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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 S	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s)	9	9	14	13	12	13	8	9	11	13	15	14	12	14	11	12	11	9	12	13	10	13
Energy	2012	923	191	259	515	1273	1363	1400	1620	2419	5255	754	322	1837	5075	5010	545	1109	1742	2696	3029	3208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:45PM 0.90		1:24AM 1.48	11:28AM 1.50		12:09AM 1.62		3:59PM 1.05	1:08AM 1.57	4:12AM 1.44		8:32PM 1.84			9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		12:41AM 1.86			10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.49		5:24AM 0.08	5:42PM 0.09		6:31AM 0.15		6:50PM 0.17	11:09AM 0.34	2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45	6:35AM 0.29	3:09PM 0.32		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29	6:23PM 0.22	8:15AM 0.25	4:37PM 0.28		4:56AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	15	11	14	15	14	17	18	15	17	16	13	18	15	10	13	17	16	16	16	15	13
Low °C	13	11	8	13	14	13	13	15	13	14	15	12	16	13	9	9	14	15	15	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	14	10	14	14	13	17	18	14	16	15	12	18	15	7	12	17	15	16	15	13	13
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:29	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 S	0.1 N	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	12	13	9	10	11	13	15	14	12	13	12	11	11	9	12	13	17	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	10	14	10	13	16	14	13	12	-	-	-	16	-	-	12	-	12	22	21	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	6	-	2	-	8	9	11	4	-	-	3	14	11	12	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 23								Friday 24							Saturday 25
	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	7	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period(s)	10	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	9	11	9	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	9	9	9
Energy	1356	3013	3094	1898	798	821	738	1048	556	1157	638	2190	604	6841	7048	4838	5183	3478	1049	1569	1400	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 1.63			10:31AM 1.55						1:29AM 1.52					6:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)						4:56PM 0.06						11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56	3:24AM 0.32			1:08PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	13	13	11	12	20	11	19	12	14	15	14	14	13	12	13	14	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	11	11	10	11	20	10	18	11	14	15	13	13	12	11	11	14	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	9	11	9	9	9	10	11	9	10	13	11	12	16	16	15	14	9	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	1.4 S	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.3 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	10	8	11	9	11	8	10	13	13	9	-	-	9	8	-	9	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	1.6 S	-	1.5 SSE	-	2.3 SE	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	9	-	9	-	10	-	11	9	12	-	16	16	15	14	14	-	9	9	9

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	7	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	16	15	10	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14
Energy	2889	1361	1931	1923	1558	1741	1915	3149	1408	2914	174	170	358	159	140	140	145	598	362	193	192	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:15AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					4:27AM 0.05					7:24AM 0.47	10:42AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	13	13	10	11	18	13	19	9	10	9	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	10	10	8	9	18	11	18	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	16	15	8	15	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	9	10	10	12	10	11	7	7	10	6	6	6	6	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE	-	1.4 S	1.7 S	2.4 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	-	10	10	11	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	5	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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