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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	2.3 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	16	16	14	14	7	12	11	11	15	10	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	804	1896	1135	1091	1357	1556	744	1266	1232	833	842	655	1170	859	1464	295	1207	570	578	997	595	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 2.86		9:11AM 1.61			5:38AM 2.85	6:14PM 2.89			1:17PM 1.47	1:48AM 1.76			7:28PM 3.06		3:27PM 1.63	2:04AM 1.95		3:59PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 0.94		5:41PM 0.16	11:22PM 1.04	11:54AM 1.11		12:31AM 1.12	7:09AM 0.17		7:37PM 0.55	8:09AM 0.53	6:58PM 0.85	1:52AM 0.93	9:13AM 0.29		7:39PM 0.11	8:33AM 0.81		10:19PM 0.03	8:51AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	19	11	14	20	18	22	23	17	19	15	12	19	14	12	15	18	15	21
Low °C	15	16	15	16	17	11	13	19	17	19	22	15	15	13	11	18	14	9	13	16	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	19	9	13	20	18	22	23	17	19	14	10	19	12	10	15	18	14	21
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 W	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	8	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	12	16	11	16	16	14	9	12	16	11	-	15	-	-	11	-	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	3409	3173	1760	7199	1163	1576	1268	1110	1044	1118	1183	1109	1021	2708	2020	1050	1024	1973	1977	1787	645	1078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 2.79					4:05PM 3.07						11:43AM 1.61				12:12AM 1.68				12:05PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53AM 0.95					10:24PM 0.94		5:14AM 0.20					10:00PM 0.89			4:13AM 0.36				4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	14	13	17	17	18	18	13	17	15	15	11	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	11	15	16	15	14	12	17	17	18	18	11	17	15	15	9	11	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	19	11	11	11	15	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-

	Sunday 25
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	5.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	10
Energy(?)	3896	3675	1967	15207	1140	1864	1840	1790	1760	843	961	933	1001	6545	8146	1967	2028	2051	5052	2637	1180	2737
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:44AM 3.02							10:32AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)									9:53AM 0.95					2:43PM 0.91			5:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	10	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	13	19	17	17	13	13	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	6	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	11	18	17	17	11	11	12	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	4.5 S	1.7 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	3.0 S	0.7 E	1.9 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	-	12	12	9	11	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	10	-	10	10	20	10	9	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	3.5 S	5.0 SW	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	2	2	8	8	12	13	-	-	11	11	12	-	10

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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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