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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	5	9	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSE	3.0 W	0.9 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	13	12	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	10	17	15	11	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1491	951	1377	1703	1349	212	235	484	660	628	903	969	301	1936	779	9070	6143	2668	1944	412	96	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 1.73		6:38AM 1.57			11:49AM 3.47	1:37PM 1.98	7:33PM 1.32	12:26PM 3.46		12:49AM 3.25		1:06PM 3.43	9:29PM 1.42		2:00PM 2.90	12:26AM 1.21	9:23AM 1.63		11:01PM 1.27	11:21AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			12:34AM 0.36		5:25PM 0.79	12:42AM 0.37	5:42AM 0.70		1:40AM 0.27	6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81		6:58AM 0.74		3:25AM 0.49	7:20AM 0.61				3:36PM 0.37		5:01AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	11	2	9	2	-	6	2	-
High °C	20	13	17	18	18	9	20	17	18	24	18	16	22	13	10	13	13	10	13	11	12	18
Low °C	19	13	16	18	18	7	18	17	17	23	16	15	19	13	9	11	12	8	12	11	10	15
Chill °C (?)	20	10	16	18	18	8	20	17	18	24	18	16	22	10	8	12	11	8	11	10	12	18
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 N	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	11	13	12	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	8	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.1 SE	-	0.9 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	17	14	13	13	9	9	10	6	9	16	13	12	-	17	-	14	6	7	10	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.4 NE	3.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	1.1 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	4	10	-	15	11	-	5	-	4	5

	Saturday 20							Sunday 21								Monday 22
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 NNE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	8	11	8	11	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	8	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	2298	2523	1495	505	1431	867	1358	1018	577	1144	1703	1462	1276	1180	548	1130	639	1187	568	580	315	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 1.83					5:51PM 1.73		12:44AM 1.96				11:13AM 3.44			7:12PM 1.42	11:13PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)				12:29PM 0.66						5:06AM 0.70				5:25PM 0.79				3:35AM 0.15		12:40PM 0.40	2:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	13	13	20	12	17	10	10	16	17	18	18	18	12	18	14	24	9	13	20	16
Chill °C (?)	4	3	12	13	20	12	16	8	8	16	17	18	18	18	12	18	14	24	8	12	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 S	2.2 SW	0.1 N	1.2 S	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 NE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	11	8	11	10	8	9	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	8	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.5 N	0.2 W	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	14	16	8	15	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	8	10	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	9	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	5

	Saturday 20
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	8	7	8	7	8	8	11	11	10	10	11	8	11	9	6	6	8	9	8
Energy(?)	1080	2311	191	891	736	797	755	1344	326	1464	1452	1426	1426	1431	485	1624	1105	366	238	409	312	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:37AM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)																4:29PM 0.61	5:02PM 0.53	4:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	8	8	12	11	18	9	18	11	13	20	20	20	20	20	14	20	16	27	10	9	13	10
Chill °C (?)	5	5	10	9	17	7	17	8	12	20	20	20	20	20	14	20	14	27	6	6	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 NW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	1.5 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.2 NNW	1.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	1.3 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	9	8	7	11	8	11	11	8	14	16	16	16	11	8	11	14	6	12	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 SE	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	7	14	8	14	17	10	-	14	14	14	16	8	14	8	10	10	13	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	13	6	8	7	8	7	8	-	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	9	6	6	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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