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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	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 W	0.9 E	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.1 SE	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	10	9	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	12	17	15	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	478	388	789	213	307	827	200	194	522	612	365	8	1246	4925	1033	2366	3849	3525	1751	2063	868	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:25PM 1.40	3:53AM 1.39	12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64	8:15AM 1.84	1:35PM 2.60	2:00AM 2.70	9:08AM 1.83	3:39PM 2.07		4:08AM 2.20	6:00PM 1.80	3:31AM 2.47	6:32AM 1.92	2:41PM 2.26	3:20AM 2.23	8:45AM 1.95		1:11AM 1.01	10:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41PM 0.11	6:45AM 0.32		7:07PM 0.30			7:56PM 0.23			9:49PM -0.02	10:24AM 0.06		9:07PM -0.06	12:48PM 0.07		9:02PM 0.00		3:21PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	-	-	2
High °C	16	26	14	25	9	11	17	18	16	22	24	11	15	17	12	18	18	16	8	10	17	16
Low °C	14	24	12	20	8	10	15	17	14	21	23	9	14	16	10	14	17	7	7	10	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	26	12	25	6	9	17	18	16	22	24	8	14	16	12	17	18	15	6	8	17	15
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.5 W	0.9 E	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.1 S	1.4 SW	-	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	10	9	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	8	17	-	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 N
Period (s)	4	-	14	8	8	6	9	12	4	8	15	12	10	-	13	-	-	-	7	-	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.8 ENE	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	4	8	10	-	7	-	3	3	4	-	8	6	6	15	-	-	12	13	-	12	-	2

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	3.5 NNE	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	14
Energy(?)	524	537	528	510	826	789	2761	1325	1179	244	614	1150	1281	766	1229	754	558	520	612	577	1032	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:13AM 2.44		3:25PM 1.40			12:18AM 2.53					1:58PM 2.00							12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				6:18PM 0.40			1:15AM 0.26	6:45AM 0.32					8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	16	14	12	24	13	15	24	9	8	8	9	10	10	15	18	18	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	16	12	10	24	11	14	24	7	7	8	7	9	8	15	18	18	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	2.1 NE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	9	10	9	13	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.8 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	14	4	5	15	15	14	8	-	-	8	6	5	8	6	8	9	21	9	14	13	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	3.5 NNE	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 NW	2.4 SW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	9	10	9	10	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	8	4

	Monday 03																Tuesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 NE	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.0 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	10	10	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	-	10	14	14	11	12	6	12
Energy(?)	465	478	478	267	244	274	584	336	346	466	249	248	221	106	0	106	82	81	176	139	204	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:57AM 2.42												11:02PM 2.17					4:36AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09AM 0.14										7:19PM 0.13	8:47PM 0.12							1:19AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	12	12	14	12	14	15	26	17	17	30	18	17	15	18	13	16	11	11	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	12	14	15	26	17	17	30	18	17	15	18	9	15	8	9	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 NE	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	5	15	5	9	10	11	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	20	4	4	10	10	10	8	10	11	-	15	15	15	10	-	10	14	14	9	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	-	2.0 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	1.2 NNE	4.0 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	5	-	-	5	9	-	9	10	7	6	6	2

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Cook Islands	French Polynesia	Tonga

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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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