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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Humenga Point Wairarapa	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.6 S	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	7	7	8	12	11	14	13	7	14	12	10
Energy(?)	1453	1128	672	367	931	1431	2041	1741	1445	1211	799	429	657	534	108	391	925	1153	177	447	831	1251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 1.70	10:40AM 1.74		11:16PM 1.78			10:30PM 2.36	12:09PM 1.89		11:47PM 1.92	11:23AM 2.65		10:08PM 1.96	10:53AM 3.50		11:14PM 3.37	11:29AM 3.59		11:30PM 2.33	12:05PM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 0.49		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56		7:52AM 0.49	4:56PM 0.71		6:08AM 0.57	5:03PM 0.52		5:13AM 0.51	4:29PM 0.78	3:49AM 0.41	4:46AM 0.64	5:05PM 0.68		5:22AM 0.56	5:42PM 0.60		5:58AM 0.51	6:20PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	14	10	18	20	21	20	18	20	21	20	18	19	15	20	14	11	13	16	14	18	23
Low °C	12	14	10	17	19	21	19	18	20	21	18	15	19	12	17	13	9	11	15	11	16	22
Chill °C (?)	12	14	8	18	20	21	20	18	20	21	20	18	19	13	20	13	11	12	15	14	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:51	-	-	7:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	1.6 S	2.4 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	14	13	10	8	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.5 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	12	-	14	6	8	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	6	8	7	8	8	14	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	3	8	-	-	7	8	-	-

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1040	701	691	1401	1509	1871	1301	707	523	691	1060	518	1187	1039	1431	1502	1944	1876	1796	1673	1285	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:00AM 3.09				9:19PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)													2:48AM 0.99				3:13PM 1.02				3:31AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	11	11	10	18	20	10	20	16	16	19	18	20	21	21	20	18	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	10	9	8	18	20	8	20	16	16	19	18	20	21	21	20	18	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 SW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	10	10	8	9	11	11	11	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14										Thursday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	18	17	17
Energy(?)	813	887	631	1370	1289	1554	634	386	691	392	1128	252	268	227	275	311	346	337	334	274	430	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								8:51PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)						6:37PM 0.49							1:57AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	11	15	14	15	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	10	11	16	15	10	15	14	15	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	9	15	12	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5

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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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