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

	Sat	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Fields Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	3	4	6	4	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 E	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	6	13	8	12	13	9	8	16
Energy(?)	474	257	1072	1927	1226	626	408	824	572	534	590	134	305	489	131	309	395	363	2466	709	1596	6283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:07AM 1.65	3:52PM 2.45	8:36PM 1.62	9:16AM 2.15		10:59PM 1.61	4:10AM 2.39	4:31PM 2.31		5:04AM 2.17		8:48PM 1.58	6:15AM 1.85	6:41PM 1.83	12:38AM 1.64	7:23AM 1.93		11:58PM 1.88		3:31PM 1.41	3:49AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 0.52			2:55AM 0.53		3:41PM 0.49		10:28AM 1.02		10:58PM 0.99	11:26AM 1.06	2:31PM 0.75	3:05AM 0.83	12:34PM 0.99				2:07PM 1.03		7:25AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	1	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	12	12	20	11	20	20	16	21	22	20	22	22	14	22	20	17	21	16	13	20	19	16
Low °C	10	12	20	9	19	20	15	18	21	18	20	21	13	18	19	14	21	15	12	20	18	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	20	8	20	20	15	21	22	20	22	22	13	22	20	16	21	14	12	20	18	15
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	1.0 WNW	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 E	1.0 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	8	7	14	12	17	9	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	7	10	7	-	8	12	8	5	-	13	18	12	15	-	11	13	10	9	8	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	7	6	-	12	-	3	4	5	5	-	4	4	-	7	6	4	8	7	13	-	8	16

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1764	2314	1036	2123	2509	1842	285	1373	1290	1155	1011	1080	1114	1121	1119	1380	1022	536	1275	1026	687	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22						3:08AM 2.44	5:59AM 1.73			3:03PM 1.97							12:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)							3:45PM 0.39		9:13PM 0.65								9:24PM 0.79		2:05AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	10	14	10	12	15	13	20	17	16	15	9	12	20	20	13	19	16	11	10	18	21
Chill °C (?)	15	7	14	7	10	14	13	20	17	16	15	7	11	20	20	12	19	16	10	10	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	6	14	12	8	8	7	13	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	7	14	13	9	13	13	12	-	-	-	8	8	9	11	12	9	4	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	13	13	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	5	5

	Saturday 07				Sunday 08
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	0.1 E	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	7	7
Energy(?)	1738	2468	804	2494	508	364	131	1135	881	885	1508	3187	3023	1257	1257	1977	1214	1047	8	3549	356	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:37AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 0.45											8:16AM 0.70						2:27PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	16	10	10	11	16	18	19	18	19	11	11	19	19	13	20	19	12	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	10	16	7	7	8	16	18	19	18	19	8	9	19	19	11	20	18	9	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 ENE	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	15	7	13	7	7	7	11	13	13	13	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	13	14	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 N	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.4 SW	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	7	6	3	6	6	6	13	13	12	4	4	13	4	7	-	13	7	7

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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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