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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	Sat	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Te Paki Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	3.0 NW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	7	9	10	12	13	11	7	10	6	11	12	13	13	9	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2417	2032	1513	1572	1626	1174	1566	1119	1864	1731	390	727	63	234	714	555	1056	533	904	5028	1581	1994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 3.07		1:18AM 2.45	4:19AM 2.10	1:49PM 2.56	7:29PM 1.86	5:23AM 1.97	2:50PM 2.40	3:23AM 2.12		3:59PM 2.27					7:44AM 1.71		7:38PM 2.86	8:07AM 2.80		7:13PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	11:44PM 0.06	6:46AM 0.09		7:15PM 0.17	10:29AM 0.39		1:52AM 0.20	11:33AM 0.49		9:14PM 0.49	9:37AM 0.60		10:22PM 0.59	9:18AM 0.66		1:20AM 0.61		1:46PM 0.67	1:54AM 1.20		2:19PM 1.23	1:32AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	4	1	25	7	8	-	-	1	-	-	15	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	9	13	19	17	14	15	14	19	18	17	15	18	14	15	13	10	14	17	19	17	13	11
Low °C	9	10	18	16	14	15	14	18	17	15	11	17	14	15	13	9	9	13	19	17	13	8
Chill °C (?)	8	12	19	17	11	14	13	19	18	17	14	18	13	15	11	8	13	15	19	16	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	3.0 NW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	12	12	10	12	13	11	7	10	6	11	12	13	9	9	14	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 WSW	1.4 W	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	-	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	9	-	12	10	-	11	6	16	8	9	14	9	13	11	8	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.5 W	1.1 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	-	-	8	3	5	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSE	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	8	9	9	9	10	12	11	12
Energy(?)	3017	1061	1047	1710	1891	1367	1632	1321	1572	1572	1150	1367	1162	522	1750	1135	1441	1017	1800	2755	2445	1414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 2.97				12:54PM 2.72					1:19AM 2.64				3:51PM 1.98				3:58AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)				6:41AM 0.05	9:30AM 0.27				7:15PM 0.17				7:33AM 0.21					10:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	9	3	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	15	15	17	11	19	13	13	17	17	16	16	19	20	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	7	15	15	17	9	19	11	12	17	17	16	16	19	20	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	8	9	10	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.4 E	0.7 WSW	-	1.9 NW	1.5 N	0.7 W	-	0.5 NW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	8	12	-	9	8	14	-	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Saturday 08				Sunday 09
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 E	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3232	657	717	1034	2667	1413	2534	2221	1504	1608	1423	1710	1663	83	1651	478	1442	432	590	590	596	1571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:25AM 2.62														2:17PM 3.31
Low Tide / height (m)												6:41AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	16	18	8	17	8	9	17	17	16	17	17	21	13	14	13	14	16	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	7	16	16	18	7	17	8	8	17	17	16	17	17	21	12	13	12	13	16	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 NE	2.2 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	9	13	9	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	13	10	13	10	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	4

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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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