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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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shipwreck Bay-Pines Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	5	4	5	3	2	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	7	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 S	0.8 E	1.2 S	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 S	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	10	12	9	11	12	7	14	13	8	12	14	14	15	16	14	14	12	8	11
Energy(?)	2934	2146	2238	545	190	271	2547	4636	315	466	2483	1125	2143	6454	4138	4902	8129	7293	2815	1442	654	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 1.83			9:24PM 3.12	10:12AM 2.05			10:43AM 2.25			8:31AM 1.37						11:15AM 3.62		1:32AM 2.07	3:48AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 0.40			3:11PM 0.62		4:05AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.19		4:34AM 0.10							3:10PM 0.20		5:11AM 0.26	5:33PM 0.28	7:21PM 0.29	10:14AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	20	10	12	-	-	-	2	2	-	15	-	-	10	5	24	2	4	7	-	-	3	-
High °C	11	13	12	11	16	20	18	11	13	13	18	14	12	12	13	13	15	14	13	21	8	20
Low °C	10	12	11	10	15	16	18	11	12	11	17	10	12	12	12	11	13	14	12	21	7	20
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	16	20	17	7	11	12	18	13	11	12	11	12	14	13	11	21	6	20
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 S	0.8 E	1.2 S	0.6 SW	-	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 S	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.0 E	1.6 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	10	12	9	16	-	7	14	13	7	12	14	14	15	16	14	14	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.8 E	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.1 NW	-	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSE	1.5 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	5	10	10	-	14	10	-	12	8	18	9	9	8	-	-	7	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NE	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	12	3	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Pines Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.5 S	0.8 E	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	12	10	12	9	9	10	10	11	10	12	12
Energy(?)	1005	3530	3023	1920	2101	1688	4018	3052	4677	1378	740	200	351	232	260	704	202	205	2183	2051	3762	4548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	high	-	-	high	-	-	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					8:42PM 2.94					9:22AM 2.02			6:52PM 1.47				6:59AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)								3:25AM 0.40											2:41PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	3	10	5	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	9	13	12	12	14	21	14	11	11	15	16	18	17	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	7	13	12	11	14	21	13	9	9	14	15	17	16	8	6
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.5 S	0.8 E	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	12	10	12	9	9	10	10	11	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	12	13	5	11	11	12	10	10	11	16	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.9 N	0.5 W	1.4 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	3	9	-	5	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 14																	Wednesday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Pines Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.9 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.4 S	0.8 E	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	10	13	9	13	9	13	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1177	2773	2934	2680	2218	2032	3341	3262	2431	2319	794	351	848	346	282	306	406	246	3644	4188	4018	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:37AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	8	3	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	14	15	14	11	11	13	12	12	15	20	15	12	13	20	14	17	17	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	13	14	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	20	15	11	12	20	14	16	16	10	7
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.9 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	0.8 E	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	3.5 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	10	13	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	8	12	6	14	13	12	8	20	20	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	-	0.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.9 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	5	-	3	13	13	-	4

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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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