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

	Tue		Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Hicks Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.4 S	5.0 ESE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	14	14	6	15	14	13	13	13	11	9	8	8	8	9	11	9	13	13
Energy(?)	391	587	654	529	1774	507	250	1057	513	1011	945	1286	1744	2950	569	639	576	609	5329	1031	1081	1050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:41PM 1.97	2:24AM 1.33	11:13AM 2.10		7:22PM 1.98	8:03AM 2.09		1:33AM 1.94			12:00AM 1.85	11:27AM 1.90		3:10AM 1.84			11:51PM 2.55	12:43PM 2.02	6:16PM 1.34		9:59AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 0.29	5:05AM 0.93	6:37PM 0.49	1:46AM 0.70		6:23PM 0.76	7:06PM 0.52	7:52AM 0.49	5:47PM 0.48		5:20AM 0.68	6:28PM 0.39	8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39	5:38PM 0.42		6:36AM 0.55		12:23AM 0.23		5:42PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	2	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	15	16	11	18	15	20	16	19	18	20	24	20	19	19	15	20	20	14	14	14
Low °C	15	12	12	15	10	16	15	19	16	18	17	19	23	17	15	17	12	18	20	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	17	13	15	16	10	18	14	20	15	19	18	20	24	19	19	19	13	20	20	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	9:34	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:13	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 E	3.0 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 S	-	0.6 E	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	14	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	8	9	12	12	11	9	-	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.9 NNW	0.1 E	1.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 E	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 SW	-	0.4 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	19	16	16	8	7	11	10	6	6	8	10	7	8	10	10	10	12	-	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	1.7 WSW	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	0.6 E	5.0 ESE	2.3 SSE	-	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	8	-	-	11	9	8	8	8	3	11	9	-	10

	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tathra NSW - Far South	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.3 S	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 NE	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	14
Energy(?)	1062	509	1057	1126	566	564	811	639	1063	701	691	1128	1594	1896	1809	737	705	1086	1282	1280	1445	1364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:18AM 1.62				12:17PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)										4:12PM 0.63					7:07AM 0.53		3:32PM 0.76	4:09PM 0.77	9:25PM 0.31		12:43AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	23	22	14	12	17	18	13	13	15	12	12	14	11	10	10	18	18	16	15	14	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	22	13	12	17	18	12	12	14	11	11	14	9	8	8	18	18	16	14	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.9 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 SE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.3 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	20	9	13	13	16	16	10	-	-	12	-	8	8	7	7	7	14	14	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NE	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 NE	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	8	8	-

	Tuesday 13										Wednesday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tathra NSW - Far South	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.4 S	1.9 W	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	10
Energy(?)	999	546	685	391	970	955	681	286	539	937	929	467	599	1129	486	374	380	458	222	222	168	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)						6:19PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:29AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	16	16	20	19	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	10	15	15	19	23
Chill °C (?)	22	24	15	15	20	19	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	9	15	15	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	11	11	21	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.3 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	6	-	10	14	14	-	9	10	11	19	8	19	9	9	9	14	8	8	8	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	1.9 W	1.3 SW	-	-	1.9 W	1.1 W	1.6 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	10	8	-	-	10	5	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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