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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			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	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	4.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	12	16	15	14	12	11	14	15	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	7	15
Energy(?)	1187	285	1577	3330	1228	837	1061	948	128	8076	1215	2204	1340	758	410	902	310	678	1103	1889	746	654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:13PM 2.34		8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	8:54AM 1.70	3:26PM 3.04	3:55AM 2.87	9:50AM 1.62	4:18PM 2.88	7:19PM 1.66	9:26AM 2.10	6:36PM 2.19		8:51AM 1.67	6:30PM 2.73	10:52PM 2.12	11:13AM 2.10		7:17PM 1.91	6:49AM 1.42	6:46PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36AM 0.45		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36			9:48PM 0.94			1:35AM 0.64			12:53AM 0.85				5:05AM 0.93	1:23PM 0.85	1:37AM 0.81	1:41PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	9	21	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	8
High °C	18	18	17	15	14	16	21	20	23	14	11	15	19	14	17	17	16	13	12	11	16	18
Low °C	16	17	16	15	11	11	21	20	23	13	9	12	18	10	15	16	14	12	12	11	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	13	12	15	21	20	23	12	9	14	18	13	16	16	15	12	11	10	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.1 S	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	17	-	8	14	12	11	11	9	8	10	13	10	10	9	10	10	14	14	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	1.1 NW	0.4 W	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 N
Period (s)	9	13	6	-	15	6	16	15	14	-	-	10	-	10	13	-	9	17	-	7	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.0 S	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	4.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 W	-	-	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 NW	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	6	12	16	-	-	-	-	7	15	12	10	11	-	-	10	6	4	11	-	-	7

	Thursday 08			Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 NE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	13	8	15	12	12	14	12	14	13	12	11	8	8
Energy(?)	1326	1371	1008	1007	861	796	444	466	1742	676	1166	1228	1044	1008	1094	1014	1019	1013	1244	1016	1428	1120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:13PM 2.34	7:30PM 1.82											4:22AM 2.43								2:35AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)					1:49AM 0.25		8:33AM 0.80		2:19PM 0.33								1:51PM 0.72		9:50PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	16	14	13	19	21	17	20	14	14	15	15	12	22	19	21	20	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	15	12	11	19	21	16	20	13	13	15	14	11	22	19	21	20	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	16	13	8	8	12	12	10	12	14	13	12	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	15	20	5	5	18	18	14	7	6	7	15	15	16	15	14	16	12	13	15	15	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	-	2.1 WSW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 NE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	5	5	7	-	12	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	8	8

	Thursday 08										Friday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	6	5
Energy(?)	954	1317	1187	1155	1114	1207	285	291	1008	286	2915	2314	266	284	1728	415	1305	1284	488	376	129	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		6:39AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)								8:20PM 0.67				12:36AM 0.45								8:13AM 0.61	7:02AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	16	16	16	19	18	18	18	16	15	16	16	14	17	14	14	18	18	20	22
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	15	16	16	19	18	18	18	15	13	16	16	12	16	12	12	18	18	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	11	13	-	11	11	-	11	12	12	7	11	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.1 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	15	9	9	4	4	13	13	5	13	12	-	4	12	-	13	18	18	11	6	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 WNW	1.0 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 S	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	-	1.2 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	5	5	5	3	6	12	12	-	-	12	7	12	12	-	-	6	5

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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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