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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Karekare Auckland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	9	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	0.6 S	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	17	13	12	15	8	9	15	12	15	12	16	16	10	11	11	10	13	12	10	16
Energy	2012	923	376	245	1505	3933	1243	1172	713	2172	7262	544	2276	1809	522	2221	1755	309	610	998	91	8899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 1.53		11:01PM 1.64	11:38AM 1.54	2:46PM 0.98	2:37AM 1.41		12:27PM 1.45		7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		1:55AM 1.78	10:26AM 1.97	1:02PM 1.86	10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		4:46PM 0.05		5:33AM 0.11		8:02PM 0.52	6:31AM 0.15		11:11PM 0.94		5:11PM 0.84	2:41AM 0.45		5:36PM 0.22		3:32AM 0.38	5:14PM 0.47	7:53PM 0.26	4:16AM 0.32			4:56AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	14	14	17	18	13	14	11	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	13	17	18	12
Low °C	13	11	11	12	14	12	13	16	11	11	11	12	13	13	11	12	14	12	12	17	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	11	12	12	17	18	12	12	8	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	16	18	9
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:29	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	0.6 S	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	13	8	12	-	8	10	15	12	-	12	16	16	10	11	22	10	13	12	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	11	10	6	10	10	-	14	13	5	8	-	5	-	9	4	9	-	9	20	21	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	1.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	2	-	5	15	8	9	-	12	15	4	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23						Friday 24							Saturday 25								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Karekare Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	16	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	9	13	12	12
Energy	1166	1877	1319	790	1212	1048	561	531	548	2050	626	6699	6897	11104	5020	4885	3469	1010	1172	6072	3094	3132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:31AM 1.55											6:19PM 1.81	9:06PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.21	10:56AM 1.72			7:30PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				4:56PM 0.06	6:39PM 0.47			5:24AM 0.08		11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56				1:08PM 0.39	3:48PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	13	11	20	20	11	12	11	14	15	14	14	13	11	11	13	18	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	9	20	20	10	10	9	14	14	13	13	11	10	9	11	18	18	17	13	13
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	16	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	-	13	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 S	0.2 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	11	11	11	9	9	7	13	9	-	-	9	8	8	-	9	13	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	1.2 S	0.6 S	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	11	10	-	8	6	12	-	16	16	15	14	14	14	-	9	13	12	12

	Thursday 23																	Friday 24
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Karekare Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	9	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	6	6
Energy	968	2132	2012	1408	1606	1583	1049	1356	319	140	341	142	147	569	192	192	497	427	196	488	162	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:39PM 2.81			5:04PM 1.88		7:57PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	13	14	19	19	15	14	14	11	11	9	9	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	11	11	12	19	19	14	12	13	10	10	7	7	8	6	6	8	7	8	6	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 E	2.1 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	12	12	9	9	7	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.8 E	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	13	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.9 S	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	9	-	-	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	6	4	6	6

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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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