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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 NW	1.5 W	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	12	11	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	13	11	6	7	11
Energy(?)	930	777	504	1636	1560	358	3385	1383	521	1180	1605	2074	1246	746	874	491	252	393	382	399	345	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 2.74		12:22AM 2.30		6:53PM 1.81		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26	2:01AM 2.12				5:01AM 1.68	3:23PM 2.87	8:11PM 2.09	6:53AM 1.65		9:14PM 2.04	7:53AM 1.57		8:42PM 1.55	9:04AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				10:01AM 0.27		11:57PM 0.51	12:17PM 0.62		8:00PM 0.56	8:16AM 0.70	6:05PM 0.32	10:43PM 0.57	11:15AM 0.70		2:23AM 0.93		2:56PM 0.91	3:22AM 0.99		5:15PM 0.58	2:57AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	15	16	15	13	15	16	16	21	20	16	21	20	19	15	16	21	22	22	19	22
Low °C	14	19	13	15	15	12	13	15	10	20	18	14	19	19	17	13	16	18	21	21	18	21
Chill °C (?)	17	20	15	16	13	12	14	16	15	21	20	16	21	20	19	14	16	21	22	22	19	22
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SE	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 NW	1.5 W	1.0 S	1.2 SW	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	13	8	12	-	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	13	11	12	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	1.1 S	0.2 N	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	0.3 NE	0.1 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 N
Period (s)	10	11	11	17	-	12	-	15	6	13	13	-	8	12	-	11	11	6	18	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	11	-	12	-	7	-	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Thursday 05							Friday 06								Saturday 07
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1280	1110	1037	1364	1423	1942	1412	804	613	660	555	735	1222	1307	1081	1835	1699	1835	3385	3137	4527	4221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:49PM 2.45							3:16PM 1.96					5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 0.04						11:12PM 0.35		6:56AM 0.45						10:24PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Temp. °C	18	17	20	17	19	19	18	13	19	19	19	14	15	18	14	12	12	13	13	18	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	17	19	19	17	12	19	19	19	13	15	18	12	10	10	11	12	18	14	13
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	0.4 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	3	12	11	10	11	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	-	0.3 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 SE	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	10	10	13	-	14	14	14	8	16	10	13	13	-	-	-	-	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	12

	Thursday 05
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	8	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	15
Energy(?)	1388	1457	1506	633	668	710	776	372	994	929	577	149	466	760	777	1467	1862	1942	364	1126	323	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:47AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:38PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	11	11	11	11	12	20	21	18	17	16	21	19	17	19	19	19	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	10	11	10	10	12	20	21	18	17	16	21	19	17	19	19	19	19	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SE	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	19	10	19	19	10	9	8	9	18	18	7	11	-	13	13	12	4	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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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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