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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Scott Point Northland	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	7	7	5	7	8	8	7	5	4	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	0.4 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	15	12	14	14	16	15	13	14	14	13	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	21	20	18
Energy(?)	4818	4214	85	2816	5718	7243	8193	6477	4059	876	160	3135	1369	3460	2323	1697	1141	699	472	368	1129	6548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 1.58	4:17PM 1.74		3:54AM 1.80	4:59PM 1.74		5:13AM 1.61	1:07PM 2.61	6:38PM 1.70		12:53PM 2.88	12:19AM 2.59		1:38PM 2.82	1:58AM 2.95		2:27PM 2.74	2:49AM 2.83		3:07PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 0.46	11:35AM 0.26		10:33PM 0.31	10:07AM 0.22		11:18PM 0.29	11:31AM 0.21		12:46AM 0.24	6:49AM 0.25		6:05PM 0.24	8:26AM 0.23		7:48PM 0.39	8:21AM 0.36		8:39PM 0.51	9:00AM 0.40		9:24PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	2	2	2	2	1	45	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	15	14	14	11	13	13	10	8	10	14	14	13	11	8	9	10	7	9	8
Low °C	11	9	11	14	12	12	10	10	13	9	8	8	13	12	12	11	6	9	9	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	14	12	12	10	13	11	7	5	7	12	14	13	10	8	9	8	7	8	5
Sunrise	-	8:12	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	4.0 E	0.4 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.7 SW	1.4 E	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	15	12	14	14	16	15	13	14	14	13	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 SW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	18	16	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	14	-	-	6	18	26	26	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	0.4 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Daniels Reef Northland	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	6	9	9	7	9	7	8	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 N	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 WNW	3.5 E	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	5.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	14	11	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	2019	5175	5062	6288	5034	4688	4118	3988	7890	2853	6838	6100	6068	9601	7243	8648	9657	9657	8539	7668	6477	5978
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 2.14			3:50AM 1.61				4:17PM 1.74										11:52PM 3.07				11:53AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 0.33				10:00AM 0.24				11:21PM 0.26		5:27AM 0.30				5:40PM 0.24				5:51AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	3	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	13	11	14	12	12	12	12	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	14	9	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	10	9	12	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.5 WNW	3.5 E	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	5.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	14	11	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	14	17	13	16	16	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 N	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	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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