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 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora Point Wairarapa	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	13	13	13	14	16
Energy(?)	3577	2312	1753	1232	762	436	758	1403	980	953	1721	1251	1115	924	319	216	174	172	438	563	165	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 1.75	3:31PM 2.83	9:15PM 1.48	4:05AM 1.21	4:42PM 2.81	11:49PM 1.51	6:38AM 2.14	5:49PM 2.13		6:26AM 2.06	6:49PM 2.28		7:00AM 2.04		12:59AM 1.75			10:20PM 2.02		3:54PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 0.54	9:53AM 0.65			12:46PM 0.80		12:12AM 0.64	12:32PM 0.63		12:50AM 0.60		1:30PM 0.46		7:10AM 0.12	2:04PM 0.42		10:07AM 0.08		10:07PM 0.07	9:42AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	13	15	13	10	13	10	15	16	15	20	21	15	19	16	14	13	11	13	21
Low °C	16	15	13	12	13	10	9	11	8	13	16	14	16	18	13	15	14	11	12	11	11	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	11	13	11	8	11	10	15	15	14	20	21	15	19	15	13	12	10	12	21
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 NNE	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	20	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	5	13	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	-	0.2 N	-	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	5	8	5	-	9	-	18	8	16	15	7	11	14	13	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 W	1.4 NW	0.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 N	-	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	4	5	-	4	3	-

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 31
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WNW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1027	3675	1224	684	2285	1627	1538	1753	1477	1365	1203	1071	1074	1030	1198	1344	1106	2192	1110	1285	1248	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:53AM 1.57		3:31PM 2.83					4:02AM 1.90				4:41PM 2.05		10:30PM 1.44				12:38PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)						4:23PM 0.44																6:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	7	11	16	12	9	15	14	13	15	13	14	14	11	8	14	10	15	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	13	3	10	16	10	9	15	14	12	15	11	12	14	8	5	13	8	14	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	3.5 SW	0.5 NE	2.1 WNW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.3 N	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	15	13	5	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.2 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	8	-	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	7	21	9	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	-	2.5 SW	0.2 S	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	10	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	4	4	-	12	4	13	-	-

	Wednesday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WNW	4.0 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	9	9	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	876	8557	727	553	3745	447	2793	3776	3693	3355	3031	2776	2678	2454	354	354	877	1535	246	255	234	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)																						10:32PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)									9:07AM 0.74						3:44PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	7	11	14	6	9	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	13	15	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	12	3	8	12	1	5	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	13	11	15	8	10	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	4.0 SW	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	4.0 SW	0.8 NE	0.7 NNW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.1 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	9	8	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 WNW	0.2 ESE	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	9	12	-	9	7	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	7	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WNW	-	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	4	4	3

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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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