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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	Sat	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNW	3.0 NW	4.5 W	4.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	11	11	12	12	7	8	11	13	13	12	11	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	381	591	610	594	510	609	745	803	2039	7284	6207	3456	1823	833	255	1232	721	380	861	248	1348	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:09AM 2.10		2:59PM 2.02	1:03AM 2.21	9:16AM 1.81	1:16PM 2.28			2:01PM 2.30	10:29PM 1.34	7:15AM 2.09			4:32AM 2.47	6:06PM 1.91	7:47PM 1.74				12:33PM 1.23	3:56PM 1.85	3:45AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 0.72					12:27AM 0.25	7:55AM 0.13		4:15AM 0.13		6:24PM 0.01	10:28PM 0.22	10:47AM 0.37		1:47AM 0.23	8:31AM 0.77	6:16PM 0.17	1:10AM 0.30	6:38AM 0.43		9:37PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	31	6	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	20	16	15	16	15	15	17	17	20	21	18	16	19	16	24	17	13	19	19	18
Low °C	12	17	20	15	14	12	14	14	16	17	19	20	17	14	18	14	19	16	10	15	18	13
Chill °C (?)	15	19	20	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	20	21	18	16	18	15	24	16	11	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	3.0 NW	4.5 W	4.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	11	11	12	12	8	11	11	13	13	12	11	12	14	13	12	-	12	12	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 NW	0.5 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.4 SE	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	14	8	7	7	11	8	15	-	18	-	16	11	15	8	14	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 SSW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 WNW	-	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	3	-	10	7	8	-	-	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	13	9	-	12	-

	Sat	Sunday 01									Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	2.5 SSE	1.5 SW	2.2 SSE	1.7 WSW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	11	11	10	7	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	12	9	11	11
Energy(?)	3183	3424	4100	1121	1676	846	537	698	624	680	526	522	541	691	609	515	307	1164	691	828	1306	3069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21				9:10PM 1.22					3:48PM 2.05	5:09PM 1.84		9:53PM 1.21				12:43PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)				6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01				4:30AM 0.05	8:34AM 0.26							3:33AM 0.21	7:08AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	4
Temp. °C	14	14	12	11	23	12	20	16	15	23	14	22	14	15	16	15	16	20	10	20	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	10	23	11	20	15	14	23	14	22	14	15	15	15	16	20	9	20	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 W	2.5 SSE	1.5 SW	2.2 SSE	1.8 NNE	3.0 NW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	8	11	13	11	11	10	7	12	11	9	12	8	11	10	12	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WNW	1.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	-	12	-	10	-	8	10	12	6	9	-	7	11	4	9	8	8	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	11	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 31					Sunday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 SW	2.1 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	7	11	10	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	3517	726	2889	2086	414	2496	359	2394	1390	701	56	563	1027	1027	963	400	276	771	806	1667	704	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:14AM 2.15											11:11AM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 0.64								2:06AM 0.15			7:46AM 0.33			10:16AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	14	14	23	12	13	11	11	20	13	18	11	11	15	13	15	30	13	24	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	12	23	10	12	10	10	20	13	18	10	10	15	11	14	30	12	24	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	13	11	10	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	10	14	-	8	-	13	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	11	11	11	8	9	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.8 W	1.1 NW	1.8 W	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	-	2.1 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	12	11	7	12	5	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	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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