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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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Midway Beach - Surf Club Gisborne and Mahia	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	5	4	2	2	2	5	4	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	4.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 S	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	8	13	13	12	14	13	14	15	13	14	14	13	11	8
Energy(?)	796	2146	1688	2907	188	227	215	5816	822	453	4423	2495	6242	1261	3297	2979	5105	6533	5391	4936	154	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:22PM 1.19		9:32AM 1.94	2:04PM 1.80	9:49PM 2.03			10:38PM 2.05	10:53AM 2.14			10:55AM 3.36		8:50PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)				3:25AM 0.40				3:51PM 0.48		4:44AM 0.20	4:31PM 0.40		4:45AM 0.08		3:23AM 0.02		3:06PM 0.17			3:50PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	2	14	15	-	18	6	7	3	1	2	56	-
High °C	13	13	12	14	15	15	16	13	13	13	14	13	11	22	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	9
Low °C	10	12	10	12	14	12	14	12	12	11	12	12	10	21	13	12	13	14	15	14	14	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	14	14	15	15	10	11	12	13	12	9	22	12	13	14	14	15	14	12	7
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	-	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.1 E	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 S	1.8 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	-	8	13	14	12	14	9	14	15	13	14	14	13	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	2.3 NW	1.4 NNW	0.1 NE	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	15	13	13	12	5	11	11	-	14	16	10	8	8	7	8	9	11	-	-	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 N	-	4.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 NE	3.5 W	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	2	5	-	12	8	2	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.4 S	1.8 E	3.5 W	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1200	1018	1005	3560	565	1950	2154	1688	3395	3055	3073	3758	2534	692	349	227	271	231	215	283	219	1759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	-	mid-ebb	-	high	-	low	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-
High Tide / height (m)					1:20PM 1.73						8:57AM 3.11				6:52PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)										3:25AM 0.40							12:57AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	9	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	10	10	13	11	12	11	10	9	11	14	14	9	21	14	19	10	14	19	16	14
Chill °C (?)	9	17	8	10	13	9	11	11	8	8	11	14	13	6	21	13	19	8	13	19	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.4 S	1.8 E	3.5 W	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.9 N	-	0.7 W	-	-	1.0 WSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	3	-	-	5	10

	Tuesday 14
	1AM	0AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	1.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	2.1 S	0.8 E	2.0 S	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.9 S	1.0 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	11	10	13	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	14	10	10	13	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1338	1059	1323	2281	1010	1571	3136	2323	3076	3081	2218	2872	2295	755	1143	371	976	333	352	799	340	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	2	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	19	9	12	10	12	14	12	10	10	14	14	15	13	19	17	19	14	15	20	15	13
Chill °C (?)	9	19	7	11	8	11	12	11	8	9	13	13	14	12	19	17	19	14	15	20	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	1.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	2.1 S	0.9 E	2.0 S	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.9 S	1.0 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	11	10	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	9	10	10	13	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	7	12	13	16	13	14	14	13	14	14	12	14	11	12	14	12	14	8	12	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4

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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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