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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	3	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	7.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	8	10	17	16	8	17
Energy(?)	608	430	403	2423	1179	269	3229	1630	1802	1592	3398	14906	6715	5834	1822	1360	1611	894	1025	1007	302	1254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59		2:00AM 1.63			8:48PM 2.09		2:16PM 1.73	12:11AM 1.89	12:23PM 1.99		12:52AM 2.01	12:18PM 2.04		11:06PM 3.39			1:15AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47	7:29PM 0.41	7:41AM 0.45	4:33PM 0.69	3:03AM 0.55	10:06AM 0.35			6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:12AM 0.44	6:29PM 0.38		10:02AM 0.22		7:05PM 0.30	7:21AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	23	15	13	22	15	14	19	20	15	16	13	18	15	17	15	15	15	14	21	21
Low °C	19	18	21	15	11	19	15	10	17	18	14	14	13	15	15	16	14	12	15	12	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	23	13	12	22	14	13	19	20	14	15	10	18	14	17	15	15	14	13	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 ENE	-	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 E	2.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	7	7	-	11	12	14	14	14	13	12	15	12	12	10	12	11	10	17	16	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	-	1.2 NW	0.2 W	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	13	9	-	8	18	6	13	12	12	10	-	-	9	13	10	15	18	11	10	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	3.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	7.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	-	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	11	9	6	-	-	-	-	5	12	11	11	8	8	8	3	10	-	2	-

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4PM	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NW	0.8 SW	1.9 NE	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	8	8	7	8	9	13	7	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	10	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	325	812	767	756	526	860	1191	319	556	557	1841	1832	2085	2839	3093	3095	860	1591	4358	3731	3032	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57		9:26AM 1.65		2:42PM 1.43			10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75				10:42PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 0.54				6:56AM 0.51				6:55PM 0.47				5:01AM 0.68			3:04PM 1.09					4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	16	16	17	17	13	22	24	15	12	12	10	10	14	14	23	13	13	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	22	18	15	15	17	17	12	22	24	14	11	11	8	8	14	14	23	13	12	13	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	2.5 NW	0.8 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 W	1.9 SW	0.3 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	7	8	9	13	7	9	11	11	11	15	15	15	17	14	13	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	9	12	12	16	16	-	7	7	13	8	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	1.9 NE	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	7	8	-	-	7	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	14	-	-	-

	Thursday 12										Friday 13
	2PM	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 N	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	6	6	13	11	7	8	12	12	12	12	6	6	13	8	7	9	9	6
Energy(?)	314	607	608	644	178	352	302	267	673	750	25	132	132	132	568	568	144	596	730	1822	1191	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:26AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)						6:23PM 0.49									3:12AM 0.82			6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	8	6	3	2
High °C	23	20	20	20	18	19	17	21	18	16	18	21	20	19	18	18	19	21	14	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	23	20	20	20	17	18	16	21	18	15	18	21	20	19	17	17	19	21	12	11	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	12	13	11	7	13	12	10	10	10	8	8	5	12	12	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	11	9	6	17	10	9	8	12	12	12	13	13	11	8	16	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.5 N	2.5 N	-	1.5 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	6	4	3	7	8	-	3	3	3	6	6	5	8	7	7	-	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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