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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	3	5	4	3	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	7	7	4	6	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 S	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	12	11	14	12	13	12	13	14	16	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1965	1130	2745	2991	1474	418	6549	6331	3131	4061	1458	3631	2949	5363	6202	1969	4335	1150	2495	1683	3022	2982
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 0.86		3:07PM 1.26		10:39AM 1.51		11:01PM 1.45		12:29PM 1.68	8:43PM 1.65			8:25PM 2.62	6:07AM 1.22	6:46PM 1.51		3:43AM 1.43		10:29PM 2.00	10:54AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.56	7:35AM 0.55		12:01AM 0.82	4:11AM 0.54	5:36PM 0.45		7:46AM 0.37			5:48AM 0.39	2:54PM 0.65	2:38AM 0.75	12:10PM 0.41		10:02PM 0.35	9:57AM 0.30	3:40PM 0.34		4:42AM 0.29	3:21PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	11	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	6	16	11	17	16	12	7	12	14	8	15	12	9	11	15	12	18	12	9	13	13
Low °C	16	4	12	7	17	13	11	6	11	14	7	13	11	7	8	15	7	18	11	7	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	1	16	8	17	16	10	5	11	14	5	15	10	6	10	14	10	18	9	6	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	13	11	10	20	13	12	13	14	16	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 W	-	1.7 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	20	18	19	18	10	-	8	8	8	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.7 W	4.5 W	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	0.6 N	1.3 NE	-	2.1 WSW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	12	-	4	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	13	13	-	7	7	-	8	6	-

	Sunday 31				Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 SSE	4.0 W	3.5 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	10	13	13	9	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	13	14	12
Energy(?)	1522	1694	1397	1623	3716	3171	1087	1020	629	1191	5399	3309	4322	3094	1322	1370	591	670	3404	6331	5861	3606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		1:34PM 1.25						9:42AM 1.47	12:25PM 1.36		6:27PM 1.54	10:07PM 1.40		5:44AM 2.28			1:13PM 1.34		6:21PM 2.03			5:52AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)				8:41PM 0.71		3:17AM 0.57				4:59PM 0.54			12:01AM 0.82			8:54AM 0.55					1:21AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	16	6	5	7	10	17	12	5	6	8	9	16	16	16	14	10	6	6	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	4	2	4	7	17	10	2	4	8	8	16	16	16	12	10	4	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 SSE	-	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	-	10	13	13	9	13	10	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.6 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.5 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	-	14	10	10	10	4	12	10	22	23	10	10	8	23	20	18	18	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.5 SW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	3	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31											Monday 01
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 S	2.5 S	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	9	9	10	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1444	2447	2289	2081	892	1228	1485	1239	97	618	914	1130	3564	2761	3524	3524	1738	1135	3402	5433	5870	4503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:51PM 1.23	4:23PM 1.56										1:03AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:54AM 0.49				9:35AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	8	6	7	5	12	5	6	6	6	10	17	17	9	11	11	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	15	5	3	4	3	9	2	2	2	3	6	16	16	6	8	8	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.2 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	18	18	12	12	9	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 N	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	10	14	10	16	10	-	-	10	10	11	12	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	4	-	10	10	11	10	-	-	8	9	10	11	12	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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