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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 NNW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	10	11	12	12	13	12	9	14	11	11	8	8	7	11	12	12	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	455	102	63	1555	448	2053	578	3441	197	540	614	603	820	747	370	2117	4525	3814	2784	1281	1271	1588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 2.35			10:25PM 1.92	9:10AM 3.48	2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		3:02PM 1.95	3:30AM 2.14		3:48PM 2.05			1:56PM 2.26	2:27AM 2.17		5:50PM 2.48		7:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.50		7:03AM 0.28	4:10PM 0.47				8:33PM 0.04	8:51AM 0.14		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		12:27AM 0.25	7:49AM 0.14		8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		12:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	16	16	12	17	17	15	20	20	20	17	19	13	17	18	17	21	18	15	20
Low °C	15	14	11	13	16	8	12	16	12	17	20	17	16	19	11	15	18	16	19	18	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	15	15	11	17	16	15	20	20	20	16	19	10	17	17	16	21	18	15	20
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	-	9	13	11	9	14	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	10	10	13	-	12	11	-	14	10	14	13	7	10	16	8	10	19	-	-	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	12	12	-	12	5	3	-	-	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	4AM	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	12	16	11	13	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	678	1016	1095	765	504	813	433	1548	2465	4227	1115	1325	1161	1009	1009	2053	1937	2427	3022	3109	2698	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:12PM 1.78			7:28PM 3.06		1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48AM 0.66			3:02PM 0.57						7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	19	13	15	15	19	11	10	9	12	16	16	15	15	9	8	8	14	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	18	14	19	11	15	15	19	9	8	7	11	15	15	14	14	8	6	6	14	16	18	13
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	12	12	8	11	13	12	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	11	11	16	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	7	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	-	12	5	-	-	7	11	12	11	-	-	11	10	4	12	11	11	11	12	12	4

	Thursday 29
	2AM	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.3 W	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	11	12	18	18	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	5	15	10	10	10	12	12	11
Energy(?)	676	1414	111	334	331	329	643	87	75	765	415	765	765	1821	133	710	430	430	430	749	761	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:03AM 3.06					12:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	15	17	16	15	19	18	19	16	17	13	14	16	21	17	17	16	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	14	15	17	16	15	19	18	19	15	17	11	12	14	21	16	16	14	13	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.8 W	0.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SW	0.5 NE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	7	9	9	9	13	7	7	12	5	12	12	11	8	11	14	14	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	18	18	8	11	11	16	11	16	16	11	10	-	12	12	12	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	5	5	11	5	15	10	10	10	12	12	11

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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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