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 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	5	6	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.8 W	2.3 SW	5.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	14	14	10	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1043	2730	3257	631	1326	1037	371	1606	3727	10163	2575	2845	3495	2585	945	1584	1482	756	833	736	668	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 1.05	8:32PM 2.85	12:50PM 1.85			7:26AM 1.52	7:49PM 1.29		7:52AM 1.48		1:24AM 2.24			12:09AM 2.00			9:39PM 1.64	6:43AM 1.39			11:44AM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 0.24		2:47AM 1.10	6:38AM 0.27	6:58PM 0.17	12:51AM 0.35	1:55PM 0.17		1:41AM 0.28		6:11PM 0.14	7:04PM 0.11	8:34AM 0.19	2:47PM 0.41		9:32AM 0.17	6:00PM 0.63	3:46AM 0.22	12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17	10:53PM 0.25	5:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	26	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	19	16	23	16	20	20	19	11	11	17	18	18	12	19	19	14	20	21	15	13
Low °C	17	21	16	13	23	16	19	19	17	9	11	16	17	16	11	17	18	14	18	18	12	10
Chill °C (?)	17	21	19	16	23	15	20	20	19	8	9	16	18	17	11	19	19	13	20	21	14	12
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.5 E	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	14	12	12	10	11	11	13	17	11	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.5 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	10	10	9	11	12	13	20	12	-	10	-	-	13	14	-	-	9	15	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	0.5 NE	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	5.0 SW	1.7 S	3.0 SW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	11	9	14	6	10	-	4	-	3	3	3	5	4	-	6

	Saturday 28						Sunday 29								Monday 30							Tue
	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	8	4	3	4	4	9	5	8	7	6	4	6	5	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 S	2.2 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	4.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 NW	2.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	13	10	10	13	14	12	12	11	12	17	17	11	16	16	10	11	19	18	12	17
Energy(?)	7536	2154	557	1127	1073	10415	3351	7515	6465	5378	1035	5771	4370	1005	3039	5944	1057	1559	561	511	4599	3727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:15AM 1.44								6:17AM 1.47								9:52AM 3.11		3:49PM 1.38	4:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 1.07	6:05PM 0.22			11:59PM 0.35					5:34PM 0.23									8:02PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	18	13	12	17	20	16	17	20	15	14	15	20	16	11	16	22	20	19	10	18
Chill °C (?)	14	20	18	12	12	17	20	15	17	20	15	14	15	20	16	9	16	22	20	19	7	17
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.2 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	2.2 NNW	3.5 SW	1.8 NW	1.7 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	15	8	10	10	13	14	12	12	11	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	10	11	11	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.4 E	1.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	8	10	16	8	12	9	19	18	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	2.0 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	11	2	7	12	9

	Saturday 28																Sun	Sat	Sunday 29
	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	8	4	3	4	4	9	5	8	7	6	4	6	5	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	1.1 SSE	2.3 NW	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	6.0 SSW	0.9 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	4.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	9	12	11	14	17	14	14	14	13	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	12	12	9	13
Energy(?)	6988	772	1043	1876	1713	21564	953	16384	16329	15640	697	392	609	9860	906	1055	381	3054	588	692	426	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:15AM 1.44				11:54AM 1.79										9:07PM 1.76					2:43AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)								12:12PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	15	17	14	15	18	20	20	21	21	13	12	12	20	17	12	16	20	16	16	12	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	13	14	17	20	20	21	21	12	11	12	20	17	12	16	20	16	16	11	18
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	1.0 S	2.3 NW	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	4.0 SSE	1.2 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	3.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.1 NW	3.0 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	10	9	12	11	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	14	10	7	14	12	12	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 E	0.9 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SW	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.4 E	1.1 N	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	15	14	13	13	10	17	10	10	10	5	10	14	10	8	14	14	10	8	7	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	6.0 SSW	1.4 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	4	4	14	8	14	14	14	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-

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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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