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 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	God Squad Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	5	9	4	5	7	4	7	6	3	4	6	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	4.0 ENE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	3.5 SSE	0.9 E	1.3 SW	3.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.6 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	9	14	14	12	9	12	17	11	16	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1789	1468	3523	1150	1059	1321	3507	189	902	6203	384	411	2938	477	9592	5836	4128	1879	1184	1360	1301	1320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 2.29	3:24PM 2.38	7:23PM 2.22	5:07AM 1.35	5:29PM 1.14			1:23PM 1.72	1:10AM 1.94		7:49PM 1.29	10:10PM 2.66	7:52AM 1.48		8:38PM 1.48	8:31AM 1.45		9:09PM 1.44	9:18AM 1.38		9:32PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 0.73	12:58PM 0.63		1:31AM 0.72	11:33AM 0.58		11:35PM 0.44	8:22AM 0.45		7:32PM 0.08	8:02AM 0.10				2:28PM 0.15	2:35AM 0.23		2:58PM 0.10	3:17AM 0.21		3:14PM 0.13	3:47AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	8	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	15	17	20	21	19	14	16	15	20	17	13	16	11	10	13	17	16	17	18	15
Low °C	21	21	15	16	16	21	16	13	16	13	15	15	10	14	11	8	10	16	14	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	13	16	20	21	19	13	16	15	20	16	13	16	8	7	12	16	15	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	3.5 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	3.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	13	12	14	9	14	14	12	12	12	17	11	11	12	6	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	-	14	10	10	10	9	9	12	6	16	11	14	-	10	16	11	10	10	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.2 E	-	1.2 NW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	-	5.0 SW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	4	8	-	6	5	12	-	14	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28									Sunday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Ruakaka Northland	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	4	4	6	9	5	8	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 S	2.1 NW	4.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	14	9	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3493	3570	5909	3554	1194	1062	1197	3635	3434	3880	3006	4806	1009	12364	1331	1697	5506	8243	3057	7181	7290	6255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:03AM 2.49	6:32AM 2.29						11:21PM 1.83			7:43AM 2.43				6:19PM 1.06				6:17AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 0.73				10:05AM 0.61		6:54PM 0.43							12:33PM 0.29				11:59PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	20	17	21	21	22	19	16	15	15	16	18	19	21	22	19	20	19	19	16	20
Chill °C (?)	15	16	20	16	21	21	22	19	15	14	14	15	18	18	21	22	19	20	19	19	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	4.0 NE	3.5 NNW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 S	2.1 NW	3.5 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	0.4 E	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	10	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	14	9	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	-	12	9	9	9	16	14	14	13	10	14	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	4.0 NNE	0.7 E	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	-	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	3	10	3	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	-	13	-	-	13	14	-	13	12	12

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Ruakaka Northland	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	4	4	6	9	5	8	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	3.0 N	4.5 NE	3.5 N	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 NE	4.0 ENE	1.8 ESE	3.5 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	13	12	13	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	3002	3291	4324	3683	1652	1789	1997	2273	2456	3158	3205	746	3399	652	493	521	499	470	404	368	402	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											5:17AM 0.26								11:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	20	16	22	22	22	15	15	14	14	18	18	16	23	21	18	25	25	25	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	20	15	22	22	22	13	13	11	11	18	17	15	23	21	17	25	25	25	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	3.0 N	-	3.5 N	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 ESE	3.5 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	13	13	-	13	12	13	12	10	17	16	16	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.5 WSW	0.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	13	-	13	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	13	12	13	6	11	11	10	6	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	4.5 NE	-	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 NE	4.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	1.2 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	10	4	4	4	6	-	4	3	4	4	4	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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