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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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Baylys Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	5	5	4	3	4	2	2	7	9	9	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 NNE	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 NE	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.4 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	16	16	16	15	16	14	15	13	14	8	16	15	14	14	14	9	14	12	9
Energy(?)	9687	6070	6730	4612	4860	6423	2991	3385	2645	2561	621	2594	194	305	512	15602	11229	3842	391	2379	634	2378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 1.79	12:38PM 1.85		9:44PM 1.84	10:58AM 1.94		11:13PM 1.98	9:03AM 3.15		9:15PM 2.64	9:37AM 2.64		11:40PM 1.97	9:38AM 2.48	3:16PM 1.82	3:35AM 1.85	12:30PM 1.97		12:46AM 1.97	11:12AM 2.56	1:48PM 2.02	10:04PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 0.25	6:26PM 0.35	3:57AM 0.56	4:45AM 0.31	2:10PM 0.61			2:16PM 0.39	3:27AM 0.27		3:44PM 0.29				9:19PM 0.27	6:23AM 0.41	6:39PM 0.41		5:07AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	34	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	9	-	-	1	-	5
High °C	9	15	14	12	13	13	9	18	13	15	10	17	13	16	15	13	13	18	21	19	9	9
Low °C	7	11	13	11	9	12	5	17	12	14	10	17	11	13	15	10	11	17	17	19	8	6
Chill °C (?)	7	13	13	9	11	12	9	18	11	15	8	17	12	15	14	11	12	17	21	19	5	6
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 NNE	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 NE	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.4 N
Period (s)	16	16	18	16	16	16	15	16	14	15	13	14	8	16	15	15	14	14	9	14	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	3.0 NW	-	0.5 N	1.6 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 N	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	-	0.2 ENE	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	7	10	-	16	9	17	5	16	9	7	7	-	12	-	12	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 W	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	2	4	14	14	-	3	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	8	8	7	6	5	7	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	17	16	16	19	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	17
Energy(?)	14026	9053	8363	9075	6070	3335	5192	7421	7048	6403	5006	4645	6512	3330	5008	3998	5046	4581	3626	3298	2064	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 1.79													1:23PM 1.86			10:28PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)											2:07AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	9	7	11	15	15	14	14	12	11	11	13	15	10	10	10	9	8	14	8	19
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	4	8	15	13	13	14	12	11	10	13	14	8	8	10	8	6	13	8	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 NW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	17	17	16	16	13	16	17	17	17	16	16	11	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	1.7 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.4 N	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SW	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	18	-	18	-	-	19	-	-	18	-	-	-	15	17	7	8	10	10	10	18	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16				Friday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	8	8	7	6	5	7	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	14	16	20	16	20	20	20	13	20	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	12
Energy(?)	9963	15233	12657	8950	14291	1462	9128	1938	1870	2331	3869	2665	8406	2399	4778	4778	6568	6236	5717	6623	5192	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						12:55AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	6	8	15	7	14	14	12	12	13	8	14	14	16	10	11	11	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	4	5	14	4	13	13	10	11	12	6	13	13	16	8	9	8	13	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	14	18	14	16	11	16	11	11	20	13	13	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	18	20	-	20	20	-	20	20	-	19	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

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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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