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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	Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tathra NSW - Far South	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	3.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	2.0 ENE	1.0 WNW	2.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	8	6	9	13	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1224	774	285	612	3881	885	1170	1715	1386	1153	863	581	201	493	222	885	2293	1099	3477	2448	2249	1562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 1.93		5:18AM 2.07		11:20PM 1.52	11:49AM 1.65		12:32AM 1.60			3:41AM 1.54		1:10PM 1.92	2:02AM 2.49		4:23PM 1.68		4:50AM 1.71		10:02PM 2.82	10:30AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	10:13AM 0.79		10:44PM 0.87	11:28AM 0.80	5:18PM 0.41		5:33AM 0.32	6:03PM 0.32		7:52AM 0.61	12:07PM 0.42	9:29PM 0.25	7:10AM 0.12		7:57PM 0.77	9:58AM 0.39		10:33PM 0.43	11:05AM 0.38	4:00PM 0.06		4:20AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	12	21	11	11	13	15	16	17	21	15	19	21	11	19	13	10	14	15	14	22
Low °C	11	12	7	21	10	10	12	15	15	17	18	14	16	21	10	19	11	10	14	12	13	17
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	21	8	10	12	14	15	16	21	14	18	21	11	19	11	9	14	14	14	22
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:28	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	-	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.2 S	1.0 WNW	2.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	11	12	13	11	-	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	8	6	9	9	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.3 S	0.3 SE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	4	13	-	5	9	18	17	16	15	20	14	-	11	-	-	8	12	16	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.8 WNW	0.3 N	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.6 NW	2.0 ENE	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	8	-	-	13	6	-	-	9	5

	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Airport Rights Wellington	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	3	3	3	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1203	1062	1074	1017	1198	1398	4712	5141	1343	555	639	555	3636	5499	3701	1000	1170	1259	1072	1073	1307	1221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 2.19		10:30PM 1.44				12:44PM 1.56				11:02PM 1.61					1:41PM 1.57	6:52PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)								4:45AM 0.42									7:16AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	14	10	9	7	6	9	16	21	16	9	9	7	10	12	13	14	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	10	11	14	7	6	4	3	7	16	21	16	7	6	4	9	12	12	13	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	6	8	9	-	18	-	9	9	9	9	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.9 W	0.4 WNW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	4	4	13	13	13	6	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30																Friday 31
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Airport Rights Wellington	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	3	3	3	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.8 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	9	10	9	13	13	13	10	12	12	13	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1295	1224	1224	1214	615	624	666	762	123	113	534	146	1052	6012	1673	230	450	548	457	782	907	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		12:30AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 0.89	10:18AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	15	15	16	16	16	17	14	20	17	11	9	9	13	13	12	11	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	9	8	15	14	15	15	15	16	11	20	17	8	5	5	11	11	10	9	13	13	13
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	9	10	9	13	-	13	10	12	12	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.7 WNW	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	8	7	8	8	-	-	12	6	6	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	2.1 NNW	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 WSW	4.5 SW	0.5 W	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	3	4	4	3	6	-	3	4	13	3	6	6	6	-	-	3	3

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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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