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

	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	7	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	13	14	16	16	17	16	17	16	11	12	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	16	17
Energy	1754	3210	3153	1273	7214	3064	3102	1324	1895	1642	4142	2101	5901	5132	5175	5387	7321	11371	7434	6319	6152	7159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 1.82	3:01PM 2.16	8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26	4:24PM 2.51			1:00PM 1.56	10:37PM 1.78	11:28AM 2.28		11:28PM 1.76		2:08PM 1.31	1:28AM 1.69		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75	3:15AM 1.25	3:41PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.44			2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94		10:33PM 1.02	6:51AM 0.15			5:13AM 0.97	5:35PM 0.27		7:55AM 0.17		7:28PM 0.32	6:47AM 0.21		6:40PM 0.36	9:26AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	18	10	8	17	16	14	14	12	9	9	6	10	10	10	12	12	11	14	15
Low °C	9	9	10	17	7	8	15	13	12	11	8	8	9	4	9	8	8	11	11	10	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	17	8	6	17	16	13	13	10	7	6	4	10	10	9	11	10	9	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	14	16	16	17	16	17	16	12	12	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.4 SW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	13	-	11	-	13	9	8	10	10	12	16	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	14	-	-	-	13	14	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22			Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	18
Energy	1754	1517	3823	3210	3124	6916	3153	1176	1273	5879	6653	7214	6525	5534	3064	4390	3102	3051	3046	1324	1169	1833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78		4:08PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44									2:58AM 0.28							10:33PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	18	18	9	10	9	9	7	8	9	17	17	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	8	10	9	8	18	17	7	8	7	8	5	6	9	17	16	13	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	-	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	-	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 N	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	-	13	13	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	9	-	-	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	13	13	12	12	13	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-

	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy	1054	1865	1754	1754	1686	1517	1460	3901	3823	3691	3835	3210	3133	3101	3124	3009	3722	6916	6982	3413	3153	3153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					8:04AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.40	1:22PM 0.17									11:00PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	12	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13

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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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