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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	2	5	5	4	3	3	3	6	7	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 W	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	4.5 WSW	1.8 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.0 S	2.3 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	15	15	14	14	8	14	9	10	10	9	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	5728	1567	439	1468	4246	403	2008	366	146	4179	640	5336	4857	2542	224	574	298	1659	559	1909	2237	2024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:34PM 1.78	11:25AM 2.21		7:57PM 2.40			8:07PM 2.52			9:17PM 2.75		3:17PM 2.48	2:58AM 2.03				4:02AM 1.92		11:25PM 3.37	7:07AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	3:31PM 0.63		5:19AM 0.52	4:15PM 0.48	2:14AM 0.39	6:04AM 0.37	2:26PM 0.28	2:18AM 0.28	7:56AM 0.09	2:17PM 0.16		8:26AM 0.02		8:50PM 0.09	9:12AM -0.00	12:57PM 0.23	9:54PM 0.08	10:19AM 0.04	2:27PM 0.33			3:18PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	24	-	-	5	10	-	-	1	4	1	4	-	-	-	3	9	-	1	4	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	14	9	7	7	12	7	8	11	10	13	13	12	8	10	13	14	8	11	13	14
Low °C	7	12	11	8	5	4	10	6	7	11	8	12	12	9	8	8	8	14	7	7	10	11
Chill °C (?)	6	12	13	6	3	3	9	4	4	8	7	11	11	11	6	10	11	13	5	8	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 NNW	1.8 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.0 S	2.3 ENE	0.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	8	8	-	9	10	9	9	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	7	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 ENE	0.9 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	7	12	15	-	15	15	-	15	-	-	-	8	23	7	11	7	17	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	-	0.4 NW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	0.6 W	2.3 W	0.6 N	0.5 W	4.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	-	2	6	14	4	14	3	3	10	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	10	10	10

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Te Araroa East Cape	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	6	4	4	2	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 N	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 NNW	2.0 W	1.0 S	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	7	9	9	8	10	8	9
Energy(?)	5728	4200	3145	1994	1239	5250	1446	1402	372	1443	1879	4246	810	2633	3269	575	1244	1390	679	1316	220	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				9:34PM 1.78			7:31AM 2.17		12:53PM 1.74		7:57PM 2.40		1:25AM 2.26				1:34PM 1.82					5:40AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.63			1:29AM 0.61	5:19AM 0.52									6:59AM 0.19	10:33AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	8	16	7	9	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	1	5	2	1	1	-	-	6	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	7	6	12	9	13	16	10	16	15	5	5	5	6	15	8	8	11	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	3	11	6	12	15	7	15	14	1	2	1	2	14	4	5	10	5	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 NNE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.0 W	1.0 S	1.6 N
Period (s)	14	14	13	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	15	15	15	8	9	9	8	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 W	0.4 SE	1.1 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	12	13	13	13	12	15	15	12	15	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.5 W	-	-	0.4 NW	2.3 W	-	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	-	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 N	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 N	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	3	14	-	4	4	5	-	14	8	8	8	7	9	9	4	-	3	6

	Thursday 04											Friday 05
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Te Araroa East Cape	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	6	4	4	2	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.3 SW	3.5 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	15	13	16	16	14	16	15	16	16	16	16	10	16	16	5	14	15	5
Energy(?)	5737	5700	4026	5801	2418	3579	2158	2129	292	1880	1588	2126	846	2281	2282	167	207	270	49	482	49	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													12:41AM 2.16			3:34AM 1.46				7:46AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)				3:31PM 0.63																	8:11AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	14	8	14	15	8	14	13	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	7	13	5	13	15	7	13	12	6	5	5	6	10	6	7	9	11	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE	1.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	-	14	15	-	16	16	14	16	15	13	16	16	16	8	6	6	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	16	13	13	13	10	16	16	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	3.5 W	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.2 N	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 WNW	-	1.1 NNE	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	-	3	-	-	6	6	4	4	3	6	6	5	-	6	5

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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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