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 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	3	8	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	5.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	9	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	838	1247	830	1749	8929	1574	1819	1754	288	1625	835	658	444	1774	330	1977	1824	1143	1129	1088	1011	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 3.11				5:18AM 1.96	5:21PM 1.99	8:12PM 1.57	5:54AM 1.97	1:44PM 3.18	1:29AM 3.00		1:28PM 3.02	1:54AM 3.37		2:03PM 2.77	2:35AM 2.72		2:37PM 3.06	3:11AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			7:08AM 0.25	4:37PM 0.00	11:22PM 0.55	11:32AM 0.12		2:20AM 0.29	12:44PM 0.16		7:25PM 0.13	7:31AM 0.23		7:53PM 0.66	8:06AM 0.83		8:32PM 0.43	8:50AM 0.63		9:07PM 0.61	9:18AM 0.67	6:41PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	33	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	17	18	19	24	19	20	20	15	19	17	14	15	17	15	22	21	20	21	21
Low °C	15	8	11	17	18	16	22	17	16	19	14	18	16	11	13	16	13	20	20	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	14	10	9	16	17	19	24	19	20	20	15	19	16	12	14	16	14	22	21	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	5.0 W	2.4 W	0.1 NW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	13	12	18	11	11	13	13	11	-	-	12	-	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 N	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	10	9	7	-	9	-	16	15	-	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	2.4 SW	-	3.0 WNW	-	0.5 S	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	-	9	-	3	12	-	-	-	-	6	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	7	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	986	239	622	1283	1755	1691	1188	581	525	1827	8273	7152	5940	5398	3551	1835	1050	1246	2298	1017	1464	1679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:53PM 1.21		4:32AM 2.02						12:02AM 3.16				12:11PM 3.19				12:33AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)										6:38PM -0.02				6:10AM 0.41				6:39PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	21	15	20	9	9	11	16	11	16	17	16	16	18	19	20	21	18	19	14	18	16
Chill °C (?)	10	21	14	20	7	8	10	16	9	15	17	15	16	18	19	20	21	17	18	14	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	8	12	11	10	12	11	11	7	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.2 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	11	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	6	13	-	-	-	-	8	18	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.7 N	1.3 NE	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	1.9 S	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.8 S	-	-	2.2 S
Period (s)	12	4	5	-	11	11	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	10

	Monday 02										Tuesday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	9	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	11	6	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	736	244	838	2354	166	92	1097	83	297	245	209	369	273	391	391	236	241	292	417	364	433	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											11:33PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:28AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	19	15	21	13	12	12	20	12	16	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	18	21	19	25
Chill °C (?)	11	19	14	21	11	10	10	20	9	16	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	17	21	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	12	8	9	8	8	8	11	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 N	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	4	11	11	13	12	10	6	12	9	4	10	11	11	11	-	11	11	13	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.4 N	1.3 NNE	3.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 SSW	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NNW	1.1 N	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	12	3	6	10	6	6	12	6	6	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	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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