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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	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kingston Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Fields Canterbury
Rating	7	5	4	7	6	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	7	6	5	5	7	5	5	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.2 S	2.1 SSW	5.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	7	11	13	9	9	10	10	7	12	13	13	11	13	14	13	15	11	14	14	14	10	9
Energy(?)	1096	537	1151	435	824	1490	474	966	3116	1861	523	1087	10657	6774	3897	6074	1487	6448	3224	643	77	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 1.17	4:06AM 1.71			4:58AM 1.61	5:19PM 1.58		10:47AM 1.50		6:27PM 1.54		3:54PM 1.28			5:18PM 1.40				12:28AM 1.59	10:08AM 1.84	2:43PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	4:13PM 0.60		10:18AM 0.67	1:37PM 0.61	9:43PM 0.68	11:12AM 0.78		10:08PM 1.36	4:01AM 0.46	3:36PM 0.65	12:59AM 0.76	8:51AM 0.52		10:56PM 0.47	5:54AM 0.40		12:28AM 0.48	6:09AM 1.00		6:19PM 0.40	3:54AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	5	10	14	13	7	9	12	17	12	12	16	10	7	14	14	6	9	12	8	18	13
Low °C	7	4	7	14	11	4	6	10	17	8	8	16	9	4	13	14	5	6	9	7	16	10
Chill °C (?)	5	2	7	12	11	5	6	9	17	8	10	16	6	4	14	13	3	6	11	6	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.2 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	7	12	13	13	11	20	14	13	15	11	14	14	14	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	10	12	10	12	9	9	6	10	-	18	19	18	14	-	-	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	0.3 NW	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	5.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	2.4 W	-	1.2 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	3	9	9	10	-	7	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	15	-	8	4	4

	Friday 29			Saturday 30									Sunday 31							Monday 01
	3PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	4	6	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.9 E	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	12	11
Energy(?)	206	273	3178	6106	4210	3226	3406	2405	1081	3141	3013	5905	6547	7259	2541	5000	1421	1982	1163	1373	3126	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)						4:06AM 1.71							12:35AM 0.95						8:39PM 1.47	9:05PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)									2:49PM 0.44			7:05PM 0.54										5:22AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	2	-
Temp. °C	16	21	5	5	8	4	6	12	12	5	5	13	11	10	5	14	16	6	4	5	6	7
Chill °C (?)	15	21	2	2	6	1	4	11	10	1	2	11	9	8	2	13	16	3	0	1	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:42	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 W	1.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	2.4 WNW	-	1.9 SW	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	10	12	11	12	-	12	-	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	19	10	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 N	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	0.9 NNE	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	3	2	12	12	-	12	11	-	5	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	-	10	10	10	12	11

	Friday 29													Saturday 30
	1PM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	4	6	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.4 SW	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	8	8	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	14	13	13	11	10
Energy(?)	224	277	260	1203	11639	5374	5310	4574	582	3411	3205	181	183	188	2647	277	146	967	2668	646	3406	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:35AM 1.35							8:38PM 1.46					11:46PM 1.04						7:37AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)															2:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	7	7	10	6	6	10	7	5	5	13	13	15	7	15	12	4	5	4	6	14
Chill °C (?)	16	20	3	3	7	2	2	8	3	1	2	12	12	14	4	14	10	0	1	2	4	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 ENE	4.0 WNW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 W	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 SW	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	-	11	13	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	14	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.9 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	12	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	2.4 SW	0.9 W	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	2.5 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	2	-	8	8	13	12	12	-	9	12	12	3	3	3	12	4	3	2	5	2	11	3

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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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