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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 S	0.5 ENE	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	7	8	12	10	13	12	7	10	9	12	11	11	10	9	10	12	11	19	16
Energy(?)	1211	90	829	450	62	1489	1301	1594	1319	211	948	373	918	707	15	998	753	1429	4804	2739	1429	1311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 1.87			9:02PM 1.02	9:26AM 1.62	3:47PM 1.73		6:30AM 1.49	4:25PM 1.73	1:12AM 2.05	4:51AM 1.83		7:41PM 1.28	7:57AM 1.55		12:49AM 3.25		1:06PM 3.43	1:31AM 3.19	7:19AM 2.20	1:48PM 3.36	12:42AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 0.43	5:16PM 0.85	2:25AM 0.37			1:13AM 0.48	12:51PM 0.30			11:03AM 0.42	1:36PM 0.29	1:48AM 0.27		3:06PM 0.27		6:58AM 0.74		7:26PM 0.83			6:55PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	2	1	-	1	-	4
High °C	20	22	13	12	19	20	18	18	19	8	9	18	16	19	14	15	18	13	20	12	22	19
Low °C	20	19	12	11	18	19	18	17	18	5	9	18	15	18	13	14	16	13	18	11	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	22	10	9	19	20	18	18	19	7	8	18	16	19	14	15	18	11	20	10	22	19
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	12	8	8	12	10	13	12	7	10	9	12	11	11	10	9	19	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	16	14	13	13	9	9	13	6	9	12	15	16	-	22	16	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.1 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	2.2 W	3.0 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	2	8	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	12	-	8	8

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	5	4	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 NE	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	7	12	11	7	10	13	9	13	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	3053	1047	508	301	807	592	52	42	1035	950	2298	1003	616	357	740	1441	1367	1301	1301	1248	1594	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:48AM 1.57			5:21PM 1.33		11:56PM 2.03	3:33AM 1.83	5:46AM 1.48						10:57PM 3.24		4:40AM 2.26		10:03AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)									9:10PM 0.36					12:19PM 0.82		4:49PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	8	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	22	20	8	23	19	9	10	7	11	11	13	20	19	18	18	18	8	18	21
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	22	20	6	23	19	6	8	3	11	11	13	20	19	18	18	18	5	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	2.4 W	0.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	7	12	11	7	10	13	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	11	7	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.4 S	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	12	10	9	10	10	4	8	11	9	9	8	10	8	15	15	14	14	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.6 W	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	6	-	7	-	-	8	6	6	-	13	8	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

	Thursday 18					Friday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	5	4	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	0.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 S	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	10	13	12	8	7	12	11	12	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3131	1637	728	78	1336	1047	224	69	1210	427	1023	100	130	65	120	1121	1121	1102	1102	282	1015	614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:21PM 1.00												10:02AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	25	20	12	15	17	11	13	10	16	17	17	20	19	19	20	20	8	19	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	25	20	11	14	17	10	12	9	16	17	16	20	19	19	20	20	5	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	1.6 W	0.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 S	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	10	13	12	8	7	12	11	12	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	7	13	-	10	10	7	5	10	13	10	11	11	11	7	15	15	15	15	10	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	1.4 NE	0.9 E	1.6 W	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	6	9	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	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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