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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	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Nicks Point Southland	Tathra NSW - Far South	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 W	1.2 SW	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	6	16	15	18	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	353	513	734	261	802	250	168	631	375	382	173	729	4929	290	1462	1342	1827	1622	1320	871	448	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:42AM 1.54	12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64		1:35PM 2.60	8:58PM 1.50		4:08PM 2.58		5:34AM 1.96	2:55PM 2.41			2:41PM 2.26	8:27PM 1.76	8:45AM 1.95		9:51PM 1.84	10:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.11	6:45AM 0.32		7:07PM 0.30	7:35AM 0.28		2:47AM 0.34	9:29AM 0.02		9:49PM -0.02	11:55AM 0.03		12:13AM 0.01	8:36AM 0.16		2:36AM 0.32		3:21PM 0.26	3:59AM 0.12		4:18PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	14	19	9	11	17	18	16	22	22	11	16	16	15	18	16	17	11	13	16	20	18
Low °C	24	12	13	9	10	15	16	14	21	22	9	14	16	13	18	15	16	10	12	14	19	18
Chill °C (?)	26	12	19	6	9	17	18	16	22	22	9	16	15	15	18	15	17	9	12	16	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.1 S	1.2 SW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	8	16	-	18	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	14	5	7	-	9	11	4	4	15	12	8	-	12	10	16	5	-	-	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.4 W	-	3.5 WSW	0.8 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	7	-	3	3	-	4	8	6	-	15	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.4 NE	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	6	9	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	14	13	12
Energy(?)	528	297	809	513	1054	1429	1179	567	614	1172	1281	880	1231	1370	558	520	830	642	697	631	712	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:18AM 2.53					1:58PM 2.00							12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:05AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						6:45AM 0.32					8:07PM 0.04									12:14AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	14	12	13	13	15	20	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	19	18	17	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	20	12	10	11	11	14	20	7	7	9	7	8	8	15	19	18	17	12	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 NE	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	9	10	13	13	13	9	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NW	1.4 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	8	15	14	-	-	-	9	6	13	7	6	8	12	21	9	14	13	13	4	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.4 NE	1.4 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	4	6	9	-	10	10	10	-	6	13	-	-	7	2	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	3

	Monday 03										Tuesday 04
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	10	11	10	14	11	13	13	11	11	6	12	12	11
Energy(?)	537	247	350	350	520	435	405	692	207	60	199	87	149	104	158	204	127	98	356	224	220	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:59AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)						6:18PM 0.40																10:25AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	17	17	16	16	16	21	16	16	16	15	13	15	12	12	13	13	13	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	16	19	17	17	15	16	15	21	15	15	14	14	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	17	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	8	10	10	11	5	14	11	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	10	11	11	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	10	-	5	-	-	9	8	8	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.1 W	0.4 WSW	5.0 WNW	0.6 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	8	8	8	7	-	-	4	3	10	3	10	10	7	6	6	3	3	4

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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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