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

	Tue		Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	11	12	22	17	13	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	10	10	10	10
Energy	1282	829	1200	1655	6499	4301	894	884	1292	2345	1875	1559	1247	1880	1526	683	950	701	412	526	732	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 2.32			1:05AM 2.10			8:38PM 2.30	9:12AM 3.36		9:27PM 2.54		3:01PM 1.86		3:18AM 1.77	2:18PM 2.36	2:30AM 2.29	3:58AM 1.73	4:23PM 1.79	12:20AM 3.06	11:42AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42AM 0.41	6:27AM 0.28	4:43PM 0.27	6:48PM 0.27	6:19AM 0.50	2:44PM 0.21	2:47AM 0.43	3:07AM 0.52	3:20PM 0.19		8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33		8:35PM 0.71	10:06AM 0.39		6:16PM 0.97	5:39AM 0.76	5:56PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
High °C	14	17	19	12	10	10	14	14	13	12	16	14	17	15	17	14	17	17	22	19	19	21
Low °C	13	16	17	10	8	9	14	11	10	11	15	13	16	14	15	14	15	17	20	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	9	7	8	13	13	13	12	15	14	16	14	16	14	17	16	22	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.1 SE	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	21	12	12	12	11	14	10	16	15	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	24	22	17	-	-	16	11	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	6	5	-	8	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	-	-	1.5 W	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	5	13	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	4	3	3	-	3	3	4	5	5	5

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20	20	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Energy	1201	1007	1289	1374	1269	1113	1027	1047	1213	1376	1292	6499	6933	6216	5396	3761	3406	3513	3152	1114	1169	1038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10		7:49AM 2.42				8:15PM 2.42		1:22AM 1.85				12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)			6:06PM 0.26			5:37AM 0.50			2:09PM 0.54						7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	12	11	11	13	16	18	19	18	17	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	10	10	9	11	16	18	19	18	17	7	7	5	6	8	8	9	7	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	19	8	12	12	12	20	20	11	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	18	18	20	13	10	10	22	21	20	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28											Wednesday 29
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W
Period(s)	13	13	22	11	20	11	13	12	12	12	12	20	19	19	19	13	18	18	18	11	12	21
Energy	1242	1201	689	1323	833	1427	913	883	924	844	898	1370	1339	1383	1500	1892	1113	1558	1547	426	556	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:19PM 2.14					12:41AM 1.86								8:11AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)						5:14PM 0.47													6:45AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	13	14	13	13	17	17	17	17	17	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	11	12	11	11	17	17	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	21	20	20	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	13	8	10	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	26	18	22	-	7	15	18	11	24	24	24	20	19	19	19	18	10	18	18	20	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

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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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