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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	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 SW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	16	11	8	10	14	10	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	671	268	1018	1575	1700	1777	81	6496	2727	4281	1413	1027	1239	995	1070	983	137	652	586	1072	4335	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:08PM 1.18		7:08AM 1.49		11:37PM 2.00			10:57PM 3.15			9:09PM 1.58		6:39PM 1.39		11:12AM 3.53		11:30PM 3.52			7:47PM 1.44	8:02AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	1:18PM 0.22		12:51AM 0.35	1:40PM 0.13	5:28PM 0.19		7:53AM 0.21	4:47PM 0.70		8:53AM 0.16	5:25PM 0.64	3:12AM 0.21	10:14AM 0.13		10:11PM 0.18	5:07AM 0.37	1:09PM 0.55		7:24AM 0.33	6:10PM 0.20	2:08AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	8	-	1	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	2	-
High °C	17	18	16	14	20	12	11	11	17	19	18	12	20	19	15	21	20	14	12	10	10	13
Low °C	13	17	15	12	19	10	10	10	16	17	16	10	16	16	13	19	17	12	11	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	13	20	9	8	8	16	19	18	12	20	19	15	21	20	13	12	8	8	12
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 NNW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 SW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	16	13	9	10	14	10	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	-	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	6	12	11	20	12	8	10	14	-	14	15	12	9	15	5	12	10	5	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	11	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29							Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	8	7	6	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 S	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	11	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	10	16	18	11	17	16	16	14	10	14	13
Energy(?)	3351	7290	6457	5141	1033	1048	4366	1018	1178	5324	1228	1673	1299	504	3386	3947	610	6285	5191	3448	4219	3030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			6:17AM 1.47								9:52AM 3.11		1:32PM 1.90	4:06PM 1.37								4:28PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 0.35					4:34PM 0.28			3:41AM 0.94						8:02PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	4	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	15	17	20	18	16	15	15	15	11	16	22	14	18	10	18	15	17	11	16	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	14	17	20	18	16	15	14	14	9	16	22	12	18	8	17	15	16	9	15	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.1 NW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.2 NNW	4.0 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	11	12	17	17	11	11	16	10	10	16	11	12	17	16	16	8	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	18	12	8	12	12	8	12	9	11	18	11	12	6	-	11	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	2.1 S	1.4 SW	-	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	7	-	11	10	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Sunday 29
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	8	7	6	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.8 NE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	12	6	14	12	14	9	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3189	9769	3155	3155	768	168	550	280	339	1028	275	1386	466	687	341	433	522	490	1032	638	546	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)									9:01AM 2.98											8:32PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	16	15	13	13	13	16	16	13	16	22	14	22	20	20	19	19	16	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	14	12	12	11	16	16	12	16	22	12	22	20	20	19	19	15	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SW	1.7 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	13	10	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	9	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 NNW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	7	7	9	7	10	13	15	8	9	6	10	12	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 S	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	-	1.3 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.9 NW	0.3 NNW	1.5 NE	0.6 NW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	9	-	-	6	-	6	3	5	3	6	6	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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