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			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	7	8	5	9	9	8	8	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 E	0.6 SW	3.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	16	14	16	15	13	10	14	13	12	13	13	13	11	10	12	12	20	19
Energy(?)	5116	2626	972	6376	9308	6880	8899	7026	4197	753	160	2817	7016	5029	2722	1739	326	255	237	1145	2908	3084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 1.82	4:20PM 1.76		3:54AM 1.80	4:59PM 1.74		4:18AM 2.08	1:07PM 2.61	1:23AM 2.72		12:53PM 2.88	2:37AM 2.03		3:06PM 1.93	1:58AM 2.95		2:27PM 2.74	2:49AM 2.83		3:07PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26AM 0.37	11:37AM 0.52		12:11AM 0.54	10:07AM 0.22		10:16PM 0.35	10:34AM 0.23		7:13PM 0.29	6:49AM 0.25		8:27PM 0.45	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	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	16	9	2	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	11	9	14	11	13	13	9	8	10	13	13	13	11	8	9	10	8	9	8
Low °C	11	10	12	9	8	12	10	10	13	9	8	8	12	12	12	11	6	7	9	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	8	6	12	10	13	11	6	5	7	10	12	13	10	8	8	8	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	8:25	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	3.0 E	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 E	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	10	12	16	14	16	15	13	10	14	11	-	13	13	13	11	10	7	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	-	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	18	16	13	-	9	-	-	-	-	14	8	-	-	-	-	7	12	10	12	21	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 ENE	-	-	1.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	3.0 W	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	13	12	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	20	-

	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	5	5	7	7	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	4.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1840	4450	5858	4037	5510	4106	4286	4351	7679	6522	6864	6011	9308	8065	7998	9364	11457	11311	9876	8319	7026	6155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:10PM 1.62			5:27AM 1.82				3:24PM 2.14							12:59PM 2.03			11:52PM 3.07				11:53AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 0.60				10:00AM 0.24						5:27AM 0.30	6:47AM 0.45			5:40PM 0.24				5:51AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	1	3	7	1	-	-	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	14	13	10	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	9	11	8	12	12	12	12	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	6	8	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	4.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 N	1.7 W	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	18	15	13	16	15	15	-	-	-	-	9	18	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	4.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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