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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	5.0 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 E
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	11	12	22	12	14	7	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	9
Energy	2222	1185	2598	1438	1249	829	1193	216	9008	556	3368	952	1257	2082	1641	1304	1812	1880	1581	769	754	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:30AM 1.82	1:39PM 1.33	7:04PM 2.92	7:27AM 3.08			3:31AM 1.55		8:21PM 2.74	8:45AM 2.94		8:52PM 2.49	9:03AM 2.48		11:57PM 2.00		2:43PM 2.11	1:55AM 2.35	10:13AM 2.45		10:37PM 3.46	10:49AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 0.80		1:38PM 0.44	9:24PM 0.28	9:48AM 0.28	2:24PM 0.52	2:28AM 0.39		2:44PM 0.21		3:04AM 0.30	3:20PM 0.19		6:15AM 0.26		7:58PM 0.65	4:16AM 0.30	4:31PM 0.50		4:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	15	17	19	19	11	12	13	13	13	16	15	17	18	16	19	15	17	18
Low °C	14	16	16	15	14	16	16	11	9	12	10	11	11	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	17	14	17	19	19	8	10	12	11	12	16	14	16	18	16	19	15	17	18
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	5.0 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	21	12	12	12	14	12	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	15	24	22	17	-	10	10	12	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	5	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 27							Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20
Energy	3062	3175	1120	1345	3081	1513	1054	1008	1299	1093	1438	1360	1182	1007	1020	1130	1297	1429	1027	1097	1132	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:35AM 3.00								7:05AM 2.36					10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10		7:49AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)					12:50PM 0.56		8:28PM 0.23		12:57AM 0.55				1:24PM 0.36					5:37AM 0.50			2:09PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	18	18	13	12	11	14	16	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	18	18	12	11	9	12	16	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	16	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	7	19	10	12	12	12	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	16	8	7	9	11	13	-	-	-	26	18	18	20	19	10	18	22	21	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	8	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	14	15	8	8	17	12	12	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	10	13	13	13	15	15	15	14
Energy	3709	2318	739	697	2015	619	619	1096	1151	1669	1961	2202	2401	2485	253	1183	513	1115	2905	3198	3051	2824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.44																	6:47PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)													12:34PM 0.46			3:14PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	13	14	12	12	12	15	14	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	13	11	11	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	17	14	15	16	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	15	8	8	17	12	12	8	8	16	17	17	16	16	10	13	9	13	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	14	16	16	16	17	7	8	8	8	8	13	-	13	18	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	7	-	-	-	-

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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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