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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	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	3.0 ENE	0.8 SSE	2.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNE	3.0 W	1.8 ENE	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 NE	1.6 ENE	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	6	8	13	12	7	13	9	14	14	13	12	14	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1027	1333	71	754	604	450	474	6074	520	985	5121	2323	1855	2130	482	382	942	1616	487	2442	1566	1265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 2.27		4:37AM 2.04	2:42PM 2.24	10:45PM 1.74	5:13AM 0.94	3:02PM 1.68	1:51AM 1.34	9:38AM 1.83	2:13PM 1.35	2:31AM 1.40			10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90		1:38AM 2.02	7:30AM 1.58		10:15PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)			10:23PM 1.04	10:43AM 0.64			10:36AM 0.44		7:42PM 0.16			8:19PM 0.20	9:49AM 0.33	4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41	2:50PM 0.61	7:18PM 0.37		4:29PM 1.05		7:34AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	10	-	16	2	-	-	1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	16	17	17	18	13	14	18	12	14	19	12	11	17	17	11	20	17	19	21	17	16	16
Low °C	16	15	13	14	13	13	18	8	13	19	12	10	16	16	10	14	17	15	21	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	12	13	18	9	14	19	9	9	17	17	9	20	16	19	21	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSE	2.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 NE	3.0 W	1.8 ENE	1.5 SSW	-	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	10	13	6	8	13	7	7	13	9	14	-	13	12	14	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	7	8	7	8	12	7	-	8	8	-	-	15	-	6	10	8	13	8	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	2.0 NNE	2.5 W	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 NE	-	1.7 E	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	8	-	-	7	13	-	-	14	-	-	-	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.8 SSE	2.4 NNE	3.0 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	2.3 NE	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 E	2.5 NNE	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	7	8	10	8	8	12	9	9	8	16	14	14	11	10	7	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1040	758	1044	799	1385	1307	579	782	2001	566	1188	739	1247	2428	1966	2027	1268	1282	993	1147	1196	3448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)																		10:58AM 1.99			7:16PM 2.57	10:20PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 0.76				7:49PM 0.50							6:39PM 0.13	7:42PM 0.19		2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	5	18	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	18	17	11	18	16	19	11	14	13	16	10	9	10	16	19	22	15	12	7
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	17	16	10	18	16	19	11	13	12	16	10	7	8	15	19	22	14	11	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 SSE	2.4 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	1.9 NE	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 NE	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	7	8	10	8	8	12	9	9	8	16	14	14	11	10	8	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	1.2 S	0.2 S	1.0 W	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	12	12	10	11	7	8	8	7	8	16	-	-	10	14	16	10	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	-	-	3.0 NE	-	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 NE	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.7 E	2.5 NNE	-	-	2.1 W
Period (s)	3	3	10	3	7	8	-	-	8	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	7	10	7	-	-	13

	Wednesday 12																Thursday 13
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 S	1.6 ENE	0.8 SE	1.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 E	1.4 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	5	7	8	6	5	12	7	5	8	12	12	12	12	8	9	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1075	977	1027	879	111	757	970	228	79	407	149	81	76	315	263	314	386	422	318	185	263	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38AM 1.02								5:57PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	19	17	17	20	15	14	18	15	13	15	13	12	12	15	12	15	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	19	16	16	20	13	13	18	14	11	15	12	12	12	14	10	15	11	14	8
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.3 NNE	1.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 E	1.4 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	12	13	8	12	7	12	6	5	8	12	12	12	12	8	9	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	9	7	11	17	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	12	8	4	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	-	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 S	1.6 ENE	0.8 SE	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	5	7	8	6	5	-	7	5	-	2	-	-	6	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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