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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 ENE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 E	0.8 SW	1.5 E	1.6 NNW
Period(s)	12	13	14	17	16	15	13	15	13	13	16	15	9	13	13	12	13	13	11	13	10	8
Energy	2416	7343	4642	598	1067	1275	2723	3516	990	851	2061	1526	868	933	690	741	424	632	598	455	487	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 2.42	8:27AM 2.46	1:43PM 1.87	11:22PM 1.99		2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86		10:34AM 3.24		10:52PM 3.36	11:07AM 3.18		11:16PM 2.79	4:20AM 1.93	4:47PM 1.97		3:44AM 2.13	4:18PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 0.34				8:04AM 0.26		8:27PM 0.30	7:37AM 0.55		9:09PM 0.35	4:31AM 0.56	4:46PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.65	1:37PM 0.48		10:31AM 0.49		9:52PM 0.82	10:11AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	13	10	9	17	14	13	12	11	13	14	17	18	22	16	17	15	17	13	22	11	19	15
Low °C	10	8	9	14	11	11	11	10	11	14	16	16	21	16	16	15	16	11	21	10	19	15
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	16	13	12	12	10	13	13	17	17	22	15	16	15	17	12	22	10	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:50	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	5:40	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 E	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	17	-	14	12	16	15	13	15	13	13	16	15	-	13	13	12	13	13	11	7	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	0.2 NNE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	17	12	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 ESE	2.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	12	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	9	3	3	-	3	3	5	4	4	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	20	20	20	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	1073	1376	1366	7343	7853	6401	5564	4927	3406	3647	3099	1067	1225	1145	1083	1055	1189	3728	3074	3516	3377	3155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 2.42						12:23PM 2.42			9:13PM 3.27									1:19AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)							7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51		11:26AM 0.39			8:08PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	9	13	12	11	11	14	15	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	7	7	5	6	8	8	9	7	12	12	11	11	13	15	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	20	20	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	20	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	6	-	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	21	20	20	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	18	18	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	883	1112	1073	2416	1401	4895	5311	5824	4760	6687	7115	636	636	986	760	90	835	4839	4531	7431	4642	4301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					4:37PM 0.28			7:06PM 0.23							2:45AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	14	14	13	13	14	15	6	6	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	17	12	11	11	11	-	11	11	18	18	13	13	8	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	21	20	20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	18	18	15	18	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	11	-	3	-	-	-	14	-	-

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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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