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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	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	15	16	14	13	9	9	13	10	13	15	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	13
Energy(?)	9035	4284	1730	1286	1631	2748	2045	4007	1553	6726	4069	4011	3459	3518	3552	2288	4312	978	1107	1249	1766	2240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 1.80		9:27PM 1.72	10:09AM 1.83		9:17PM 2.21	9:56AM 2.28		7:43PM 2.89	8:51AM 1.81		8:46PM 3.03	9:04AM 2.59	1:05PM 2.00	1:22AM 1.93			10:47PM 2.15	10:45AM 3.21		11:36PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 0.32		3:21PM 0.38		3:46AM 0.31	12:04PM 1.25		3:38AM 0.56	2:51PM 0.56	2:01AM 1.09		2:33PM 1.11				7:12PM 0.23	7:30AM 0.11	4:48PM 0.41		4:34AM 0.71	5:28PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	9	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	11	8	7	9	7	9	7	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	13	12	11	14	10
Low °C	7	7	10	7	5	9	6	6	6	8	7	9	8	9	9	7	6	12	9	9	12	8
Chill °C (?)	7	5	11	8	4	5	4	7	4	3	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	13	11	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 SW	0.6 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	18	15	16	14	13	8	9	13	9	13	15	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.4 NE	-	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	-	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	9	-	12	20	9	-	8	18	10	10	11	-	13	-	-	5	6	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	4.0 WSW	-	0.6 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	9	-	3	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	9	12	10	13	13
Energy(?)	10466	9035	7541	5738	3955	1747	3987	4374	3932	1286	3544	1423	1137	1257	1487	1029	1135	2045	1444	1209	4007	4012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 1.73				8:57AM 1.80				6:32PM 1.84			5:49AM 2.83									7:41AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 0.32			10:45AM 1.16	1:54PM 0.68			11:26PM 1.18	12:01AM 0.65			11:52AM 0.69		4:26PM 0.38			1:13AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	7	-	-	6	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	7	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	10	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	9
Chill °C (?)	7	4	5	6	6	10	6	7	6	5	7	5	6	9	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	9	9	12	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 WNW	0.6 N	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	1.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	19	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	7	-	-	9	9	11	12	10	-	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.8 WSW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	7	-	4	12	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	19	19	19	19	12	17	16	16	13	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	2483	7712	10466	10880	11421	397	8352	7866	7113	725	6128	1518	1656	2313	3955	3604	3129	3975	1795	1683	3529	3481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 1.73												8:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)								1:21AM 0.58										11:20AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	6	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	6	4	6	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	7	6	9	9	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	19	19	19	19	12	17	16	16	13	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.7 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	19	19	19	19	20	20	-	19	-	4	4	7	8	8	9	19	14	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	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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