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

	Wed	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	3	6	7	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	1.8 NE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	16	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	6	13	11	13	7	7	7	12	13	16	14	15	15
Energy(?)	671	455	93	37	1447	494	1957	682	3429	393	559	611	353	325	25	721	3870	3344	3634	4265	4412	3234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 2.23		11:32PM 2.36	8:02AM 2.35	1:13PM 1.87	10:25PM 1.92	10:54AM 1.99	2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.05		3:48PM 2.05		6:41AM 1.75	1:56PM 2.26	2:27AM 2.17		2:39PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	12:27AM 0.52		1:11PM 0.60					4:41AM 0.48		8:33PM 0.04	9:07AM 0.13		9:54PM 0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53			8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		12:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	16	14	16	17	12	17	17	24	20	21	20	25	21	11	16	18	15	20	18	15
Low °C	18	15	14	11	13	16	8	13	16	21	17	21	18	21	17	11	13	18	14	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	12	15	16	11	17	16	24	20	21	20	25	20	7	14	18	14	20	17	13
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	10	11	-	9	13	11	13	13	11	13	10	7	10	10	13	16	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	9	16	10	7	13	-	12	11	-	8	10	14	9	9	10	-	-	-	9	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	1.7 ENE	0.4 NW	-	0.5 N	1.8 NE	1.0 W	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	3	-	4	11	-	12	12	-	13	6	3	-	3	7	4	7	12	-	-	9	-	9

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	11	13	12	16	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	770	671	678	1016	540	765	504	813	1387	1541	3032	1745	1045	2784	1161	1095	774	1957	2010	2680	3257	3784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:12PM 1.78					1:06AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		12:27AM 0.52		4:48AM 0.66			3:02PM 0.57						7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	15	20	13	15	15	14	11	10	9	12	16	16	16	16	9	8	8	14	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	14	20	11	15	15	13	9	8	7	11	15	15	15	16	8	6	6	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	8	13	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	9	13	9	9	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	8	16	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	10	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	8	-	-	5	-	-	11	11	12	-	-	11	11	10	4	12	11	12	12	12

	Wednesday 28				Thursday 29
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	8	14	12	18	18	11	11	12	11	7	12	12	12	6	12	12	15	15	12
Energy(?)	745	742	770	590	678	219	466	329	104	102	158	780	51	768	856	302	179	424	415	771	771	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:28PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)								2:23AM 0.62				6:02AM 0.34									3:48PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	15	19	14	17	17	15	15	15	18	17	18	17	18	19	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	13	19	14	17	17	15	15	15	18	17	18	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	14	9	18	12	7	7	7	11	7	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	18	9	7	9	18	11	11	11	16	12	16	16	11	10	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 W	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 NW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	12	12	15	15	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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