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

	Thu	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSE	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 W	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.8 SW	1.6 NE	1.2 NE	2.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	7	13	12	14	14	12	13	13	13	14	10	9	9	10	12	9	10	6	5	9	12	9
Energy(?)	335	131	3085	3025	810	613	2497	2036	1513	1665	428	888	1073	647	683	50	847	175	64	807	641	1865
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:32PM 3.48		1:34AM 2.17		5:27PM 2.00	3:15AM 2.19		5:06PM 2.44		5:46AM 2.43			8:08AM 1.93	5:36PM 1.91	8:35PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.86	4:00PM 2.55		4:40AM 2.30		10:45PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM -0.03	6:20AM 0.42	1:43PM 0.13	7:18PM 0.15	8:36AM 0.16		8:56PM 0.01	9:30AM 0.27		11:32PM 0.35	12:03PM 0.54	1:28PM 0.27	12:33AM 0.44			2:57AM 0.25			10:30PM 0.66	10:52AM 0.73	1:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	15	7	-	5	-	4	3	7	4	-	-
High °C	13	17	17	14	15	18	10	15	18	18	20	14	14	17	19	20	17	17	13	13	15	11
Low °C	9	15	15	13	15	17	9	12	18	17	18	14	14	16	18	16	16	16	13	11	15	9
Chill °C (?)	12	16	16	13	14	18	9	14	18	18	20	12	12	17	19	20	17	16	12	11	15	11
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 E	2.1 NW	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.8 SW	-	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	13	12	14	14	12	13	13	13	14	8	9	12	10	12	9	10	-	8	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.8 N	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	18	7	16	-	-	16	-	-	16	8	8	8	-	12	9	11	16	-	13	-	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.1 NNE	2.5 NW	-	-	1.9 S	0.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.2 NE	2.3 ENE	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	7	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	7	9	-	-	6	3	6	5	9	-	9

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	530	251	264	599	1178	519	2787	1979	1237	3025	2852	2387	2767	2604	1229	3469	3232	1061	1099	1008	2036	1904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	low	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17			2:36PM 2.23	5:27PM 2.00		12:30AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)			1:11AM 0.15	6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13						6:46AM 0.09	9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	15	10	13	17	16	15	14	13	13	15	15	21	13	9	9	14	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	13	15	9	12	17	15	14	13	11	11	14	14	21	13	8	8	14	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	9	10	9	11	12	16	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.7 NE	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	7	12	13	16	16	-	15	-	-	10	-	10	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Thursday 06				Friday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	9	7	6	7	7	18	7	7	18	10	11	13	11	12	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	490	215	277	230	319	179	259	327	229	353	386	198	404	165	131	165	519	97	97	97	3085	2060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)							1:27AM 2.34															4:31PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																10:24AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	18	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	13	15	16	17	19	20	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	14	18	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	12	14	16	17	19	20	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	11	9	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	13	7	12	11	11	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.9 NE	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	13	7	8	18	8	18	10	18	10	10	11	10	11	7	11	16	9	9	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	0.3 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	-	2	12	12

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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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