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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	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Charleston West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	11	14	7	8	9	13	15	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1104	1481	1104	323	694	1886	2236	764	1103	2180	1752	1558	582	1354	349	1176	963	725	1258	1885	1160	799
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:23AM 1.62		7:52PM 1.67	8:10AM 1.63		8:13PM 1.41		4:21PM 2.35	9:19PM 1.72		2:42PM 1.81	2:21AM 2.54		5:45PM 2.15		4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69		5:28AM 1.65	5:11PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:44AM 0.44		1:40PM 0.33	2:01AM 0.33		2:24PM 0.37	2:31AM 0.20	8:54AM 0.29		3:33AM 0.41	8:31AM 0.46		8:15PM 0.51	8:33AM 1.03		10:34PM 0.67	10:58AM 0.62		11:25PM 0.78	11:55AM 0.71		11:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	1	-	-	4	2	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	20	18	15	12	12	13	16	17	17	18	19	13	14	15	19	20	16	14	12	16	17
Low °C	12	14	16	14	12	12	12	15	16	17	18	17	12	13	15	17	17	15	12	12	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	20	17	15	10	11	13	16	16	17	17	19	12	14	15	19	20	16	14	11	16	17
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	11	10	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	11	14	7	8	9	13	9	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 W	1.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	10	10	14	15	-	5	5	16	12	-	-	16	9	10	12	13	5	15	10	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.7 W	-	0.9 NE	-	0.8 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.8 ENE	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	2	11	-	5	-	6	3	4	4	3	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	15	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1093	1104	1347	1893	1727	1382	1025	1371	1688	544	1035	1140	668	802	1026	2121	3219	3305	3456	1325	3110	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					7:23AM 1.62						1:15AM 1.99			12:57PM 3.15	3:43PM 2.43				2:40AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			1:14AM 0.29				1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49								8:37PM 0.31				7:57AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11
Temp. °C	15	12	12	12	15	18	20	17	16	15	14	15	16	16	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	11	11	11	15	18	20	17	15	14	13	15	16	16	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	16	15	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	17	16	16	10	10	10	10	-	-	5	5	6	12	15	17	13	-	-	-	-	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 02				Friday 03
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	16	11	12	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	15	11	10
Energy(?)	897	958	860	932	1006	1104	1377	684	722	1347	420	523	140	86	500	152	937	971	1086	225	565	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			1:50PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)												6:51AM 0.30			9:04AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	12	14	14	12	11	14	15	16	18	19	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	11	14	14	11	10	13	14	16	18	19	19	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	12	11	12	9	8	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	16	11	11	14	13	10	12	10	10	10	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	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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