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 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Mon
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Elliot Bay Northland	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	7	9	11	12	8	11	10	10	10	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1813	899	748	693	700	535	862	1022	671	1576	966	612	1347	1413	3253	4063	1391	381	2121	2107	3105	2817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 2.12	6:38AM 1.69	5:15PM 1.85		5:50AM 1.86	2:08PM 2.26	2:31AM 2.06		3:00PM 2.21	11:03PM 1.27			9:25PM 1.58	10:25AM 2.16		11:02PM 1.51	11:33AM 1.62				3:42PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.70				11:30PM 0.57	11:58AM 0.70		8:29PM 0.61	8:42AM 0.60			8:47AM 0.60	6:14PM 0.25	3:50AM 0.40	4:15AM 0.96	4:41PM 1.01		5:20AM 0.30	5:46PM 0.29	10:53PM 0.46	8:48AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	-
High °C	10	16	22	15	13	20	20	18	23	22	19	24	15	12	13	16	13	13	21	19	19	18
Low °C	10	14	20	14	12	16	20	16	22	21	17	24	15	10	12	16	11	13	20	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	7	16	22	14	11	20	20	18	23	22	19	24	13	10	11	16	12	12	21	19	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	7	12	11	12	8	13	10	10	-	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.7 NE	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	12	11	10	6	14	12	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	8	18	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	1.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.5 WNW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	7	9	-	-	8	11	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-

	Monday 24			Tuesday 25									Wednesday 26							Thursday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Elliot Bay Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	1.6 SE	1.7 NE	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	7	10	7	11	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1129	1040	1281	1265	1168	1074	748	748	748	653	640	695	509	803	710	1131	2423	501	1002	1057	1110	1435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						5:04AM 1.92			1:23PM 2.32		9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13				7:52PM 1.56	12:47AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.70		10:43PM 0.53			7:10AM 0.46										2:36PM 0.48					6:08AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	8	8	8	8	20	22	20	20	19	17	13	14	17	21	21	22	14	18	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	8	8	7	6	20	22	20	20	19	17	12	13	17	21	21	22	14	18	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	7	10	7	11	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.4 N	0.5 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	7	10	6	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	2.1 NE	-	1.7 NE	-	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	8	7	-	7	-	7	8	9	3	3	-	-	-

	Monday 24										Tue	Mon	Tuesday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Elliot Bay Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	13	9	13	11	12	12	9	11	11	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1046	1127	1550	1782	1692	1568	1108	1075	929	913	164	598	222	1068	457	449	35	99	541	307	176	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																						10:59AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	12	10	10	10	17	16	16	15	12	17	13	7	8	7	9	9	10	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	10	8	8	8	17	16	16	15	10	17	12	5	7	6	7	7	7	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	13	9	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	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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