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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	10	12	13	12	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	14	11	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	17	15
Energy	1095	1754	3166	4755	5690	7760	3064	3067	3052	2174	1723	1253	1250	3561	3420	3238	3334	2789	3225	1534	1638	1297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26	4:24PM 2.51	11:55PM 1.46		1:00PM 1.56	1:24AM 1.61	8:25AM 1.86		11:10PM 1.99		2:09PM 1.60			1:53PM 1.74		3:58AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94			6:51AM 0.15		7:10PM 0.24		3:40PM 0.39		7:49AM 0.43		9:03PM 0.37	5:58AM 0.38		9:56PM 0.41	10:11AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	12	12	9	8	17	10	14	14	12	8	8	9	13	15	13	10	10	14	18
Low °C	14	9	9	10	11	8	8	16	10	13	12	11	8	8	8	10	12	12	10	9	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	9	10	11	11	7	6	17	8	13	13	11	6	6	7	12	15	12	9	8	13	18
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	14	11	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.4 N	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	7	13	-	6	-	13	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	10	10	10	18	11	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-

	Friday 22							Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	14
Energy	1482	1283	1095	1054	1754	3873	3823	3166	2977	4487	4755	4278	5690	6054	7138	7760	6444	5534	3064	3184	3067	3377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93					8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)					1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28					3:04PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	9	11	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	17	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	7	9	7	7	7	8	10	8	9	11	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	12	10	13	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	7	14	-	13	13	12	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1731	1598	1482	1390	1350	1283	1223	1211	1095	1067	1002	1054	1054	1865	1754	1660	3943	3873	3873	4113	3823	3691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 3.17														4:51PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)										9:11AM 0.93			12:06PM 0.40	1:22PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	8	9	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13

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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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