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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bland Bay Northland
Rating	6	6	6	9	5	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	2.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	4.0 NNE	1.8 N	1.9 WNW	3.0 NE
Period(s)	14	15	15	13	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	14	12	11	9	11	11	9	11	10	10	11
Energy	5521	5771	5687	9857	3420	13968	9388	6135	3215	2125	1215	1029	546	356	653	1814	2443	701	4139	1227	1077	2171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.76		2:08PM 1.31	12:29AM 1.66		12:38PM 1.78		4:03AM 1.35	3:45PM 1.61		4:46AM 1.54			5:31AM 1.55		10:52PM 3.16	11:16AM 2.50	4:02PM 1.69	12:03AM 1.97	11:50AM 3.10		9:24PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.17		6:12PM 0.31	8:36AM 0.52		9:10PM 0.25	10:17AM 0.25		10:43PM 0.45	11:00AM 0.48	2:52PM 0.34	11:28PM 0.47	11:46AM 0.49	4:47PM 1.06		5:08AM 0.42			5:38AM 1.05	6:00PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	8	-	12	7	4	12
High °C	6	11	12	7	14	11	11	14	14	13	15	18	13	16	16	14	15	17	15	14	15	17
Low °C	4	9	11	7	11	10	11	13	12	11	13	16	12	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	3	10	11	4	14	9	10	14	14	13	15	18	12	15	16	12	13	17	15	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	2.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 WNW	3.0 NE
Period (s)	14	15	15	13	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	14	12	11	9	11	11	9	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	8	-	11	10	12	12	12	13	10	9	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	4.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	9	11	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	7	9	9	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	16	17	16	16	15
Energy	5444	5521	5355	4185	5771	6080	5687	6077	8762	9857	9258	11366	3420	3993	13968	13275	6990	9388	8120	6901	6135	5124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.76					2:08PM 1.31								12:38PM 1.78					4:03AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)					7:55AM 0.17			3:23PM 0.43	6:12PM 0.31				8:36AM 0.52					9:10PM 0.25				10:17AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	5	5	8	9	11	12	7	7	7	5	8	11	14	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	3	2	2	7	8	10	11	5	4	4	2	7	11	14	7	9	10	11	12	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	16	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	12	12	-	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	14	14	-	-	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	7	9	9	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	5258	5444	5444	5444	5521	5521	5521	5628	5355	5280	4225	4185	5060	5164	5771	5696	6080	6080	6000	5687	5687	5385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:28PM 1.76															2:08PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)														7:55AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	4	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	8	7	0	8	8	9	10	10	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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