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 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	8	10	10	14	13	15	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	9	8	9	9	13	7
Energy(?)	1621	791	886	407	325	654	1051	1520	348	37	964	1463	1276	1192	683	426	1218	822	666	546	595	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	glass	off	off	off	on	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 1.59		6:39PM 2.32	2:23AM 1.59			7:37PM 2.78	7:55AM 2.01		1:51AM 1.74			9:09PM 2.14		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84	12:48PM 1.96	2:07PM 2.19	3:48AM 1.87		1:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	5:22PM 1.14	7:26PM 0.50	7:59AM 0.53		8:07PM 0.55	8:44AM 0.57	1:23PM 0.85	1:57AM 1.10		4:56PM 0.56	7:23PM 0.45	7:52AM 0.49	3:12PM 0.66	3:26AM 0.50	8:16AM 0.50		8:48PM 0.34	6:47AM 0.49		9:28PM 0.29	7:24AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	4	7	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	6	-	-
High °C	18	18	21	15	14	15	13	11	17	19	20	22	22	21	22	21	17	19	25	23	20	19
Low °C	17	17	19	15	11	12	12	10	16	19	18	21	22	19	21	20	14	16	25	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	21	15	12	14	12	10	17	18	20	22	22	21	22	21	16	19	25	23	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:51	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.2 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	13	10	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 SW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	9	16	14	-	15	9	10	11	11	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	1.4 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	8	-	-	3	7

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1584	1610	1252	1750	1016	1043	1032	1055	1103	1021	1123	1084	654	564	514	855	1051	691	785	1800	1614	1547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:37AM 1.59							12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.50	11:59PM 0.89				12:22PM 1.30										4:12PM 0.63				4:37AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	13	11	12	18	20	22	15	13	12	17	17	12	15	13	12	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	13	9	11	18	20	22	15	12	11	17	17	10	14	12	10	12	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	12	13	9	9	14	11	9	9	13	13	16	16	14	-	14	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 12	Tuesday 13
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	9	8	8	12	12	10	8	8	8	10	8	10	10
Energy(?)	1730	2010	1858	1621	1704	1346	1043	884	581	1278	1082	998	910	828	364	800	1074	83	441	533	676	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:23PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:27AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	18	15	15	19	19	20	11	13	12	17	17	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	17	14	14	19	19	20	9	11	10	17	17	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	9	10	10	12	12	10	10	8	8	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 W	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	8	8	-	8	8	11	16	10	10	15	15	9	10	8	15	9	9	13	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.2 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	5	8	8	-	-	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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