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 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			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	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NW	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	9	14	13	8	12	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3891	1369	2917	2642	2087	1084	2064	1523	800	1114	2254	452	2190	1778	1911	1672	1630	1187	1973	2138	1200	826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 2.10		5:24AM 2.39	5:51PM 2.37			2:19PM 3.34	2:50AM 3.20		3:16PM 3.12	12:21AM 1.77		4:33PM 2.94	10:54PM 2.24	11:16AM 1.63	6:20PM 2.80	7:27PM 2.79	7:13AM 2.93		7:25PM 2.99	8:05AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.40	11:49AM 0.43		12:18AM 0.50	8:18AM 0.71		8:42PM 0.73	9:14AM 0.94			10:21AM 1.13			5:09AM 0.36		1:45AM 1.23		1:14PM 1.10	1:45AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-
High °C	15	19	16	18	17	15	20	20	14	19	14	14	16	16	19	21	21	20	15	11	14	18
Low °C	12	18	15	17	16	12	19	18	12	18	13	13	12	16	17	20	21	18	14	11	13	18
Chill °C (?)	15	19	15	18	16	13	20	20	13	19	12	14	16	16	19	21	21	20	15	10	12	17
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	9	14	14	13	8	12	10	8	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 SW	0.2 W	-	0.2 N	-	1.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	10	9	8	9	8	8	9	11	8	18	8	10	8	-	7	7	-	13	-	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.2 NE	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	13	9	-	-	5	-	18	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	13	7	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	14	14	13	12	8	12	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	6113	4312	3891	3697	3448	3207	2782	2917	3137	2862	2642	139	2424	2185	3078	3042	1098	1031	1286	2477	2453	2275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:13AM 2.09					5:01PM 2.43			1:17AM 3.51			10:17AM 1.73	1:33PM 3.54		7:35PM 2.37		2:15AM 3.27				2:19PM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 0.36			7:14PM 0.38				7:31AM 0.51								8:33AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	15	17	13	16	16	15	16	18	21	18	18	11	10	13	9	15	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	15	17	11	15	16	14	16	18	21	18	18	9	8	12	7	15	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	8	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	14	14	8	9	8	12	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	13	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	16	16	8	8	8	9	13	13	14	8	9	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	13	13	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	6561	5111	4563	4563	8500	6301	983	1011	1032	985	1198	115	1262	1512	952	479	1907	1718	1903	2653	2782	2782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 2.06		4:39AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:29PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	11	11	10	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	16	18	17	15	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	8	7	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	20	15	17	16	15	13	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 N	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	13	16	8	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	8	13	10	8	15	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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