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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	Sat	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.2 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 NNE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.2 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 SW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	7	12	12	8	9	10	11	9	9	10	19	10	16	10	14	10	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1377	201	1276	1025	808	281	627	478	1381	1060	312	4962	2533	2313	2465	2857	505	2359	2410	1634	3473	2288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 1.98		11:33PM 3.28	11:49AM 3.47		7:41PM 1.28	12:26PM 3.46		12:49AM 3.25	12:46PM 2.33		12:52AM 2.25	8:33AM 1.63		12:26AM 1.21	10:08AM 1.45		10:33PM 1.32	6:52AM 1.93		10:27PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	10:27PM 0.95	6:55AM 0.61			5:42AM 0.70	6:03PM 0.80	1:48AM 0.27	6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81		6:38AM 0.57				2:31PM 0.40			7:54PM 0.23			3:12PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	1	-	3	1	-	9	-	1	1	9	26	2	10
High °C	18	13	18	17	33	19	13	26	16	17	22	12	12	15	15	12	20	15	12	11	12	12
Low °C	16	12	17	17	26	18	12	23	16	15	20	10	9	14	15	9	19	14	9	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	11	18	17	33	19	12	26	15	15	22	9	9	14	13	10	20	14	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	0.5 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 NE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 WNW	0.2 S	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	2.5 W	2.1 SW	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	8	12	12	8	9	10	11	9	11	10	9	10	16	16	14	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	14	11	13	13	9	10	9	7	-	-	12	6	17	9	13	-	9	12	13	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	-	-	2.1 NNE	0.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	-	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	-	0.9 NE	3.5 WNW	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	8	3	5	7	-	9	-	19	-	4	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 21								Monday 22									Tuesday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 NNE	1.5 SSE	2.5 SW	1.6 SSE	2.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	13	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	11	9	11	8	11	11
Energy(?)	1813	1816	875	1144	1703	1486	676	1180	1180	1025	964	946	681	508	586	630	568	1415	587	1292	753	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.96				11:13AM 3.44				11:33PM 3.28							7:33PM 1.32			4:01AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)				5:06AM 0.70				5:25PM 0.79				5:22AM 0.54		12:31PM 0.35					1:40AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	8	16	17	18	13	17	16	16	17	17	19	12	16	27	20	14	19	14	18	22
Chill °C (?)	5	7	7	15	17	18	12	16	16	16	17	17	19	10	15	27	20	13	19	14	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.1 N	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 NE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.7 E	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	10	11	9	13	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	11	9	11	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 SE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	10	12	10	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	9	6	10	7	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.5 SW	-	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	12	12	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	9	-	8	6	-

	Saturday 20				Sunday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 S	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.4 S	0.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	11	11	11	7	8	7	7	9	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	657	845	845	1365	1343	1377	277	1377	1312	1274	1319	1312	1193	189	656	428	258	39	275	84	217	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:57PM 3.24																2:52PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	11	17	17	17	10	16	16	16	17	17	17	10	11	28	13	18	13	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	17	16	16	8	15	15	15	16	16	17	7	8	28	11	18	12	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.3 ENE	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SE	1.5 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	8	7	11	9	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	17	17	15	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	11	9	8	6	8	7	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.4 S	0.5 NE	1.4 S	-	1.3 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	7	7	7	8	-	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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