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 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	1.5 ENE	2.2 SSE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	13	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	11	14	10	8	11	9
Energy(?)	2973	196	218	179	5351	2679	779	2596	1933	3267	5756	6160	3090	3004	3977	2052	1184	2993	1608	586	1764	843
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 1.94		9:24PM 3.12	10:02AM 2.15														12:57AM 3.32			11:08PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11PM 0.62		3:55AM 0.19	3:46PM 0.13											6:53AM 0.21		6:46PM 0.63	7:10AM 0.67	2:46PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	2	-	3	2	-	2	3	1	-	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	16	12	15	12	11	21	18	12	13	13	11	19	18	15	15	20	20	14	19	16	13
Low °C	12	14	10	14	12	11	20	17	9	10	11	10	18	17	14	15	20	15	14	16	15	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	10	13	9	8	21	18	11	12	11	11	19	18	14	14	20	20	12	19	15	12
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	3.0 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	1.2 ENE	1.8 SSE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	9	10	-	12	10	13	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	10	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 N	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.0 S
Period (s)	15	5	4	11	-	-	15	-	21	18	8	16	18	-	8	8	11	10	11	9	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	11	-	8	8	11	-

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kingston Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 SW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	12	10	7	10	8	9	12	13	12	13	12	12	13	10	12
Energy(?)	3037	1427	3030	1248	2369	685	293	242	590	792	324	969	305	3036	3161	3619	3078	1772	1500	1798	1001	3010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	low	low	-
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 3.11	9:22AM 2.02												10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																		4:09AM 0.50		11:14AM 0.22	1:57PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	10	9	11	12	14	9	9	14	10	10	11	14	16	13	9	9	11	11	12	17	21	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	12	13	6	6	13	7	9	8	13	15	12	6	8	11	11	11	17	21	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	12	12	9	10	9	9	11	10	12	13	12	12	13	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 E	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.3 E	-	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	18	15	12	12	12	12	6	11	6	10	11	11	11	10	11	-	14	10	10	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 N	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 W	2.0 SW	1.1 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	5	10	7	4	8	4	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Wednesday 15
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kingston Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	2.3 W	0.8 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	9	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	12	11	10	11	12	9
Energy(?)	2298	1518	1352	2353	1535	422	272	252	305	220	221	240	204	212	546	1178	297	1462	1520	125	1727	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			2:50AM 0.80	3:15AM 0.31												3:46PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	10	10	9	9	11	10	7	13	11	13	13	14	16	14	13	12	16	13	14	16	21	9
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	7	10	7	6	12	10	12	12	14	16	14	12	9	16	11	12	16	21	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	2.3 W	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	2.2 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	12	9	12	8	12	12	12	9	10	6	12	12	11	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 W	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	12	10	13	18	13	8	10	4	5	4	12	16	12	16	16	6	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	4	2	4	5	4	5	-	6	11	10	-	-	9

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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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