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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kingston Norfolk Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	5	6	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	3	3	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	4.0 W	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	0.3 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	4.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	1.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.0 S	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	15	16	14	13	13	14	8	14	13	8	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	4007	581	5753	1567	778	597	2594	61	2551	304	73	6552	373	4443	2606	2775	276	1028	1987	416	1560	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:38AM 2.00		7:17PM 3.00	7:31AM 2.17		10:18PM 1.92	10:49AM 1.97	1:02PM 2.16	10:59PM 2.06			9:17PM 2.75		3:17PM 2.48	2:58AM 2.03	10:18AM 2.75		9:15PM 1.76		12:40PM 2.26	9:04PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 0.80		1:06PM 1.06	1:35AM 0.97		5:44PM 0.54		4:36AM 0.26			6:47AM 0.24	3:07PM 0.11		5:57AM 0.00		8:50PM 0.09	4:13AM -0.11	4:44PM 0.23	3:29AM 0.16	6:29AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	28	-	1	2	4	11	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	9	14	14	18	8	6	13	6	7	10	11	14	10	13	10	9	10	12	16	13
Low °C	13	9	7	12	9	18	6	5	10	5	7	10	10	13	9	10	8	9	9	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	8	7	13	13	17	5	2	10	4	4	6	8	12	9	12	9	7	10	12	15	12
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	0.3 ESE	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	-	1.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	1.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	1.0 S	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	15	16	14	13	13	8	8	9	-	8	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	1.4 NNW	0.3 NE	0.6 N	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	17	-	-	-	6	9	8	6	7	15	14	-	14	-	8	-	8	23	22	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 W	-	0.9 SW	2.0 NE	-	0.4 S	2.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 NW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.5 N	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	6	7	-	3	14	3	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	5	6

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	5	5	6	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.3 SSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	17	16	16	13	13	13	17	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	8
Energy(?)	3946	4007	5432	4437	3283	3287	5753	3996	1262	1910	4467	1237	1446	5177	3288	1394	2050	706	650	2308	2618	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	6:14PM 2.03				6:38AM 2.00	10:38AM 2.11				9:34PM 1.78			7:31AM 2.17	10:08AM 1.84	1:09PM 2.24		7:57PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)			12:44AM 1.22					3:31PM 0.63											1:01AM 0.48	3:52AM 0.35		11:51AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	19	3	9	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	10
Temp. °C	13	13	14	13	13	11	9	7	8	7	8	12	12	8	12	7	15	12	20	6	7	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	12	8	7	4	7	4	5	11	11	6	10	3	14	11	20	3	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	1.3 N	2.0 NNE	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.5 N
Period (s)	13	13	17	16	16	13	14	14	17	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.9 W	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 NW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NW	0.7 N	0.1 E
Period (s)	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	16	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	15	14	9	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.6 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	14	-	-	14	14	6	5	8	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	5	5	6	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 NW	2.0 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	5	14	13	13	9
Energy(?)	3477	3644	4039	4115	3931	2317	380	368	681	411	2284	4282	3784	2207	405	1303	3011	40	1556	1017	1096	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:14PM 2.03												6:38AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)										3:07AM 0.57	4:30AM 0.68								11:15AM 0.49		2:44PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	8	8	9	8	13	13	8	7	11	14	13	17	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	13	5	5	5	5	7	5	12	12	5	5	9	13	13	16	9	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 NNW	2.0 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	11	16	16	14	14	14	15	4	14	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	1.9 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	17	14	9	9	8	9	14	-	-	14	8	8	-	16	9	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 N	-	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	5	4	-	5	4	4	4	-

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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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