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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	1	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSE	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	8	16	13	13	10	14	9	14	14	13	12	11	16	18	17	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	702	602	1016	1856	2217	1369	3066	103	5005	1173	2547	2758	1942	1131	1438	4541	520	937	1948	1941	1630	1322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 2.11			12:38AM 3.58	7:28AM 1.82		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79	1:33PM 3.54	3:02AM 2.91	4:40AM 1.97		8:06PM 1.81	7:16AM 2.23		3:56AM 3.02		4:33PM 2.94		5:28AM 2.93	6:05PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 0.17	1:59PM 0.17			2:47PM 0.15	2:13AM 0.23			8:54PM 0.22	10:55AM 0.31	1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	9:38PM 0.96	10:21AM 1.13		10:51PM 0.59	11:47AM 1.20		12:26AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	18	17	10	15	19	16	22	13	16	20	20	16	19	14	12	19	20	19	22	19	19
Low °C	15	14	16	10	10	18	15	19	13	12	18	18	15	18	13	8	18	19	18	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	6	14	19	15	22	11	15	20	20	15	19	12	12	19	20	19	22	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 E	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	15	11	16	13	13	10	9	9	14	14	13	12	18	16	9	17	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	10	9	11	11	10	9	8	9	14	8	13	-	-	14	16	6	9	7	8	7	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW	0.9 NW	1.4 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	4	8	8	5	8	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	6	-	-	4

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	16	11	10	11	10	15	9	13	13	16	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1406	1229	574	1276	602	302	397	330	1120	1296	6826	3304	3612	3933	1390	2511	2931	3066	3224	2867	2642	2524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											3:13AM 2.09	5:54AM 1.90							1:20AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15	6:10AM 0.29										11:00AM 0.36			7:14PM 0.38				7:31AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	17	18	18	21	16	15	18	11	10	10	11	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	9	17	18	18	21	15	15	18	10	8	8	9	15	18	18	15	16	16	14	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	7	11	10	11	10	9	9	8	16	16	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	15	11	16	10	10	10	10	15	13	13	11	10	-	8	-	9	9	16	17	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.6 SW	-	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	4	7	4	4	5	6	8	-	13	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19				Friday 20
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.3 SW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.5 W	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	12	16	12	12	12	12	16	8	14	14	14	9	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	226	332	439	1280	702	540	670	753	1119	667	294	405	456	2364	651	863	857	754	750	777	783	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		12:16PM 3.75
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	21	19	16	19	15	15	20	16	10	10	11	12	11	19	19	19	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	19	16	19	15	15	20	15	7	7	8	8	7	19	19	19	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	9	12	16	12	12	12	12	16	14	8	14	14	-	14	8	8	8	15	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	15	6	8	8	5	8	8	14	18	14	11	11	-	14	15	15	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	0.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	3.5 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	7	-	4	-	-	7	8	3	6	7	9	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

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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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