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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	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	3.0 W	1.6 SSE	3.5 W	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	19	17	20	15	15	14	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	9
Energy(?)	503	1936	534	2451	950	1798	1200	2593	4135	412	4777	4349	954	1210	1246	1000	1340	1416	1358	1168	700	1230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 1.69	8:25PM 1.27	7:45AM 1.63	3:35PM 1.89				1:36AM 1.04		5:03PM 1.83		8:54AM 2.20		7:36PM 2.18	6:33AM 1.78		8:36PM 2.22	4:58AM 2.18		8:08PM 1.87	10:07AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			2:32AM 0.26			10:00PM 0.35	8:54AM 1.04	3:47PM 0.26		8:19AM 0.47		11:25PM 0.39		3:12PM 0.97	2:04AM 0.59	12:46PM 0.50		3:00AM 0.60	11:06AM 0.59	3:30PM 0.63	2:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	12	-	-	-	8	6	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	15	17	12	14	10	19	15	11	10	14	18	13	15	15	18	19	18	20	20	16	19
Low °C	22	15	16	11	13	9	19	14	9	8	13	16	11	14	14	17	19	14	20	19	15	18
Chill °C (?)	23	13	17	10	13	7	19	14	9	9	13	18	12	14	14	18	19	18	20	20	15	19
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	8	9	11	15	15	14	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	-	5	20	19	17	10	-	-	-	12	7	20	11	7	6	18	18	16	16	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	1.8 SW	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	7	11	-	10	8	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	8	9

	Tuesday 23					Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 SSE	1.7 SW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	10	18	18	16	16	16	15	18	14	15	15
Energy(?)	503	531	545	741	2350	1292	1008	366	573	1157	2989	2260	1145	1003	1031	1497	3397	1722	1415	1414	3728	4135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.48						2:06AM 3.08				3:35PM 1.89					4:07AM 1.84			1:47PM 2.45	5:52PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		11:46AM 0.43	2:29PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33				5:13AM 0.54									11:53AM 0.62				12:21AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	16	20	13	14	12	13	17	14	18	11	13	13	10	10	10	12	13	20	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	23	15	20	13	14	10	12	17	13	18	9	12	13	8	7	9	10	12	20	13	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.7 NW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	6	6	11	10	10	8	9	11	10	18	18	16	16	16	15	10	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 W	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.3 S	1.1 W	-
Period (s)	7	6	8	10	11	23	10	5	8	-	19	18	8	10	9	-	-	-	18	15	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 NE	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	5	6	11	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	7	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23																Wednesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.5 S	2.0 SW	2.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	11	8	7	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	565	601	503	502	67	2034	798	545	458	573	158	158	385	313	1315	2350	3225	779	940	612	905	905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.48						1:40PM 3.16														3:32AM 1.91	4:53AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)								2:20PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	14	22	14	17	15	17	22	18	21	18	18	15	14	13	13	13	12	21	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	22	13	22	12	16	13	16	22	17	21	17	18	14	13	12	12	12	10	21	10	10	9
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	2.2 WNW	1.5 S	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.8 W	0.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	11	9	10	12	12	10	10	10	6	11	11	17	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.0 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	12	-	11	8	16	18	12	12	6	6	-	11	23	10	-	10	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	0.8 W	1.5 N	-	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	-	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.4 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	4	7	-	6	11	-	5	8	7	6	6	4	4	11	11	11	-	9	3	3	3

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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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