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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	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Awana Great Barrier Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	2.4 NE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 W	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	12	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	290	241	995	1044	1721	1189	748	315	131	626	680	1293	953	1332	712	578	899	292	4249	5807	1617	2273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 2.91		12:03AM 2.17	5:54AM 1.74	6:30PM 1.51	1:02AM 3.10	6:56AM 2.17		7:16PM 1.47	7:45AM 1.57	1:49PM 2.14	2:21AM 1.99		2:42PM 2.08	3:55AM 2.47	7:32AM 1.84		3:57AM 1.13		3:27PM 1.28		5:41AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		6:31PM 0.56		12:14PM 0.52				1:25PM 0.51	1:36AM 0.46			8:14PM 0.78	8:30AM 0.77		9:48PM 0.85		1:46PM 0.68	9:24PM 0.23	9:36AM 0.55		11:25PM 0.53	11:47AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	13	17	19	9	8	21	14	13	20	20	16	18	21	20	24	18	10	15	15	13	20
Low °C	14	12	16	19	9	7	20	14	12	17	19	15	18	19	19	23	16	7	13	14	11	20
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	19	6	7	21	13	12	20	20	16	18	21	20	24	18	8	14	14	12	20
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	0.3 S	0.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 W	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	12	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	9	-	12	12	12	6	14	12	16	10	11	9	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	2.4 NE	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Sunday 23							Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1087	1087	1486	2123	2517	1203	2626	1619	1524	1524	1044	1059	1129	1040	1078	1189	1093	1145	1132	960	701	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)										6:15AM 1.65		12:20PM 2.27									1:23PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06AM 0.44		11:27AM 0.48		6:18PM 0.85		12:00AM 0.43						6:38PM 0.70	7:29PM 0.70	10:43PM 0.53			5:19AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
Temp. °C	14	14	18	13	13	18	10	8	7	7	19	19	20	19	15	8	7	18	19	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	11	13	18	8	6	5	5	19	19	20	19	15	8	6	18	19	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 S
Period (s)	5	5	11	15	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	10	11	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 S	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.6 E	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	3	12	12	12	12	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	3

	Sunday 23
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	10	10	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1107	1103	1817	1475	265	1484	460	206	206	245	1378	1378	1377	1284	1176	7	7	231	231	187	991	991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:31AM 1.69						11:43AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)																			5:27PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	17	9	8	16	11	12	14	15	19	19	19	19	18	10	10	23	23	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	7	7	16	10	12	14	15	19	19	19	19	18	6	6	23	23	22	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	10	10	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	11	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	-	15	15	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	6	6	5	-	-

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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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