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 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Scott Point Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	9	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 SW	1.5 NE	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	13	12	9	14	14	13	13	11	8	9	7	9	16	9	12	11	12	12	16
Energy(?)	1202	709	5861	1479	1131	405	1249	1783	2279	2229	623	333	644	356	65	220	1517	3739	2623	2140	1870	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 1.73	6:47PM 1.81		9:39AM 2.21		11:18PM 1.75	9:10AM 1.88		9:40PM 2.00	11:28AM 2.41		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		8:15PM 2.56	5:34AM 1.63	3:52PM 1.94	11:04PM 2.94	11:20AM 3.07		1:17AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 0.50	12:34PM 0.56		12:44AM 0.99		2:27PM 0.49			3:31PM 0.37	4:00AM 0.28	5:24AM 0.49	3:02PM 0.76	3:30AM 0.64		2:50PM 0.49	2:33AM 0.04	11:47AM 0.13			5:08AM 0.04	4:35PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	16	7	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	14	22	21	19	21	20	19	21	23	20	16	14	12	15	12	13	18	19	11
Low °C	11	16	13	12	19	18	18	21	19	17	20	21	17	14	14	10	13	11	12	15	18	8
Chill °C (?)	12	17	11	13	22	21	19	21	20	19	21	23	20	16	13	11	13	10	10	18	19	9
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	1.5 SW	0.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.1 NE	1.9 S	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 N	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	14	-	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	11	9	9	7	9	7	9	9	11	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.5 NE	-	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	6	-	9	14	-	-	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	10	16	7	-	15	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	0.5 N	1.5 NE	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	14	-	3	9	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	5	8	9	12	-	-	-	7

	Fri	Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	2.0 NNE	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	15	10	8	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1178	1410	1289	1047	3041	6075	1783	1064	4606	3774	3041	1970	1692	1163	2022	2171	299	1078	5712	5355	1350	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78				5:23PM 2.28		12:44AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59						8:30PM 0.22		1:38AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	12	11	12	12	16	14	20	19	21	17	13	13	18	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	11	9	11	11	16	12	20	19	21	16	12	12	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.7 NNE	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	15	10	8	12	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.1 NE	3.0 WSW	-	1.3 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	10	6	9	13	-	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 N	2.0 NNE	-	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	4	8	-	-	-	11

	Friday 28				Saturday 29
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	1354	1279	1347	731	1164	569	455	151	1267	1421	1732	1045	952	955	641	589	301	277	1098	862	534	8523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						12:58AM 0.49										10:06AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	12	13	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	12	14	20	20	22	18	16	15	19	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	12	11	7	7	8	9	10	9	11	12	14	20	20	22	18	16	14	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	12	12	-	15	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	5	5	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	14

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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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