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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	Mon	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.0 W	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	10	10	13	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	8	8	10	9	12	12	10
Energy(?)	791	827	1054	328	654	1476	1599	371	726	951	1452	1572	467	1286	611	1130	820	2235	523	586	600	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 1.59	7:22AM 2.67	1:57PM 1.53	2:23AM 1.59	7:04AM 2.01		10:21PM 1.67	10:36AM 1.71		8:19PM 2.04	8:54AM 2.19		2:14AM 2.01		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84			1:18AM 1.98		1:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				8:07PM 0.55		1:23PM 0.85		4:30AM 0.69	5:02PM 0.56	2:40AM 0.62		3:12PM 0.66	7:50PM 0.46	8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		7:07PM 0.31	7:24AM 0.42		10:08PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	2	2	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	23	-	6	2
High °C	18	15	20	14	14	13	12	17	22	20	22	23	20	21	20	16	19	25	23	21	19	21
Low °C	16	15	19	11	12	12	10	16	22	18	21	22	18	20	18	14	16	25	21	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	20	12	13	12	11	17	22	20	22	23	20	21	20	15	19	25	23	21	19	21
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:39	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:51	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.8 SE
Period (s)	12	8	11	10	10	13	13	10	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	12	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	10	15	9	16	9	-	15	10	6	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	7	8	10	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	10	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1252	1067	1016	1032	1034	1085	1075	1024	684	615	616	564	514	813	1022	1531	1653	1599	1697	1524	1444	1763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 1.59						9:29PM 1.65					12:37PM 1.59				10:26PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.50					12:16PM 0.87	3:09PM 0.66			12:45AM 0.74						6:37PM 0.49				4:37AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	11	12	17	19	15	15	14	18	17	17	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	9	11	17	19	15	14	13	18	17	17	11	13	12	11	10	11	11	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	12	12	12	8	9	20	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 S	0.1 E	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	12	13	9	9	10	11	-	13	13	13	16	16	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Monday 12				Tuesday 13
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	1472	1371	1252	906	791	791	1016	1006	871	906	984	1003	339	495	427	427	387	1065	1117	1530	823	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:01AM 1.99					11:45AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.50				11:42PM 0.72			2:35AM 0.70													3:16PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	12	18	17	10	10	10	17	17	16	11	14	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	10	18	17	8	8	8	17	17	16	9	13	16	17	17	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:53	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.1 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	12	12	8	8	13	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	14	12	12	12	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	8	10	10	10	10	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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