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 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fields Canterbury	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 SSE	4.0 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	14	10	16	15	14	14	13	13	9	10	7	7	9	9	10	10	8
Energy(?)	827	993	329	654	529	1800	177	482	909	1683	1715	515	572	1555	2773	455	371	817	653	1339	2639	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 1.96	9:24PM 1.62	9:43AM 1.66		7:22PM 1.98	8:03AM 2.09		1:33AM 1.94		2:06PM 1.68	2:32AM 1.79	12:09PM 1.89		12:41AM 1.92	12:48PM 1.96	3:23PM 1.76	11:45PM 2.61	11:37AM 2.95		1:55AM 2.01	11:33AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.87		3:35AM 0.72		4:12PM 0.63	1:46AM 0.70		2:22PM 0.77	7:06PM 0.52	7:33AM 0.56		8:06PM 0.40	6:08AM 0.57	5:37PM 0.65		6:47AM 0.49			5:25AM 0.38	6:53PM 0.51	7:44PM 0.24	5:22AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	17	-
High °C	16	20	14	14	16	11	17	23	21	21	21	18	20	26	21	19	15	15	21	15	22	19
Low °C	15	19	11	13	15	10	17	22	19	20	20	17	19	25	19	16	14	13	19	15	20	18
Chill °C (?)	16	20	13	13	16	10	16	23	21	21	21	18	20	26	21	19	14	13	21	13	22	19
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	9:28	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	7:58	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	1.0 SW	0.4 NE	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	10	14	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	9	11	12	12	10	11	9	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	1.1 E	-	0.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	15	9	16	16	8	7	16	10	11	11	8	11	8	-	10	8	13	9	11	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	2.2 SSE	4.0 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	10	7	7	9	9	10	10	8

	Tuesday 13					Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15
Energy(?)	1034	1085	1075	931	1000	615	566	564	514	752	1071	1554	691	1128	1570	1550	1789	706	628	1184	1009	1148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:29PM 1.65					12:17PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 0.87	3:09PM 0.66			12:45AM 0.74						6:37PM 0.49				4:37AM 0.70	7:07AM 0.53		2:57PM 0.87	4:09PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	17	20	15	15	14	18	17	17	12	13	14	13	12	14	11	10	10	17	17	17	12	19
Chill °C (?)	17	20	15	15	13	18	17	17	11	12	13	12	11	14	10	8	8	17	17	17	10	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	20	13	13	13	16	16	10	9	-	12	-	-	8	6	6	8	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Tuesday 13																Wednesday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	10	10	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1001	1035	827	840	796	1085	1067	1029	170	170	220	220	941	481	1000	1000	441	420	415	441	554	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)														8:29PM 1.68	9:29PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)						12:16PM 0.87					5:49PM 0.51								1:26AM 0.89	2:43AM 0.82	3:43AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	16	16	20	20	21	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	14	15	12	12	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	15	20	20	21	15	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	11	11	18
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	13	9	9	15	13	13	9	9	10	8	20	19	9	9	14	12	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	10	-	10	10	-	-	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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