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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	5	9	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.2 NNW	3.5 NW	3.0 W	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	3.0 S	1.6 W	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	9	14	13	13	12	10	8	9	7	8	8	12	13	11	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	711	5414	1460	328	384	1774	823	2183	1966	572	356	569	230	376	230	3241	2686	7251	8017	2544	1071	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 2.17	8:14AM 1.78		8:36PM 1.84	9:15AM 1.91		11:00PM 2.40	8:52AM 3.04		3:20AM 1.60		4:57PM 1.57	9:04PM 4.06			9:50PM 3.02	10:16AM 3.02	3:23PM 2.05	3:56AM 2.21	11:08AM 3.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 0.56	3:02PM 0.70	3:32AM 0.59		5:11PM 0.33	2:57AM 0.36		4:57PM 0.55			3:02PM 0.76	9:01PM 0.08	8:53AM 0.12		3:14AM 0.67	9:45AM 0.10	4:42PM 0.19				9:34PM -0.02	4:56AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	28	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	15	19	20	12	19	18	20	24	20	14	20	16	16	17	13	18	18	13	20
Low °C	16	13	12	14	19	18	10	18	16	19	21	16	14	20	14	15	16	11	17	17	10	19
Chill °C (?)	16	12	14	15	19	20	11	19	18	20	24	20	13	20	14	15	15	11	18	18	11	20
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.1 NE	1.8 S	0.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.2 NNW	3.5 NW	3.0 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.1 WSW	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	-	13	10	14	14	13	13	12	10	6	9	9	8	8	12	13	11	12	12	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	9	14	-	-	9	8	8	8	9	10	6	10	16	16	-	9	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.4 NE	1.5 WNW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	1.1 SSW	1.8 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	-	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	4	14	-	-	9	7	6	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	5	7	6	11	12	-	11	-

	Saturday 29							Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 NE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNE	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	8	13	10	7	9	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1289	1920	3041	6021	1888	7872	4667	3555	3092	1951	1674	570	253	284	514	1756	3002	1407	2026	633	581	2059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78						12:44AM 1.73		6:48AM 2.53		11:47AM 1.80		6:53PM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)									3:32AM 0.59								1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	13	14	15	12	11	11	12	17	23	14	22	16	17	13	17	19	12	13	19
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	12	13	15	12	9	10	11	17	23	13	22	15	16	12	17	19	11	12	19
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 N	2.2 NNE	2.5 NW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	9	13	10	7	9	11	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	15	-	6	14	14	12	7	-	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	-	4.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 N	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNE	-	-	-	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	4	7	9	-	-	-	6	6	-

	Saturday 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	14	9	6	10	11	11	11	14	14	11
Energy(?)	1410	1178	1267	157	476	215	2262	2629	3041	970	865	143	237	290	20	277	868	664	738	2349	2191	717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:22AM 1.74	8:41AM 2.12				12:11PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	12	9	11	11	12	13	16	15	20	16	20	21	17	17	18	17	11	11	17
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	10	7	9	9	10	11	16	15	20	15	20	21	16	17	18	17	10	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.1 NW	1.2 ENE	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	14	9	12	10	11	11	11	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	15	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	14	5	11	5	9	9	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	-	0.9 NE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.4 NE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	6	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	11	-	6	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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