11	11	15	12	11	19	19	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	24	15	14	23	20	16	21	17	16	19	15	9	9	14	9	8	19	19	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 ESE	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	-	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	8	8	11	16	11	12	11	11	16	15	9	15	16	-	14	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	1.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 N	-	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	18	12	14	14	7	7	8	6	11	14	8	18	15	9	12	-	11	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.4 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	5	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	9	6	9	9	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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