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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 NE	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 NE	0.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.9 NNE	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	8	9	12	8	12	7	11	9	9	12	12	7	11	10	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	784	726	256	616	1166	1256	856	567	123	1102	3345	202	1886	1851	1159	383	748	441	1053	1817	1889	1868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:13PM 2.34		5:17AM 1.93		7:06PM 2.25	7:32AM 2.19	6:21PM 1.75	9:46PM 2.21	10:10AM 1.54	6:19PM 1.76		6:18AM 2.16	6:45PM 2.13	8:21PM 1.61	11:45AM 1.56		7:41PM 2.17	5:58AM 1.37		7:37PM 2.78	12:02PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		1:27AM 0.60			3:57AM 1.04			10:38PM 1.06	12:31PM 0.83		2:35AM 0.70	5:27AM 0.55	3:16PM 0.66	1:55AM 0.87	12:56PM 0.45	6:37PM 0.49	1:57AM 1.10	6:01AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	38	3	-	10	-	-	-	19	21	21	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	16	18	33	14	22	32	23	18	18	13	14	16	19	18	19	14	12	12	12	12
Low °C	16	16	14	17	32	11	20	31	22	16	17	10	11	16	16	16	19	12	11	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	16	18	33	12	22	32	23	17	17	11	12	15	19	18	19	14	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:59	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	-	0.9 NNE	2.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	-	6	12	-	12	14	-	9	9	10	12	7	11	10	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	1.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	15	12	18	-	15	6	-	7	-	-	4	10	11	10	8	19	9	18	16	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	3.0 NE	2.0 WSW	-	2.3 NE	1.2 ENE	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	0.6 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	8	9	-	8	6	7	11	6	9	12	-	6	-	6	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 08							Friday 09								Saturday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 NE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	12	8	15	14	12	8	14	12	13
Energy(?)	229	748	784	907	1326	1371	1338	2880	1577	1060	564	480	1135	1256	1035	1837	1826	1008	799	1183	1163	1622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 2.71	5:51AM 2.37				6:13PM 2.34								4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43			3:26PM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)				10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	2:15AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	9	-	1
Temp. °C	15	13	15	19	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	21	19	19	15	12	11	16	24	16	23	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	19	16	16	15	16	15	14	16	21	19	19	14	11	9	15	24	15	23	19
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 NE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	10	13	12	8	9	14	12	8	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 NW	1.0 S	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	15	20	19	18	18	5	6	7	6	17	15	15	-	15	13	5	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	8	-	-	8

	Thursday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	10	12	10	10	14	14	13	10	14	13	11	13
Energy(?)	232	752	510	530	563	748	811	217	147	113	144	322	217	216	726	1154	1208	202	6	1021	291	1338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:29AM 2.04	5:51AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	18	17	20	19	19	16	16	17	18	26	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	16	18	17	20	19	19	15	16	16	17	26	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	10	12	10	10	14	14	13	10	14	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	7	13	13	-	8	8	13	14	14	14	15	8	20	14	6	5	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 NE	-	0.6 WSW	1.6 NE	-	1.0 S	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	-	4	6	-	5	8

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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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