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 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			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	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.3 NNW	1.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 SW	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	15	14	10	6	7	12	16	12	18	16	14	13	13	12	14	13	11	8
Energy(?)	693	1305	722	145	158	753	290	226	255	2596	2958	1001	706	998	1752	1613	1127	786	1192	883	342	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:09AM 2.64		2:48PM 2.05	3:15AM 2.17		2:05PM 2.42	2:36AM 2.51	5:34AM 1.96	1:50PM 2.32	2:25AM 2.33	7:47AM 1.93		8:53PM 1.87	9:18AM 2.01		9:51PM 1.84	10:13AM 1.96		9:55PM 1.55	11:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 0.08		7:07PM 0.30	8:36AM 0.01		8:57PM -0.01	9:29AM 0.02		8:16PM -0.08	11:55AM 0.03		8:09PM -0.07		2:20PM 0.29	3:03AM 0.12		3:41PM 0.10	3:59AM 0.12		4:39PM 0.10		5:10AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	9	11	17	18	16	23	14	12	16	17	12	19	18	18	10	17	17	19	18	14	16
Low °C	12	9	10	15	17	15	22	13	9	14	16	10	19	17	17	10	17	16	18	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	6	9	17	18	16	23	13	11	15	16	12	19	18	18	8	16	17	19	18	14	16
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	6	13	12	14	15	14	10	10	6	17	16	12	10	12	14	13	13	12	14	13	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	-	9	9	4	7	11	18	13	10	16	13	16	9	8	-	9	6	5	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.4 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	6	7	12	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	11
Energy(?)	1576	1406	1255	642	748	1252	1281	1229	1235	767	558	520	591	652	530	753	723	636	559	590	265	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					1:58PM 2.00			12:52AM 2.41				12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.26	6:45AM 0.32					8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18				12:44PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	13	15	12	10	9	9	8	10	10	15	19	18	17	15	15	15	16	19	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	11	14	10	8	8	9	5	8	7	15	19	18	17	14	15	15	16	19	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.5 NE	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	-	13	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	21	9	14	13	9	4	8	8	8	15	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	8	10	13	6	6	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	6

	Tuesday 04
	0AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNE	2.0 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	13	14	13	13	13	-	-	8	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	11
Energy(?)	1990	1038	95	194	1728	1728	1728	0	0	602	1397	1397	110	103	119	116	85	83	82	80	72	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:28AM 2.18						5:03PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)							7:45AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	14	14	15	15	14	14	10	10	13	17	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	23	12	12	13	13	12	12	7	7	11	16	16	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	8	13	13	14	5	5	5	10	10	8	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	14	13	11	9	9	9	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	2.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	5	13	13	13	10	10	8	13	13	5	5	6	6	3	3	3	3	-	-

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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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