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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	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Onemana Coromandel	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	6	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	9	5	5	5	5	2	5	3	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 S	4.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	4.0 SW	1.8 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 N	1.6 SSE	2.5 NNW	2.5 W	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	13	12	15	17	12	13	12	14	14	13	12	10	9	8	8	10	9	9	10
Energy(?)	6201	2219	1594	531	7019	1665	522	2016	942	1257	6741	1410	4846	3079	117	1138	376	1325	1789	2325	1478	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 2.01	4:13AM 1.83		12:43AM 3.11	10:39AM 1.56		10:36PM 1.41	11:14AM 1.52		11:09PM 1.34	11:50AM 1.47		1:15AM 3.02			10:31PM 1.46	4:53AM 1.65		11:32PM 1.46		3:31PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	5:08PM 0.62		10:21AM 0.36	4:42PM 0.31		4:16AM 0.15	4:45PM 0.37		4:49AM 0.18	5:21PM 0.41		5:22AM 0.23	6:22PM 0.34	7:15PM 0.96	9:19AM 0.63	1:33PM 0.61		11:04AM 0.76	5:29PM 0.42		9:12AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	5	9	2	4	6	7	12	1	2	1	4	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	17	9	14	16	14	16	7	6	10	9	7	4	15	17	19	17	18	13	12
Low °C	18	20	20	17	7	13	14	13	14	7	6	6	9	5	4	15	16	19	16	16	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	16	5	14	15	12	16	3	1	8	6	2	4	13	16	18	16	18	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	7:46	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	4.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NE	1.9 N	2.5 W	2.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	11	12	17	12	13	13	14	14	11	12	10	-	8	8	10	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	-	0.5 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.3 SW	0.7 NNE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	11	8	8	-	15	11	11	5	-	10	10	13	-	5	-	8	-	12	7	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	-	1.3 S	4.5 WSW	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 NW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 N	1.6 SSE	2.5 NNW	-	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	9	-	6	12	-	3	-	-	12	6	-	13	12	-	9	8	8	-	9	9	3

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	6	9	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	12	11	14	16	12	12
Energy(?)	5232	8987	6237	5050	2895	1847	1556	1395	993	1020	1005	938	801	2655	4161	10053	2883	4883	1366	2588	2027	2030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:10PM 2.26				10:04AM 1.57				10:04PM 1.46							8:45PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 0.31			3:44AM 0.15				4:09PM 0.33				5:45AM 0.51	7:28AM 0.46	11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64					6:18AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	11	17	9	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	16	16	8	11	16	7	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	16	6	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	16	16	8	8	16	4	11	11	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.6 S	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	10	13	12	12	12	11	14	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 ESE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 NNW	1.9 NW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	8	8	8	10	8	8	13	12	6	10	-	-	12	5	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	0.5 NE	4.0 W	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	11	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 22											Thursday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	6	9	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	6.5 WSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 NE	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	14	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	9	15	14	14	15	13	18	18	14	14
Energy(?)	4969	20123	12044	6049	3962	1497	1497	2390	2388	2307	2461	2283	443	4848	4043	2930	623	673	421	402	4225	4211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										9:32PM 1.49						4:13AM 1.83			7:46AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	13	18	11	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	25	17	11	10	15	12	19	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	10	10	18	10	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	25	17	7	8	13	10	19	21	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 NE	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	-	16	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	9	15	14	14	15	13	12	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	18	18	9	9	9	11	11	11	-	-	-	9	13	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	6.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	-	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 W	-	2.5 N	0.4 NE	3.0 NW	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	15	15	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	4	-	6	9	8	3	3	3	5	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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