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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	The Box Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	8	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	0.3 WSW
Period(s)	12	22	12	13	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	12	13	10	10	11	11	13
Energy	829	1027	2316	7582	4642	986	1710	1475	2510	3456	1538	1266	1880	1526	696	780	620	527	672	774	621	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.10	10:31AM 2.01	12:44PM 2.12	12:04AM 2.37	8:27AM 2.46		8:52PM 2.49	9:03AM 2.48		2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86		3:18AM 1.77	2:18PM 2.36		3:58AM 1.73	12:07PM 3.06	11:24PM 3.30	11:42AM 3.09		8:30PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 0.31				2:47PM 0.45		3:04AM 0.30	3:20PM 0.19	8:27PM 0.30	9:00AM 0.28		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33		9:52PM 0.41	10:06AM 0.39			5:39AM 0.76	5:41PM 0.74	2:49AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	11	10	10	14	16	13	12	10	14	18	15	16	14	13	18	22	19	20	19	14
Low °C	16	16	10	8	9	14	14	10	11	9	11	17	14	15	12	10	18	21	18	20	19	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	7	7	8	13	15	12	12	9	13	18	14	15	14	12	18	22	19	20	19	13
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 N
Period (s)	12	12	17	-	14	10	16	15	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	12	13	10	10	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.7 S	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	24	22	4	-	-	16	12	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	10	10	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	5	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 S
Period(s)	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20	20	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	14
Energy	1284	1374	1257	1101	1027	1097	1073	1376	1326	7582	7922	6742	5564	4857	3406	3843	3324	1123	1225	1208	3097	1217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10		7:49AM 2.42				8:15PM 2.42		1:36AM 1.75				12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26			5:37AM 0.50			2:06PM 0.27						7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26			3:22AM 0.51		11:26AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	13	16	19	20	18	18	10	9	8	8	10	11	10	9	14	12	11	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	11	16	19	20	18	18	7	6	5	6	8	9	8	7	14	12	11	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 S
Period (s)	20	7	19	8	12	12	12	20	20	-	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	0.5 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	13	10	11	22	21	20	12	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	8
Energy	819	1078	1284	1139	830	903	799	849	779	1526	242	1559	1548	1806	1622	1741	1644	424	645	642	1213	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26							1:42AM 0.41					6:45AM 0.23								2:09PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	17	17	17	16	16	12	11	13	14	14	15	16	17	15	16	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	11	17	17	17	16	16	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	16	15	15	15	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	11	7	11	24	24	24	23	23	19	19	18	18	18	12	18	18	19	20	20	20	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 NE	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	4	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	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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