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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	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Charleston West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	2.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	14	11	13	12	13	13	13	16	14	10	11	14	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	862	907	1104	920	1104	319	163	945	3355	698	740	1253	1249	847	588	800	1088	99	546	607	749	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54		7:52PM 1.67	8:10AM 1.63		8:36PM 1.71	8:55AM 1.64	3:03PM 2.01		4:33AM 2.28		10:22PM 1.50		2:42PM 2.42	3:01AM 2.75	4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69	8:16PM 1.58	8:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.51		11:29PM 0.22		1:09PM 0.55	2:01AM 0.33		2:24PM 0.37	2:47AM 0.37			10:41PM 0.71	10:58AM 0.69	3:49PM 0.45		8:58AM 0.48		8:56PM 1.11	10:58AM 0.62		2:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	3
High °C	19	16	13	18	18	15	11	11	10	18	19	17	19	18	15	15	18	17	17	20	18	16
Low °C	17	14	12	14	15	14	11	11	9	15	18	16	17	16	14	11	17	15	16	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	16	12	18	17	14	9	10	10	18	19	17	18	18	14	15	17	16	17	20	17	15
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.3 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	14	11	6	12	13	13	13	13	14	10	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	1.2 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	9	16	10	10	14	13	15	-	5	5	16	8	12	16	14	12	11	10	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	10	11	8	-	10	-	10	-	-

	Thursday 02					Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	12	12	12	16	16	15	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1041	1091	1521	1114	1093	1104	1347	1862	1727	1403	1232	1491	1688	543	533	624	761	714	1034	1251	3772	3550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:28PM 1.55					7:23AM 1.62		1:50PM 2.14							12:57PM 3.15	2:26PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 0.51					1:14AM 0.29						9:25PM 0.49		2:26AM 0.21							11:17PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	21	16	15	12	12	12	15	18	18	17	15	15	12	14	16	17	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	21	16	15	11	11	11	14	18	18	16	14	14	11	13	16	16	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	12	17	17	16	16	10	10	10	10	-	-	5	10	16	15	15	15	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 NE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02																Friday 03
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	12	12	14	12	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1057	1130	862	1111	903	908	907	907	907	893	902	878	890	961	706	96	233	113	140	161	886	814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		12:08AM 3.21	1:32AM 2.12			4:06AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						12:53PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	17	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	20	20	19	13	13	13	13	12	15	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	17	15	16	15	15	16	16	14	20	20	19	12	13	13	13	12	14	13	16	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	12	12	8	12	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	16	10	14	15	14	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	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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