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 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Tathra NSW - Far South	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	12	6	17	15	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	12
Energy(?)	513	734	261	802	250	168	631	447	504	173	1409	4929	1257	1462	1342	2162	1622	1320	871	1139	1053	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 2.53	12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64		6:41PM 1.73	3:15AM 2.17		3:39PM 2.07			6:00PM 1.80	2:25AM 2.33			8:27PM 1.76	8:45AM 1.95		9:51PM 1.84	10:13AM 1.96		10:08PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.32		7:07PM 0.30	7:35AM 0.28		8:57PM -0.01	10:04AM 0.67		11:20PM -0.00	8:45AM 0.06		8:09PM -0.07	8:36AM 0.16	2:20PM 0.29	2:36AM 0.32		3:41PM 0.10	3:59AM 0.12		4:39PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	19	5	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	9	12	17	18	16	22	24	12	17	16	12	19	17	7	8	10	16	20	18	17
Low °C	12	13	9	11	15	16	15	20	23	10	15	15	10	18	15	6	8	10	15	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	12	18	6	10	17	17	16	22	24	10	17	15	12	19	16	6	6	9	16	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.1 S	1.5 SW	-	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	12	8	17	-	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	5	7	-	9	11	4	14	15	12	6	-	16	10	16	-	-	-	6	8	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NW	1.1 NE	1.4 W	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	3	3	-	3	5	6	6	15	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	0.9 S	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	14	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	809	513	1054	1429	1179	227	614	1172	1281	880	1231	1370	558	520	830	642	697	631	712	636	594	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:18AM 2.53					1:58PM 2.00							12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				6:45AM 0.32		11:19AM 0.41			8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18				12:07PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	13	12	15	23	10	10	9	9	10	10	15	19	18	17	14	15	15	16	19	22
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	10	14	23	8	8	9	7	8	8	15	19	18	17	13	15	15	16	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	10	13	13	13	12	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	14	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NW	1.4 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	-	8	6	13	7	6	8	12	21	9	14	13	13	4	8	8	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	0.6 NNE	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	-	10	10	10	5	6	13	-	-	7	2	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	2

	Monday 03				Tuesday 04
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	13	11	14	14	11	-	13	13	13	11	6	5	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	405	769	809	842	541	417	199	66	194	110	0	113	336	434	90	207	169	163	160	121	119	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:32AM 1.99	2:02AM 2.49														4:22PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)															9:58AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	12	12	15	15	15	14	12	15	12	13	16	16	18	21	21	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	11	10	11	13	14	13	13	8	14	10	11	14	15	18	21	21	20	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 WNW	0.6 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	13	11	6	14	11	10	5	13	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NE	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	5	14	14	11	5	13	13	-	-	9	9	-	6	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 N	1.2 W	0.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	4.5 WNW	0.6 SW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	-	5	5	2	5	4	10	5	10	10	7	6	5	-	-	6	6	-

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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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