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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	Tue		Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Loisell's East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.1 NE	1.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	3.5 NE	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	7	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	15	10	14	14	8	14	13	14	13	11	7
Energy(?)	693	775	256	997	925	198	930	840	485	1347	1043	730	989	2299	1856	2757	2236	2645	3316	3029	1353	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:40AM 2.13	9:56AM 1.43		7:20PM 1.78	8:32AM 2.12		9:16PM 1.40	9:23AM 1.56	5:20PM 2.78			1:55PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.48		1:27PM 1.39	2:41AM 1.85		3:00PM 1.49			4:38PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	7:31PM 0.32	7:42PM 0.56			1:44AM 0.56		2:47PM 1.06	3:35AM 0.40			11:44PM 1.08	7:02AM 0.44		7:51PM 0.44	10:11AM 0.56		8:40PM 0.54	8:48AM 0.55		11:53PM 0.28	7:50AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	25	22	19	23	21	19	25	16	13	16	16	14	17	14	19	20	18	16	23	22
Low °C	14	12	20	19	17	22	21	18	25	15	9	16	15	11	15	12	18	19	18	14	18	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	25	22	19	23	21	19	25	14	12	16	16	14	17	12	19	20	18	16	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:15	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	-	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	7	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	11	15	10	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	9	11	10	14	13	6	16	12	11	-	12	-	14	9	9	13	-	9	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NE	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	4	7	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26							Thursday 27									Fri
	2PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	1.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.1 NNE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	7	10	11	7	8	9	11	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10
Energy(?)	937	640	664	728	532	670	802	723	650	541	511	1031	1027	1086	1023	1186	1229	1289	2279	1477	1036	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:32PM 1.38		9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13					11:29PM 1.49				11:05AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)									2:13PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16			5:29AM 0.42	7:35AM 0.53			6:20PM 0.71		8:37PM 0.26		6:53AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	31	20	19	17	15	14	18	21	24	17	16	16	17	16	19	25	27	26	19	13	17	19
Chill °C (?)	31	20	19	17	14	13	18	21	24	17	16	16	17	16	19	25	27	26	19	12	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	7	10	11	7	8	12	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 N	1.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	7	10	11	7	12	12	10	12	8	8	11	14	14	12	8	5	11	12	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	2.1 NE	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.1 NNE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	7	8	9	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	9	11	3

	Tuesday 25										Wednesday 26
	12PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 N	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	6	10	11	11	11	6	11	11	7	8	6	9	11	6	12	12	8	10	8	11
Energy(?)	994	757	316	937	523	369	352	189	217	86	235	197	180	368	645	414	85	86	207	666	914	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.10														9:03AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)																4:10AM 0.29				6:17AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	22	23	32	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	17	15	19	13	13	14	17	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	28	22	23	32	13	11	11	11	11	14	14	15	16	15	19	12	12	13	17	15	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.6 SW	0.6 S	2.0 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.2 ENE	0.3 N	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	7	7	8	15	9	11	6	6	6	8	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 S	-	0.8 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	11	7	-	5	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	9	11	12	12	6	7	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 E	1.8 ENE	-	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	1.0 NNE	2.4 NE	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	-	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	8	8	6	6	-	-	5	8	-

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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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