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 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Possums Reef Otago	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	7	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.9 ENE	5.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	17	16	15	6	12	7	7	13	12	14	13	11	13	11	14	16	15	13	14
Energy	1337	1004	1385	388	572	812	524	889	86	431	1605	4683	4569	2263	880	9097	3936	7078	6886	4810	2937	2938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.90		5:49AM 1.79	5:04PM 2.06		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		6:12AM 1.73		1:48AM 1.41		2:13PM 1.17	2:50AM 1.40		4:52PM 2.01	7:34PM 1.73	4:06AM 1.44	4:13PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	11:01PM 0.60	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65			11:20PM 0.88	10:26AM 0.62		12:12AM 0.79		7:09PM 0.56		8:26AM 0.63		8:16PM 0.60	9:27AM 0.59		1:47AM 0.61	10:21AM 0.51		10:50PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	21	21	21	18	14	13	17	18	15	11	12	18	9	10	10	10	14	13	10
Low °C	11	12	14	21	21	19	11	12	13	15	15	15	10	11	15	5	9	8	7	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	21	21	21	17	13	12	16	18	14	9	12	18	5	7	6	7	13	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 WSW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 ENE	0.2 N	3.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	11	10	10	15	10	12	13	7	13	12	9	9	11	11	11	11	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 S	0.4 NE	1.0 N	1.0 WSW	0.6 NNE	-	0.2 S	-	1.8 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	11	14	17	16	21	9	-	20	14	6	17	8	-	14	-	13	11	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 N	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	0.4 SSW	5.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	4.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	-	11	14	13	3	13	6	14	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	9	11	9
Energy	1275	1337	1145	1038	1069	1064	1004	1028	1014	1137	1019	523	593	572	671	689	781	667	1005	1022	3021	1688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:03AM 1.86				3:03PM 1.81							11:17AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.60				10:11AM 0.75				10:23PM 0.70			5:39AM 0.57				5:28PM 0.42					7:26AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	12	12	14	15	15	13	13	14	21	21	21	21	22	22	17	13	9	8	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	10	10	14	15	14	12	12	14	21	21	21	21	22	22	17	12	7	6	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	11	9

	Tuesday 05					Wednesday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	10	10	10
Energy	1310	1292	1275	1275	1275	1051	1051	919	919	1526	1441	126	125	123	123	123	123	398	834	481	480	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:29AM 1.85	3:42AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)												4:55AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	14	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	13	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WNW	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	11	5	5	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 N	-	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	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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