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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	Mon	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 NW	4.5 W	4.0 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	8	13	12	10	10	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1257	871	1193	13185	5138	1301	2567	802	1651	943	735	535	1833	1032	1167	1824	1013	1099	1235	389	932	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 3.35	9:59AM 1.79	4:50PM 1.91		5:03AM 2.07	5:03PM 2.29				1:20AM 3.03		1:26PM 2.96	1:54AM 3.37		1:57PM 3.27	2:37AM 2.74			12:06AM 1.39	12:24PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				11:05PM 0.01	11:14AM 0.12		12:22AM 0.07	7:45AM 0.12		7:18PM 0.13	7:23AM 0.22		7:53PM 0.66	7:56AM 0.35		8:33PM 0.46	8:36AM 0.94	5:57PM 0.19		6:17AM 0.26	6:41PM 0.24	12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	18	18	20	17	16	17	19	20	13	17	13	16	14	13	21	20	19	16	20	19
Low °C	8	11	17	18	19	17	15	15	19	12	13	16	12	15	13	12	20	19	19	15	19	18
Chill °C (?)	10	9	17	17	20	15	14	17	19	20	12	16	12	15	12	12	21	20	19	15	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	0.4 NE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	13	12	10	10	11	13	12	13	-	13	12	14	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 NE	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	10	9	7	-	18	16	13	10	-	6	7	-	12	6	12	-	13	13	12	9	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	-	2.5 NW	4.5 W	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.1 NW	2.0 W	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	-	8	13	-	10	10	-	-	3	4	13	12	5	12	-	-	-	4	5	-	4

	Mon		Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	10PM	11PM	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	2.5 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13
Energy(?)	342	1269	1378	1166	1188	602	525	879	6951	6531	5319	3925	3551	3067	3653	1226	2282	2567	2174	1718	1322	1303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:53PM 1.21		4:33AM 2.02						12:02AM 3.16				12:08PM 3.04							9:16AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						10:08AM 0.11		6:49PM -0.03				6:01AM 0.00				6:39PM 0.05			3:03AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	9	9	11	12	11	16	17	16	17	18	19	20	21	19	18	16	16	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	20	7	7	10	12	9	16	17	15	17	18	19	20	21	19	17	15	15	14	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	13	8	8	8	10	9	11	7	13	-	-	-	9	17	18	16	13	13	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	11	7	8	10	10	10	9	-

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03
	8PM	7PM	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	3.0 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 NE	1.2 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NNE	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	10	10	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	7	7	10
Energy(?)	309	2123	149	129	1257	975	110	338	207	368	293	241	346	469	464	261	594	239	250	246	266	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:28AM 3.81
Low Tide / height (m)				10:16PM -0.02							5:22AM 0.01								1:54PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	11	11	11	11	11	16	19	19	19	21	21	21	19	19	20	26	26	26	26	14
Chill °C (?)	17	20	9	9	8	9	8	15	18	19	19	21	21	21	19	18	20	26	26	26	26	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:58	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	13	12	10	10	10	12	9	10	10	11	-	11	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 W	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	11	6	6	10	10	7	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	-

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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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