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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Bog Works Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 W	0.5 ENE	1.7 S	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 W	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	15	12	9	11	13	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	11	11	9	8
Energy(?)	78	4890	1450	483	777	1255	656	608	51	399	1539	962	231	1058	626	615	1424	1187	852	813	839	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:09PM 2.99	4:18AM 1.44	4:43PM 1.28	9:41PM 3.09	10:04AM 2.76		10:16PM 2.60	11:48AM 3.15	1:06PM 1.96	2:56AM 2.24	7:09AM 1.40		11:33PM 3.28	4:51AM 1.83	5:04PM 1.72	2:01AM 1.95	11:15AM 1.71	5:43PM 1.69		6:29AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 0.69		10:35AM 0.33		3:52AM 0.76		4:22PM 0.57		5:42AM 1.15		8:48PM 0.62		5:25PM 0.79		11:03AM 0.42		7:48PM 0.57	4:43AM 0.30		11:58PM 0.36	12:51PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	1	-	1	-	9	2	4	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	11	17	11	20	18	20	8	14	17	11	13	9	14	14	9	18	19	20	22	24	20	13
Low °C	10	16	10	18	13	19	7	12	11	10	13	9	13	13	6	17	18	19	21	23	18	11
Chill °C (?)	8	16	10	20	18	20	6	12	16	9	10	7	14	13	6	18	19	20	22	24	20	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	-	2.2 WSW	1.7 S	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.3 SE	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	0.1 NW	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	-	12	9	10	13	11	12	8	8	10	8	8	11	9	10	12	12	11	11	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.9 SE
Period (s)	10	-	-	7	8	10	10	8	4	10	17	8	11	8	11	13	10	-	-	9	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.7 SW	0.9 ESE	-	2.4 W	0.4 SW	1.7 S	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	2.3 W	-
Period (s)	6	15	-	-	11	9	-	7	4	8	8	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	4	9	-

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	6	7	5	2	2	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 S	1.9 S	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	7	8	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	14
Energy(?)	6878	6545	3911	324	441	5488	9521	3135	3068	1197	1154	1152	524	2340	2073	1351	1046	1198	838	572	959	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:50AM 2.94		3:57PM 1.28		8:57PM 2.53								9:41PM 3.09		2:53AM 1.81		8:48AM 1.57		3:08PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71							3:06AM 0.55	4:22AM 1.23								5:39AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	-	5	2	2
Temp. °C	11	9	13	10	14	18	14	13	13	12	15	18	21	18	16	12	10	14	19	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	7	13	7	12	17	13	12	12	12	14	18	21	18	16	11	8	13	19	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	-	1.6 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	16	14	14	8	8	15	14	14	14	13	11	-	9	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.9 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	12	7	16	16	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	14	11	11	10	10	13	9	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.9 S	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	-	14	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14

	Wednesday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	6	7	5	2	2	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	8	8	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	8	15	15	14	14	13	15	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7334	7833	5003	76	77	3528	3945	5355	7320	3631	4824	4777	64	6371	6288	1902	1766	4014	2529	1520	1497	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:49AM 2.63			11:08AM 1.84	12:31PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 1.27											2:57PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	11	11	17	13	14	16	15	12	13	15	18	18	14	14	14	20	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	8	8	16	11	12	14	15	10	11	14	17	17	13	13	12	20	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.2 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	8	8	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	8	15	15	14	14	12	15	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	1.2 NW	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	12	12	10	10	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	10	-	-	9	9	16	11	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 W	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	6	7	-	16	-	14	14	5	-	-	-	-	13	7	-	-	-

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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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