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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	3	2	1	9	7	6	7	5	4	7	5	5	5	4	8	4	9	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 W	1.9 SW	0.1 S	4.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	22	13	16	16	18	17	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	15	14	13	13	8
Energy(?)	454	419	1033	11	10223	9687	6070	4686	6358	766	10284	3380	5343	4719	2662	413	2302	844	2308	732	421	422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 2.01	8:26PM 1.79	9:13AM 1.80		8:14PM 2.87	12:38PM 1.85		9:04PM 2.79	9:28AM 2.75				2:30PM 2.31	2:21AM 1.85			11:40PM 1.97	12:43PM 2.04		1:01AM 2.06	10:47AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 1.19		2:51AM 0.43		5:56PM 0.32	2:31AM 1.13	6:17AM 0.25	2:56PM 1.15	3:17AM 0.73		2:30PM 0.80	1:24AM 0.20	9:53AM 0.28		8:05PM 0.25	8:24AM 0.24	6:20PM 0.27		6:38AM 0.26	4:04PM 0.42		4:40AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	25	-	40	17	-	2	-
High °C	15	12	14	16	11	9	16	13	14	13	13	7	17	15	13	12	14	11	10	16	12	22
Low °C	10	11	13	15	11	7	12	13	14	8	11	6	15	12	11	11	13	11	10	15	7	20
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	14	8	7	14	12	14	11	11	6	16	14	12	9	14	9	8	16	11	22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 W	1.9 SW	0.1 E	2.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	12	10	19	16	16	13	17	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	15	14	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.5 N	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 N	0.7 NE	0.8 S
Period (s)	26	9	25	22	-	-	-	18	18	18	-	8	-	-	9	-	15	-	6	14	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	-	0.5 N	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.2 NNE	1.1 WSW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	7	16	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	6	5	6

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.6 SW	1.7 NE	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	10	11	22	24	23	22	11	7	5	18	14	17	16	17	16	19	16	18
Energy(?)	1792	1664	1242	1468	1389	504	1943	598	1065	1471	966	459	82	8481	12373	9356	8130	9185	6070	3120	5361	7506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 1.92	8:04AM 1.77										1:41PM 1.96			12:10AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)									1:23AM 0.89					6:20PM 0.97			3:56AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	9	14	15	11	12	11	12	11	15	20	12	11	9	7	7	8	12	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	7	13	14	10	10	10	11	9	14	20	11	8	6	5	4	6	10	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	8	10	10	11	7	4	18	18	17	16	17	16	13	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.8 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	24	24	6	8	22	10	23	22	24	11	9	-	18	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	-	1.3 NW	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.7 NE	1.0 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	-	6	-	7	-	-	7	5	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 SW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 SW	3.0 W	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	10	11	7	11	11	7	12	13	8	9	24	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12
Energy(?)	1941	1974	166	113	515	368	507	315	406	385	1736	222	16	252	1389	1622	2018	1360	2474	1127	2842	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:34AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)											11:16AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	15	7	7	6	8	7	8	12	12	15	19	12	16	15	15	12	10	10	15	9	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	4	4	3	7	4	7	10	10	14	19	12	16	14	14	10	8	7	14	6	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.1 W	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	2.1 SW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	11	7	11	7	8	8	13	8	9	11	10	10	23	10	22	12	22	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	26	26	26	8	26	11	12	12	12	9	9	24	6	6	18	24	18	6	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	-	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 NE	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	3	5	-	10	10	10	3	10	-	10	-

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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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