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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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Karekare Auckland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	2	5	6	4	4	4	4	7	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 SE	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	10	18	7	12	12	14	17	15	13	13	14	13	16	10	13	12	8	12
Energy(?)	2343	1045	2032	1192	991	459	262	2607	1221	1091	583	555	566	1929	2706	2287	1939	190	1847	2897	517	2767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:35AM 3.26	8:02AM 1.67		10:10PM 1.70		2:40PM 0.89	11:49PM 1.66		12:27PM 1.45	1:08AM 1.57		1:38PM 1.44	2:06AM 1.52	4:46AM 1.33		9:24PM 1.89			12:41AM 1.86	10:26AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		5:31PM 0.39	7:18PM 0.75		4:57PM 0.07		8:58AM 0.48			6:21AM 0.12		6:50PM 0.17	10:35AM 0.22		7:48PM 0.22	11:19AM 0.20	12:34PM 0.46		6:35AM 0.13	3:56PM 0.29	6:23PM 0.22	4:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	9	13	14	13	14	16	15	16	15	12	18	15	12	12	17	12	18	13	15	12
Low °C	15	20	8	13	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	11	14	15	11	9	16	11	18	12	13	9
Chill °C (?)	16	20	7	11	13	12	14	16	15	15	14	11	18	14	9	10	16	11	18	10	14	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	0.1 NE	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	12	12	14	13	10	13	18	14	13	16	10	13	14	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	9	13	10	13	16	9	17	15	9	10	-	-	-	12	-	22	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 S	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	9	9	-	-	12	-	8	4	-	-	13	7	-	8	-	-	12	-	-

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.1 E	4.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	8	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	9	9	10	16	12	12	16	16	15
Energy(?)	2343	2598	1745	504	3483	1122	3045	3062	1641	1078	866	1337	1212	650	540	1881	740	1943	652	6186	6651	4411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:03PM 3.22			9:11PM 1.72	12:13AM 1.63			10:31AM 1.55				11:11PM 1.68		1:24AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57AM 0.68											4:56PM 0.06	6:39PM 0.47					11:55AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	16	10	12	8	17	17	10	13	13	11	20	10	10	20	12	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	19	15	9	10	5	16	16	8	11	11	10	20	9	8	20	11	15	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.6 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	11	9	9	11	16	11	12	12	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SE	0.1 NE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.4 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	12	16	8	8	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	10	8	13	9	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.1 S	4.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	-	-	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	2.4 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	8	11	8	11	11	9	9	-	9	11	-	-	10	5	12	-	16	12	15

	Wednesday 22																	Thursday 23
	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	8PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.3 S	0.9 E	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	8	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	10	17	9	16
Energy(?)	2637	2373	2343	539	226	2154	2339	908	3166	3735	3505	4132	2798	3698	3458	3008	966	161	343	156	398	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								11:26AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57AM 0.68									3:51PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	9	13	7	20	20	12	13	13	12	20	12	12	19	14	5	9	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	12	17	14	7	10	3	20	20	9	10	10	9	20	9	9	19	13	3	7	3	4	3
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	2.3 SSE	3.0 S	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	2.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	10	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	18	8	17	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.3 SW	0.8 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	12	8	8	8	-	11	11	-	8	11	8	11	8	8	14	15	13	10	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	-	1.3 S	4.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	-	8	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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