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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	5	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	3	9	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.3 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	5.0 W	2.0 S	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	13	10	13	9	9	12	10	12	9	10	13	10	14
Energy(?)	6236	2034	3829	1196	3461	5269	3742	967	1524	902	2360	81	31	52	7310	1178	2009	765	1274	2364	3415	4242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 1.53		8:06PM 1.73	11:40AM 1.65		12:14AM 1.69		12:43PM 1.75	9:08PM 2.18			7:45PM 1.88	8:07AM 2.86		9:45PM 1.94		12:47PM 1.94	11:48PM 2.35		12:15PM 2.36	8:46PM 3.45	11:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		5:12PM 0.09	2:31AM 0.31	5:27AM 0.07		6:06PM 0.18	6:31AM 0.12			7:23AM 0.20	1:29PM 0.63	2:03AM 0.51		1:05PM 0.97		6:40AM 0.16			6:07AM 0.34		2:58AM 0.50	5:26AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	49	-
High °C	10	9	9	10	15	11	16	18	14	17	14	10	16	16	10	9	11	7	14	13	11	10
Low °C	8	9	8	10	14	10	12	15	12	16	14	8	15	13	8	7	10	4	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	7	5	5	10	14	8	15	18	13	16	12	9	16	14	6	7	10	4	13	10	10	9
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	-	1.9 W	3.0 SW	0.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NE	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.9 W	2.0 S	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	-	13	13	22	13	16	12	13	14	8	9	9	14	10	12	9	10	13	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.4 SSW	0.3 NW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	18	-	11	17	-	9	5	7	-	11	10	10	11	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.3 W	-	3.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	5.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	12	13	-	-	13	-	-	13	-	10	3	-	6	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	6	5	5	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 W	2.2 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	12
Energy(?)	2281	5172	3766	3340	8342	3103	3247	1932	4544	1111	1060	1060	1308	2901	7035	3508	3268	3467	4954	4413	2216	3879
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 1.61				11:17PM 1.74			7:28AM 2.24	11:42AM 1.80		5:09PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			2:04PM 0.37	5:05PM 0.07				5:29AM 0.16						9:58PM 1.18	12:49AM 0.47	3:55AM 0.27			2:55PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	11	8	9	8	9	7	10	14	11	11	11	13	10	9	11	16	17	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	14	11	11	11	12	8	7	9	15	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SW	1.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 W	2.2 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	-	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	20	12	18	16	16	-	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sunday 14																	Monday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	6	5	5	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	0.4 SSE	1.5 S	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.3 S	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	14	12	10	12	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	15	13	8	14	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1824	747	6236	66	445	1359	6020	3112	3301	3463	1767	1594	2206	20753	5410	448	3424	3829	3728	3728	6899	5183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					2:52AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:07AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	8	14	12	10	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	14	8	9	10	9	9	9	13	8
Chill °C (?)	5	8	4	13	10	8	7	7	8	5	10	10	10	12	5	7	7	5	5	5	11	5
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	5.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	4.0 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	8	13	12	10	12	12	11	-	11	10	10	10	14	14	8	12	-	-	-	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.4 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	-	9	9	11	11	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	14	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	-	0.6 W	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	-	-	-	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	14	-	4	-	12	12	13	12	-	-	-	15	13	3	14	13	13	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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