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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	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Porridge Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	1	9	6	6	7	5	4	9	8	5	6	4	3	4	3	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSE	5.0 SW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	5.0 WNW	4.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	11	10	6	8	14	20	16	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2180	121	418	1631	198	90	9582	2820	6070	3933	6078	1750	2550	7795	593	6261	3415	883	505	914	7144	7634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	glass	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 2.29	1:35AM 2.00	8:04AM 1.77	5:48PM 2.93		6:18AM 2.81		9:31PM 1.84	12:38PM 1.85		12:59AM 1.82			8:39PM 3.19	7:42AM 1.38	7:45PM 1.31			2:40PM 1.84	2:58AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 0.61			12:05AM 1.13	12:35PM 1.13	3:21PM 0.54	3:51AM 0.37	6:17AM 0.25	5:34PM 0.59		7:03AM 0.23	3:38PM 0.72	2:53AM 0.66	1:48PM 0.32		11:14PM 0.31	9:30AM 0.27		8:42PM 0.25	8:44AM 0.29	6:07PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	1	3	-	-	4	-	15	-
High °C	15	8	15	15	20	18	11	12	16	15	14	19	8	10	11	11	13	16	12	19	15	13
Low °C	15	6	9	13	17	15	11	10	12	15	13	19	7	8	10	11	13	10	10	18	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	6	14	15	20	18	8	10	15	14	14	19	8	8	9	8	11	15	9	18	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	-	4.0 NW
Period (s)	14	9	11	10	8	8	19	20	16	13	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	13	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	1.0 WSW	-	2.1 SW	0.3 NNW	1.1 ENE	0.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 ENE	-	1.2 W	0.6 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	26	24	10	8	-	12	-	18	18	6	11	11	8	-	7	7	8	6	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	0.9 NW	2.0 WSW	1.1 NE	0.3 NW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.2 SW	3.5 W	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 NW	1.7 ENE	5.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	-	4	10	6	2	14	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	16	-	6	5	8	12	-

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	3	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.5 NW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.7 SW	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	22	22	23	11	7	7	8	13	14	17	17	17
Energy(?)	1049	767	1200	1960	1879	1758	1205	1502	1631	1039	1860	2319	1086	1136	395	394	73	751	8888	10033	8958	8613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:06AM 2.80	8:04AM 1.77					11:13PM 1.76		6:18AM 2.81	5:44AM 1.08		2:23PM 1.64			12:10AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				10:48PM 1.13									1:23AM 0.89					6:56PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	8	14	13	14	10	15	15	11	12	12	11	13	16	21	18	12	10	8	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	14	6	12	12	13	8	14	14	8	10	10	10	11	15	21	18	12	8	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	23	11	22	9	11	7	7	8	13	14	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 S	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	12	8	8	8	8	24	24	24	18	22	5	23	24	8	7	8	7	18	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.5 NW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 NW	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	6	12	-	-	7	7	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14										Wednesday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	3	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	3.0 NW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 W	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	9	9	7	9	11	11	25	11
Energy(?)	1101	901	152	2196	2010	1949	181	311	520	481	491	434	574	1914	265	252	216	110	510	460	354	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:27PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	13	16	12	15	15	15	10	9	7	7	8	7	9	13	18	17	11	8	8	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	14	10	13	13	13	8	7	5	4	6	5	7	12	18	17	9	6	5	5	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	12	14	13	13	8	11	11	8	11	11	12	13	9	9	7	9	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	12	9	-	-	-	12	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	6	6	11	5	26	26	25	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	3.0 NW	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.4 W	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	11	-	-	8	-	6	6	-	2	3	4	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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