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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Midway Beach - Surf Club Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Te Araroa East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	3.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 ESE	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 N	0.5 SE	0.6 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	9	15	15	14	9	13	10	12	10	12	10	10	10	18	17	10	9	12	12
Energy(?)	327	145	2021	1176	1149	1826	1463	3426	1777	1024	15370	4740	3882	1954	1846	1407	762	1462	635	86	164	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59	1:34PM 1.50	2:00AM 1.63			9:33PM 2.50	8:55AM 2.17		12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		12:04AM 1.96	12:18PM 2.04	3:29PM 1.85	10:58PM 2.92	12:53PM 2.11		1:15AM 2.07	11:58AM 3.30		1:16AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.56		7:29PM 0.41	7:41AM 0.45	2:49PM 0.71	3:42AM 0.67		5:58PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	5:53PM 0.47		6:12AM 0.44			6:46AM 0.36	6:30PM 0.65	7:05PM 0.30	5:48AM 0.08		7:06PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	19	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	13	15	17	14	18	19	12	16	14	12	12	13	12	15	15	19	22	22	17
Low °C	15	18	15	11	14	16	10	15	18	11	15	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	17	19	21	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	13	11	15	16	13	17	18	10	15	12	9	10	11	11	15	14	19	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.3 SSE	2.3 WSW	2.3 ESE	5.5 S	3.0 SE	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.3 N	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	9	12	11	15	14	9	13	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	8	17	10	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 N	-	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.8 E	0.2 N	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 SE	1.2 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	5	-	8	15	13	13	11	12	20	-	-	12	11	11	20	9	8	10	9	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	11	9	-	-	-	9	-	5	12	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	6

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 N	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	8	13	6	13	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	8	14	14	13	15	13	13
Energy(?)	723	674	544	582	905	319	208	503	1950	1726	1968	3213	3253	3169	1430	1387	4268	1476	3227	3097	1561	1370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57							10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:07PM 2.88				10:29AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)							2:28PM 0.97					4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	19	23	20	22	12	11	10	11	14	13	12	22	14	13	13	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	17	19	23	20	22	11	9	8	10	14	13	11	22	13	12	12	13	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	7	8	8	13	6	7	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	16	13	14	13	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	11	12	13	11	16	16	8	8	7	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	-	-	8	-	-

	Thursday 12				Friday 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 NW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	2.2 NW	1.6 N	2.1 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	7	9	8	13	9	7	9	12	7	7
Energy(?)	770	707	186	186	357	250	201	355	25	131	99	651	651	995	390	212	981	271	966	238	172	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51AM 0.99			4:10AM 0.78										2:07PM 1.03	3:07PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	1	-	-	6	-	1	1	2
High °C	18	18	17	17	15	21	17	22	19	19	20	18	14	13	11	22	14	18	15	21	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	14	21	17	22	19	19	20	17	12	11	8	22	13	18	14	21	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	2.2 NW	1.6 N	2.1 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	12	13	9	9	12	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	9	8	13	9	7	9	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 N	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 NNE	0.1 S	0.5 SW	1.0 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	9	16	14	14	8	12	10	16	16	7	8	11	7	8	6	5	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.4 N	2.4 N	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	6	3	-	-	3	3	7	7	4	12	4	4	-	4	-	7	7

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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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