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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7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mangahume Taranaki	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	7	7	8	7	6	7	9	8	5	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.6 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 ESE	2.4 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	12	13	14	14	16	15	13	14	12	14	10	14	10	13	12	11	13	21	16
Energy(?)	1097	5599	3677	4770	5918	5487	5612	10010	7050	3444	114	1968	2876	1310	3978	382	1886	483	718	1592	979	4124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:37AM 2.02	3:36AM 2.13	5:49PM 1.95		3:37AM 2.07	4:22PM 1.90		5:13AM 1.61	5:04PM 1.88	7:31PM 1.54	5:19AM 1.86	12:39PM 3.11	1:13AM 3.03		2:36PM 2.54	2:56AM 2.62		2:27PM 2.74	2:49AM 2.83		3:05PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 0.43	10:11AM 0.71		12:11AM 0.54	9:50AM 0.25		11:14PM 0.29	11:31AM 0.21		1:53AM 0.19			7:02PM 0.30	7:33AM 0.29		8:44PM 0.36	8:21AM 0.36		8:39PM 0.51	9:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	2	11	-	3	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	12	11	11	13	10	14	13	13	12	8	15	9	13	13	13	12	14	9	5	7	8
Low °C	13	11	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	7	15	8	12	10	10	10	14	8	3	4	6
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	8	11	6	12	11	12	10	5	14	5	11	11	12	10	12	7	2	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SW	4.0 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 ESE	2.4 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 E	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	14	12	12	13	14	14	16	15	13	14	15	10	14	14	10	13	12	11	16	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	18	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	14	-	-	-	8	9	9	15	23	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.5 S	-	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	-
Period (s)	8	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	10	-	8	-	8	-	13	7	-

	Friday 11			Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Warrington Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	4	4	5	7	9	7	7	6	8	6	4	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 E	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	13	16	16	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1004	746	2298	4982	4981	3672	5248	4546	4480	4761	1130	3479	6455	5647	5279	8064	10003	6939	8158	8047	7314	6743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)										3:41PM 1.90							12:26PM 2.61			11:52PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)				11:25PM 0.60				9:56AM 0.24				10:15PM 0.24		5:27AM 0.30				5:40PM 0.24				5:52AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	11	10	9	13	12	10	10	10	11	10	12	11	13	11	11	10	11	12	11	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	11	10	8	8	8	9	8	11	11	11	9	9	7	8	10	9	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.2 E	3.5 E	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	14	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	13	16	16	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	-	-	-	16	13	16	16	15	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	3.5 E	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	0.9 NNE	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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