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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			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	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	0.4 WSW	2.2 NNW
Period(s)	22	12	13	14	17	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	15	9	11	13	10	11	11	11	13	9
Energy	1027	2416	7582	4642	597	1067	1337	1941	3806	1558	850	1488	1526	669	772	680	477	789	627	687	59	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 2.42	8:27AM 2.46		2:01AM 1.83	11:43AM 2.01	2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		1:40PM 2.41		3:18AM 1.77		10:52PM 3.36	11:07AM 3.18		11:24PM 3.30	11:31AM 2.62	3:36PM 2.22		5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 0.54	2:25AM 0.34		2:44PM 0.21	7:47PM 0.26	5:33AM 0.26		8:27PM 0.30	8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33	4:46PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.65	5:20PM 0.59		5:32AM 0.49		9:52PM 0.82	11:19AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	18	14	10	9	17	14	13	12	11	14	14	14	17	23	14	18	23	20	21	22	14	14
Low °C	16	10	9	9	14	11	11	11	10	12	14	11	15	21	11	15	21	19	21	22	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	11	7	7	16	13	13	11	10	14	13	13	16	23	14	17	23	20	21	22	13	13
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	0.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.2 N	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	17	-	14	12	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	15	13	11	13	10	11	11	11	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	22	12	-	-	17	12	-	-	17	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	5	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	2.0 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	3	-	3	5	5	-	-

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	22	21	20	20	20	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Energy	1027	1097	1073	1376	1366	7582	7853	6216	5564	4927	3406	3647	3099	1067	1225	1208	1083	1038	1189	3037	3578	3196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:49AM 2.42				8:15PM 2.42						12:23PM 2.42			9:13PM 3.27				9:27AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)			2:06PM 0.27						7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51					7:20PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	19	18	17	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	9	13	12	11	11	12	15	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	16	19	19	18	17	6	7	7	6	8	8	9	7	12	12	11	11	12	15	11	10	8
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	20	20	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	22	21	20	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29																	Thursday 30
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	22	21	21	18	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	19	19	19	18	18	18	13	13	14
Energy	928	1004	1027	1022	1016	1549	2554	2411	2416	2416	4680	5283	5868	646	638	638	636	636	596	5535	5373	14542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:56AM 3.26						1:02PM 1.86							8:36PM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	17	18	16	17	14	10	11	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	11	6	7	6	7	14	14	14	14	14	15	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	-	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	11	-	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	22	22	22	21	21	18	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	19	19	19	13	13	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	13	13	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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