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

	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	8	14	9	13	12	12	11	14	8	7	11	14	9	8	7	7	8	11	11
Energy(?)	3350	4798	2942	47	4716	2163	2639	944	237	894	694	1149	983	1456	535	402	524	525	366	151	351	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:32AM 1.72	9:46AM 2.38		10:07PM 2.38	11:06AM 1.88		2:53AM 1.81	10:26AM 2.92		10:25PM 2.73	6:24AM 1.38		10:57PM 3.24	11:13AM 3.44		7:05PM 1.26	5:19AM 2.25		12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 0.41		4:01PM 1.24		4:57AM 0.68	4:42PM 1.20	8:28PM 0.38	4:13AM 0.54	4:14PM 0.84		12:44PM 0.29	4:55PM 0.50		5:06AM 0.70	6:30PM 0.78	1:09AM 0.28	11:25AM 0.98	6:03PM 0.80		6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	6	-	3	-	-	-	8	11	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	11	16	12	17	17	18	12	7	9	8	20	13	19	21	14	27	34	20	17	18	21
Low °C	13	9	15	11	16	16	18	9	7	8	6	19	13	18	20	14	25	29	18	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	9	15	9	16	17	18	10	6	6	5	20	10	19	21	14	27	34	20	17	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	3.5 SW	2.2 S	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 N	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.2 ESE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	8	14	9	13	12	12	14	6	11	10	11	10	9	8	8	6	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	7	10	-	14	11	12	10	9	14	14	17	14	14	11	10	9	7	11	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 SW	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	11	6	8	7	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	3	4

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bog Works Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.4 W	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	10	14	14	14	12	9	11	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2328	2217	6498	4852	7240	6545	3911	2066	2384	5488	3697	3231	3578	3835	3349	1005	537	1777	2073	1691	1475	1229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 2.31				9:50AM 2.94				9:03PM 2.59				9:25AM 3.18	10:26AM 2.86			9:41PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)					3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75			10:38PM 0.29	3:08AM 0.57								3:52AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	15	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	12	10	11	9	13	14	17	18	14	11	13	16	18	14	18	15	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	8	10	7	13	13	16	17	13	9	13	15	18	14	18	14	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.4 W	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	10	14	14	14	12	9	6	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	12	7	8	11	-	-	7	-	-	12	13	13	12	11	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 16										Wednesday 17
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bog Works Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2229	2357	4088	3552	4845	10360	4236	2175	3089	1252	2412	156	2635	2373	2761	5775	192	892	3958	4190	4626	4981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				8:46AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)														2:30AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	15	14	13	13	13	10	14	18	14	14	13	17	17	10	11	8	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	12	11	12	12	8	11	17	12	13	12	16	16	8	8	6	16	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	1.0 N	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	17	16	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 N	1.7 WNW	1.1 N	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.1 N	0.9 SW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.7 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	18	9	8	12	13	7	11	7	9	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	1.0 W	2.1 WNW	-	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	4	16	5	7	-	7	6	6	-	6	-	6	7	7	7

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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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