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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	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Nicks Point Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.8 E	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	9	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	3575	3016	926	1316	1013	919	1221	1708	1919	1329	877	1134	789	2444	2050	1876	1884	920	308	964	3506	1399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:13AM 2.09	1:32PM 2.27	2:10AM 2.26	4:52AM 2.19	5:13PM 2.03		5:47AM 2.13	2:07PM 3.38	2:41AM 3.24		3:00PM 3.26			5:17PM 2.00	3:01AM 2.56		4:25PM 2.73		4:10AM 2.81	5:44PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)	1:09AM -0.02	10:30AM 0.08		7:52PM -0.06	11:08AM 0.12		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17		8:23PM 0.70	8:48AM 0.86		10:43PM 0.18	8:14AM 0.34		9:00PM 0.45	9:05AM 0.45		10:02PM 0.91	10:20AM 1.02		12:09AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	2	3	-	1	5	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	26	1	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	18	18	19	16	16	16	15	18	19	14	18	21	19	13	19	21	23	13	17
Low °C	12	14	16	13	16	18	16	15	15	15	17	19	13	18	19	18	12	18	20	23	13	16
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	18	18	19	15	16	16	15	18	19	14	18	21	19	12	19	21	23	10	16
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:20	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.8 E	0.6 N	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	9	8	12	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	-	0.8 NW	0.9 E	0.5 E	1.3 NNE	-	1.4 NNE	0.7 E	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	13	15	13	13	12	12	-	9	12	12	12	-	10	13	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1067	1417	4922	4361	3016	2222	1796	1398	1293	1277	1192	1047	1013	1427	1054	1021	1094	1034	597	597	4283	2275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 2.28					4:18PM 2.05		12:51AM 3.43				11:54AM 3.05	2:29PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)						10:11AM 0.09							8:24AM 0.19			6:20PM 0.08				6:49AM 0.41	7:47AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1
Temp. °C	16	12	9	9	14	16	14	13	16	16	16	15	16	21	22	20	20	16	17	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	11	7	7	12	15	13	11	15	15	15	14	15	21	22	20	20	16	17	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	12	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	16	11	12	12	-	9	9	10	18	17	16	16	-	-	-	15	-	15	15	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Friday 05				Saturday 06
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSE	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1239	1119	4181	4404	3636	3575	4077	4527	706	777	809	783	2767	606	3828	682	694	982	640	687	1237	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	11:03AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)												6:09AM 0.57	7:32AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	16	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	16	11	18	14	20	19	17	20	20	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	16	9	18	13	20	19	17	20	20	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:16	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	8	14	14	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	-	7	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	9	-	-	9	-	-	9	16	15	15	15	-	12	-	7	7	14	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	11	-	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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