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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	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	8	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	14	16	16	17	16	16	14	12	11	14	14	15	16	14	13	13	16	16	17	17	15
Energy	7216	1374	7214	3064	3101	3222	1625	1392	3912	1093	3052	3472	3923	3076	1529	1144	1094	10087	11540	9796	9455	5994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 2.16	8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26	4:24PM 2.51			12:24PM 1.38	10:37PM 1.78	8:25AM 1.86		12:42AM 1.72		2:51PM 1.55	2:30AM 1.58		3:40PM 1.58	1:11AM 1.65		1:12PM 1.81		4:02AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94		10:18PM 1.05	6:51AM 0.15				5:09PM 0.31	6:35PM 0.32	7:49AM 0.43		8:25PM 0.46	8:36AM 0.52		6:57PM 0.34	7:36AM 0.30		10:06PM 0.59	10:10AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	18	8	8	17	16	14	14	12	8	8	9	13	16	11	15	16	11	11	11	11	14
Low °C	11	17	7	8	16	15	12	12	8	8	7	8	10	14	10	11	14	8	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	17	6	6	17	15	13	14	10	6	8	6	12	16	9	14	16	8	10	9	10	14
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	16	16	17	16	16	14	12	11	14	14	15	16	14	13	13	15	17	17	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.4 SW	0.4 N	-	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	13	9	-	10	10	11	16	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	4	-	-	-	6	-	4	12	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	16	16	-	-	-

	Saturday 23					Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Maori Bay Auckland	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	12
Energy	7216	1176	1374	5879	6847	7214	6444	5534	3064	4390	3101	3129	3046	3222	1169	1038	1625	1552	1392	1270	1087	3912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78		4:24PM 2.51				4:55AM 2.91			12:24PM 1.38			10:37PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)							2:58AM 0.28							10:18PM 1.05			6:51AM 0.15				7:10PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	18	18	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	17	16	14	16	13	12	12	14	14	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	17	17	7	6	6	7	5	6	9	17	16	13	15	13	12	12	13	14	10	9	10
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	9	9	-	-	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	12

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	6131	6173	7216	7608	7784	1176	4362	1278	1374	5402	5721	5879	6131	6389	6847	7012	7381	7214	7126	6731	6444	6152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 1.82												8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	18	11	18	18	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	9	17	9	17	17	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	22	11	22	11	11	22	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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