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 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	5	3	4	6	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	8	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NNE	1.0 E	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	8	16	12	12	13	12	10	14	13	10	13	11	11	6	8	10	13	10	15	13
Energy(?)	926	827	837	455	131	2336	374	448	1886	693	3438	751	543	846	183	229	211	2049	12143	1484	7318	3458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 2.17		6:50AM 2.23		7:19PM 2.19	8:02AM 2.35		11:14PM 2.01			11:23PM 2.00		3:14PM 1.91	12:58AM 2.17		3:48PM 2.05		5:39AM 2.08	5:05PM 2.51	11:29PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58AM 0.71		12:27AM 0.52		1:11PM 0.60	1:41AM 0.45		4:59PM 0.24		7:59AM 0.20	5:09PM 0.36		9:25AM 0.72			9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	11:57AM 0.10			8:32AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	16	16	16	12	14	16	11	17	18	24	20	18	14	22	25	14	14	16	12	20
Low °C	19	22	14	16	15	10	13	16	9	12	16	21	17	18	13	21	25	9	13	16	10	15
Chill °C (?)	23	24	16	16	15	10	13	15	10	17	17	24	20	18	14	22	25	12	12	14	11	20
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	1.1 S	-	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.6 N	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	15	14	8	12	12	10	8	-	10	14	11	12	13	11	11	9	8	7	13	10	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	12	16	11	10	13	-	13	11	-	6	10	-	10	10	8	16	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	2.5 W	-	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	3.5 SW	1.5 ENE	0.4 NW	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	4	12	-	12	10	-	13	10	3	-	-	6	4	10	13	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28					Thursday 29								Friday 30								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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 N	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	13	11
Energy(?)	546	939	827	785	770	671	618	1001	2174	765	599	755	1865	1895	2076	1715	3373	1771	718	1081	1112	1791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				6:02PM 2.17					9:22AM 1.86	12:12PM 1.78									2:29PM 1.85		8:17PM 2.19	11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51AM 0.65				12:27AM 0.52					3:02PM 0.57						7:03AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	24	22	20	19	18	15	19	14	15	15	13	11	8	10	13	16	14	15	18	9
Chill °C (?)	19	23	24	22	20	19	18	14	19	12	15	15	11	9	6	8	12	15	13	15	18	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 N	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	12	16	16	16	14	10	13	10	13	13	11	13	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	-	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 NNE	1.9 SW	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	3	3	7	-	10	5	-	-	11	12	11	-	11	11	5	10	-	11

	Wednesday 28																Thursday 29
	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.6 E	1.2 SW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	19	19	12	13	13	11	8	7	12	9	11	8	11	14	8
Energy(?)	542	945	926	931	933	939	939	414	111	338	428	428	229	177	427	273	238	169	155	166	629	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	11:46PM 1.85	12:12AM 2.30	1:09AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					11:51AM 0.65			2:42PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	21	22	23	23	16	18	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	15	19	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	21	22	23	23	16	18	16	18	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	15	19	14
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	7	9	7	8	7	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	19	12	20	20	11	11	12	12	7	11	11	11	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.9 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.2 N	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	4	4	2	2	7	3	3	-	5	-	7	8

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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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