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

	Wed	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	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	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	12	8	12	12	13	7	12	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1220	808	773	567	212	473	464	572	492	715	539	1126	1156	993	1085	882	519	615	383	289	175	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 1.91	7:23AM 1.79		9:54PM 3.20	8:13AM 1.91		2:52AM 2.15		3:12PM 2.04	9:13PM 1.16	9:44AM 2.02		10:00PM 1.18	10:26AM 1.99		12:25AM 3.45		5:47PM 2.00			3:56PM 2.16	1:50AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39PM 0.81			3:05PM 0.24	8:28PM 0.03	9:04AM 0.12		2:55AM 0.07		4:27PM 0.15	3:40AM 0.09		5:12PM 0.08		8:13AM 0.31		12:03AM 0.06	9:49AM 0.24		7:49PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	23	22	13	12	12	17	19	17	19	23	19	22	22	18	22	22	19	24	20	19
Low °C	21	13	22	19	13	12	11	17	17	15	18	22	18	21	21	17	20	21	18	20	19	16
Chill °C (?)	23	16	23	22	11	10	11	17	19	16	19	23	19	22	22	18	22	22	19	24	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	10	12	12	8	12	12	7	10	12	9	12	11	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	11	8	13	10	7	8	6	13	12	20	12	18	17	11	11	15	15	13	15	15	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 01								Friday 02							Saturday 03
	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	10	13	13	9	9	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	12	7	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1055	1022	1112	1040	1113	1173	646	685	624	700	567	521	602	542	411	205	629	537	568	575	641	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:23AM 1.79		1:21PM 1.90							8:13AM 1.91					2:52AM 2.15			10:22AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.16		3:09AM 0.87						7:32PM 0.10		1:18AM 0.14									6:30AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	21	16	15	21	25	15	14	12	21	20	19	20	20	20	19	15	9	10	11	12	19
Chill °C (?)	11	21	16	15	21	25	14	13	10	21	20	19	20	20	20	19	15	8	8	10	11	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	13	13	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	8	6	12	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.2 NNE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	13	13	12	13	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	11	10	14	7	8	21	20	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	-	-	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	8	9	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	6

	Wednesday 31						Thursday 01
	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 N	1.9 N	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 WNW	1.8 NNE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	10	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	10	9	9	14	14	8
Energy(?)	1126	1007	882	943	1022	1200	1118	1059	1064	972	972	972	1021	1054	1588	482	908	742	711	295	294	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 1.11																	1:21PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	22	17	17	22	23	11	11	11	21	21	20	20	20	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	13	22	17	17	22	23	11	11	11	21	21	20	20	20	16	18	18	16	15	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 N	1.9 N	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 WNW	1.8 NNE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	10	9	9	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	8	12	14	14	11	11	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	8	8	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	4	-	-	2	-	8

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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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