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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			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	Scott Point Northland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Twilight Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	15	13	9	14	11	10	10
Energy(?)	3582	1233	1556	1128	907	1116	920	984	702	414	2711	3042	846	1159	982	1589	462	929	908	1447	1028	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 2.53		6:28PM 1.55		7:23AM 1.62		7:19PM 1.56	6:19AM 1.69		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		9:19PM 1.72	9:40AM 1.63		10:00PM 1.70		4:24PM 1.80		11:07AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 0.10	3:56AM 0.21	7:00AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44		1:40PM 0.33	1:36AM 0.50	12:27PM 0.29	1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		3:07PM 0.41	3:33AM 0.41		3:49PM 0.45		10:12AM 0.51		12:03AM 0.89	5:01AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	32	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	10	17	16	13	17	18	15	11	12	12	14	18	17	20	20	21	15	19	17	21
Low °C	18	12	10	14	14	12	14	16	14	10	12	10	14	17	17	20	17	20	12	18	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	14	8	17	16	12	17	17	14	10	9	11	13	18	16	20	20	21	14	18	17	21
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 N	0.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	14	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	15	7	12	14	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 N	1.0 W	0.3 N	0.4 N	1.0 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	15	12	10	9	16	10	10	10	7	-	16	5	16	4	13	13	14	-	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 N	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	2.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	4	-	13	-	-	-	-	7	-	9	6	11	10	10

	Wednesday 01					Thursday 02								Friday 03								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3261	3094	3665	3051	1780	1306	1133	1072	1128	1035	1013	1046	1118	1116	1263	1676	1575	1422	1230	1613	1967	544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 2.62							6:35AM 1.61				6:28PM 1.55					7:23AM 1.62		1:50PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			3:40PM 0.16	6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39				11:07AM 0.21					1:14AM 0.29						9:25PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	20	17	10	10	11	11	14	18	18	16	15	12	12	12	15	18	19	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	17	8	8	11	11	14	18	18	16	15	11	11	11	15	18	19	18	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	14	11	16	15	10	15	10	17	17	16	16	10	10	10	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	5

	Wednesday 01																Thursday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3216	3261	3582	932	1355	1247	1432	1412	1605	1667	1546	1510	1310	1203	1220	1085	1065	1064	1367	1066	1010	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:26AM 2.58							4:28PM 1.82	5:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 0.45													12:26AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	13	14	15	15	15	15	12	14	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	13	14	15	14	14	14	10	13	11	9	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	11
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	11	9	16	16	9	11	15	13	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	13	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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