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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland
Rating	3	4	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	11	10	10
Energy(?)	866	836	919	972	4682	1603	4584	2707	2906	3259	3374	2646	1009	2199	1439	765	749	645	237	208	2316	2030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:19PM 1.67	8:37AM 1.70		12:33AM 2.59	11:30AM 1.36	3:28PM 2.01				7:04PM 1.71	7:25AM 1.62	4:55PM 1.79		5:11AM 1.74			4:30AM 2.58	6:48PM 1.59		7:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24AM 0.23		2:36PM 0.14		5:20AM 0.19		11:17PM 0.61	9:04AM 0.44		1:22AM 0.48			11:06PM 0.64	11:32AM 0.64	2:40PM 0.58	10:19PM 1.27	10:51AM 1.34		1:06AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	18	14	20	15	17	15	13	20	11	15	20	18	16	20	20	17	18	15	17	20	19
Low °C	18	16	14	17	13	15	14	13	18	10	15	18	18	15	17	20	14	16	14	15	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	13	20	14	17	14	13	20	9	15	20	18	15	20	20	17	17	14	17	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 NNW	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	10	11	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	1.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.5 N	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	15	10	-	12	-	9	10	8	11	10	10	8	6	10	10	10	12	8	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.2 W	0.6 NE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	3.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	6	-	3	4	7	3	10	-

	Thursday 05			Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	14	9	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	706	730	613	528	696	1107	1308	1494	1604	1477	2314	3411	5084	5084	5016	3606	1959	1959	3879	3371	3371	3464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.67						2:03PM 2.01	5:35PM 1.89			3:15AM 2.06				2:03PM 3.09				3:51AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.44					4:37AM 0.06	8:43AM 0.17	10:14AM 0.41				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31			9:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	2
Temp. °C	19	16	15	13	15	22	20	19	14	17	15	13	13	13	14	18	17	17	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	15	14	11	15	22	20	19	13	16	14	13	13	13	14	18	17	17	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	14	9	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	9	9	8	9	10	14	14	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	12	12	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.8 N	-	2.0 ENE	0.2 WNW	-	0.8 NE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	4	-	9	6	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05										Friday 06
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	15	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	893	897	867	845	847	202	150	756	654	571	660	661	766	510	510	705	294	294	721	816	794	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:39AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.44	2:09PM 0.22									11:04PM 0.15									8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	20	18	26	19	19	14	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	11	11	17	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	20	18	26	19	19	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	18	10	10	16	17	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	11	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	12	11	13	13	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	11	16	9	8	13	11	11	9	9	9	14	8	8	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	-	7	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	3	3	4	-	-	3	3	4	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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