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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Scott Point Northland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	7	18	15	14	17	16	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	11
Energy(?)	245	1305	802	140	196	772	423	382	325	187	5292	3301	641	1365	2088	1500	2075	868	637	472	740	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 2.53	5:47PM 1.70			2:48PM 2.05	1:43AM 2.49		5:05PM 1.84	1:32AM 2.38			7:27PM 1.75	8:21AM 2.00		8:53PM 1.87	8:56AM 1.71		9:10PM 1.51	9:59AM 1.69		11:11PM 1.73	11:10AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55AM 0.18	8:36AM 0.01		7:26PM -0.04	7:54AM 0.01		7:18PM -0.09	7:45AM 0.07	1:17PM 0.33	1:40AM 0.36		2:42PM 0.11	3:03AM 0.12		3:41PM 0.10	3:20AM 0.02		4:53PM 0.04		4:57AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	2	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	24	9	11	18	18	15	22	21	12	17	16	14	20	18	9	10	10	17	12	18	18	17
Low °C	19	8	10	15	17	15	20	21	10	14	14	12	19	17	9	9	9	17	11	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	24	6	9	18	18	15	22	21	10	17	15	13	20	18	6	8	8	17	10	18	18	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WNW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	10	11	-	14	10	16	13	13	13	12	11	10	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	3	9	-	8	12	8	14	15	18	18	-	-	17	-	-	-	9	8	10	12	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 ENE	1.3 W	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.7 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	-	4	7	7	-	15	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	4

	Tuesday 04					Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri
	10AM	1PM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.9 S	1.7 NE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1169	227	543	1252	1281	1229	1236	767	558	520	591	692	547	772	723	515	566	335	342	502	606	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						12:52AM 2.41				12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:05AM 1.60					7:38PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19AM 0.41	1:50PM 0.08		8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18				12:07PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	22	28	9	8	8	10	10	15	19	18	17	15	15	15	14	18	22	22	23	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	22	28	8	8	5	8	8	15	19	18	17	15	15	15	12	18	22	22	23	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 E	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 NNE	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	13	12	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	1.1 S	1.1 NNE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	13	8	8	6	7	8	8	9	21	9	14	13	9	8	8	15	7	9	8	11	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.7 NNE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	1.7 N	1.5 N	0.3 NW
Period (s)	10	5	8	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	4	-	2	4	6	6	2

	Tuesday 04																Wednesday 05
	8AM	9AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	1.0 S	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	8	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	7	10
Energy(?)	1275	330	286	795	675	0	0	271	1408	1408	84	80	82	80	77	62	74	65	54	84	44	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:26AM 1.68			12:29PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)																10:54PM 0.06	11:17PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	19	12	12	9	9	9	17	16	19	18	16	16	16	13	16	11	11	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	16	19	10	10	6	6	6	16	15	19	18	16	16	16	13	16	10	10	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	8	13	13	9	9	13	-	-	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	3	5	6	13	13	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	6	14	6	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	0.8 NNE	-	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	5	-	7	6	9	9	7	13	13	4	4	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-

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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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