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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	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Awana Great Barrier Island	Scott Point Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 N	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 NE	0.3 N	1.4 SW	1.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	14	13	13	16	9	12	8	12	14	7	13	16	12	11	9	11	11	18
Energy(?)	288	220	366	784	698	195	126	3330	1286	866	535	49	821	447	25	760	2036	1910	189	744	752	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:22PM 2.42				3:35AM 2.57	5:11AM 1.90	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78	8:02PM 2.18	8:28AM 2.13		10:23PM 1.60	11:09AM 1.50		3:38AM 1.79	4:28AM 2.18		9:24PM 1.62	11:13AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			11:46PM 0.32	7:28AM 0.50		9:26PM 0.31	11:20AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52		2:18AM 0.73		2:46PM 0.81		4:52AM 0.47	5:16PM 0.45	9:28PM 0.45	10:23AM 1.00	5:49PM 0.51	3:35AM 0.72	5:05AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	17	15	19	18	17	25	15	14	22	32	21	21	25	19	21	15	12	16	17	18	15
Low °C	17	17	13	15	18	15	21	15	11	20	31	19	21	24	16	19	15	9	14	17	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	19	18	17	25	13	12	22	32	21	21	25	18	21	14	9	16	17	18	15
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:52	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NE	-	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	-	0.3 N	1.4 SW	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	-	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	12	14	13	7	-	9	12	-	12	14	8	10	16	10	-	9	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	-	-	15	5	13	-	15	7	-	9	11	11	9	7	11	-	11	9	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 NE	0.4 SW	-	1.9 SSE	2.2 WNW	-	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	8	3	-	7	7	-	12	11	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Black Swamp Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 SW	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	14	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	8	9
Energy(?)	504	242	327	537	228	244	768	770	784	907	1326	1416	1446	1002	2665	537	240	82	82	1541	1458	1286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								4:29AM 2.04				6:13PM 2.34					8:19AM 1.71	12:35PM 2.19	1:31PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:49AM 0.24	11:19AM 0.39								10:37AM 0.32				12:36AM 0.45	1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	21	19	15	13	13	15	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	23	28	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	21	19	14	12	12	15	19	18	18	15	14	14	14	12	23	28	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	14	11	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	16	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.1 E	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	8	13	-	13	-	-	15	20	19	18	18	5	6	13	12	7	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	-	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.3 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	-	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	4	2	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	9	13	12	12	6	3	-	10	8	-

	Wednesday 07	Thursday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Black Swamp Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	14	12	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	14	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	831	461	288	466	232	209	196	1029	632	620	620	679	622	413	253	23	34	125	160	184	768	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:46AM 2.35				3:56PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	21	20	17	19	18	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	17	17	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	21	20	16	19	18	19	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	17	17	14	12	13
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	14	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	9	14	14	10	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	14	8	13	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	11	11	8	8	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	-	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	2	-	-	10	10

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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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