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 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	15	14	11	10	7	18	13	14	10	16	14	12	13	12	12	13	11	13	12
Energy(?)	284	802	139	251	904	400	240	349	305	3534	3301	358	857	1632	1412	1144	1331	648	784	580	629	1359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:23AM 2.10		4:13PM 1.86	1:43AM 2.49	4:40AM 1.96	1:01PM 2.32	1:32AM 2.38	6:48AM 1.87		11:05PM 1.12	8:21AM 2.00		8:53PM 1.87	9:25AM 1.74	2:17PM 3.31	9:25PM 1.54	10:54AM 1.81	3:16PM 3.17	3:58AM 3.03	11:10AM 1.88	5:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 0.04	8:36AM 0.01		7:26PM -0.04	11:01AM 0.02		7:18PM -0.09		1:17PM 0.33	4:23AM 0.42		2:42PM 0.11	3:03AM 0.12			3:37AM -0.00	4:18AM 0.23		9:37PM 0.90	4:57AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	9	11	17	18	16	21	14	12	17	17	14	19	19	18	12	19	11	15	20	13	17	17
Low °C	9	10	15	17	15	18	13	9	15	16	13	19	18	16	10	19	11	12	19	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	6	9	17	18	15	21	13	10	17	16	13	19	19	18	11	19	10	14	20	11	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	10	18	16	14	10	12	14	12	13	12	12	13	11	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	7	-	8	12	8	15	22	18	11	-	-	13	16	6	-	-	8	9	-	9	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	2.1 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	8	-	4	10	7	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	12

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.9 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	8
Energy(?)	751	1255	1390	880	1154	767	624	520	591	648	1170	743	723	636	675	228	340	565	260	246	266	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:28AM 1.86		11:44AM 3.46				12:07AM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18									1:11AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	9	9	10	15	18	19	17	15	15	15	15	15	13	23	23	13	13	17	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	7	7	8	15	18	19	17	15	15	15	15	15	12	23	23	13	13	17	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.9 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 S	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 NE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	8	9	21	9	14	13	9	4	8	8	8	11	8	6	13	11	7	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	2.5 SW	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	5	4	9	8	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04											Wednesday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	15	9	4	10	10	10	-	13	14	8	13	12	9	12
Energy(?)	667	762	751	356	1302	341	771	819	63	55	11	60	59	58	0	145	70	52	183	141	90	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	5:09AM 1.52	6:21AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)										10:33PM 0.43						4:46AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	8	9	12	11	12	11	10	15	15	15	16	9	9	14	10	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	6	6	6	11	9	12	11	9	15	15	15	16	8	7	14	9	12	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	9	8	13	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 WNW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	9	7	8	8	9	9	4	5	5	5	5	8	14	10	8	8	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	7	6	6	4	4	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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