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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Punihos Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 N	0.8 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	2.4 S	2.4 SSE	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	18	11	7	11	8	9	12	11	10	8	15	14
Energy(?)	1658	1511	960	1226	746	464	764	588	548	522	180	181	168	161	751	949	51	2468	2241	1825	4631	3013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.20		3:36PM 2.49				10:16PM 1.73	4:46AM 1.84	5:22PM 1.81		12:07PM 1.53		11:07PM 1.78	11:22AM 1.79	2:46PM 1.44	10:52PM 1.72		3:40PM 1.24		8:55AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 0.43	3:10AM 1.11	9:22AM 1.13		10:00PM 0.84	10:19AM 0.94	1:20PM 0.72		11:07AM 1.00		11:40PM 0.94	5:49AM 0.61			5:14AM 0.75			9:37AM 0.31		10:02PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	22	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	11	20	20	16	21	21	20	22	22	18	20	20	21	20	15	12	21	17	15	18
Low °C	12	19	9	19	19	15	19	21	18	20	21	17	17	19	19	20	14	10	21	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	13	20	9	20	20	15	21	21	20	22	22	18	20	20	21	20	14	9	21	16	13	18
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 N	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	7	11	7	7	12	16	13	8	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	-	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	13	10	8	12	8	10	5	13	9	18	5	12	7	12	12	18	-	9	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	-	2.4 S	2.4 SSE	0.3 N	2.5 WSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.4 SW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	4	3	4	5	-	8	9	2	11	10	8	10	10

	Sunday 08					Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1658	1845	611	1325	1266	1139	1011	1080	1050	1121	1119	1009	1375	605	1194	1082	687	503	668	509	516	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.22						3:08AM 2.44	5:59AM 1.73	8:37AM 1.78		3:03PM 1.97		9:37PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 1.06		9:13PM 0.65										2:05AM 0.76					6:44PM 0.30	7:01PM 0.28	10:20PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	14	21	17	16	16	9	11	20	20	20	11	16	11	10	19	16	21	21	18	20
Chill °C (?)	10	14	13	21	17	16	16	7	9	20	20	20	9	16	9	9	19	16	21	21	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	12	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	14	13	11	12	13	12	-	-	9	8	8	8	13	12	13	4	5	8	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	-	5	-	5	6	6	-

	Sunday 08																Monday 09
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	6	12	6	6	6	13
Energy(?)	652	316	1658	1247	1517	1432	805	2230	970	1221	1239	1237	1427	1163	6	6	176	1908	156	124	117	1355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:28AM 1.56															11:30PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	20	19	19	20	12	14	20	20	20	14	17	12	12	13	11	14	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	20	19	18	20	10	12	20	20	20	13	16	9	9	12	9	13	13	16	18
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	10	6	12	6	6	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	-	11	9	9	8	10	13	14	14	9	-	9	9	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	-	2.0 SW	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.5 W	-	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	13	-	6	-	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	12	-	12	-	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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