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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	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Tora Point Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	3.0 E	2.0 NW	2.0 E	1.3 SSE	1.7 ESE	0.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	10	8	12	12	9	14	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	4682	4462	4584	2690	3291	3280	3742	1152	1596	1662	1624	1044	956	547	1608	1162	1931	2394	1458	821	1132	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:56AM 1.82	3:33PM 2.04	3:51AM 1.97			3:30AM 1.77		6:23PM 2.16		6:38AM 2.08		8:53PM 1.56	9:19AM 1.48	5:50PM 1.54		5:41AM 2.48			7:38AM 1.52		8:16PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.25	12:08PM 0.31		9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38		9:26PM 0.49	9:07AM 1.03		12:43AM 0.88		1:07PM 0.87	3:17AM 0.64			11:57PM 0.80	12:08PM 1.42	4:38PM 0.61	12:42AM 1.44		2:02PM 0.80	2:35AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	7	12	9	14	1	-	1	-	5	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	13
High °C	15	15	16	14	16	12	15	16	18	15	18	24	24	16	25	23	19	20	24	22	25	12
Low °C	14	15	15	13	16	11	13	16	18	14	16	24	22	15	23	21	18	18	20	18	25	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	13	16	10	14	16	18	15	18	24	24	15	25	23	19	20	24	22	25	10
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 E	2.0 E	0.3 NNW	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	0.8 NW	2.4 E	2.0 E	1.3 SSE	1.7 ESE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	14	12	12	16	9	13	14	12	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.5 N	1.1 S	0.3 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.8 NNW	2.0 NW	0.8 NE	1.1 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	11	7	11	11	10	5	7	9	8	12	13	12	10	14	6	9	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.9 S	2.0 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 NE	3.0 E	-	1.3 NNE	-	1.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	8	5	9	-	6	-	6	-

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2193	3739	5193	5193	5016	3767	4586	1959	3826	3371	3371	3553	3286	3418	3679	3626	1429	3284	1292	4086	3759	3534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:15AM 2.06				2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			3:14PM 1.82				2:55AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31				11:17PM 0.61				12:54PM 0.41			8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	7	3	3	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	9	15	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	13	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	7	15	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	7	11	11	11	7	11	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1590	1813	6350	6407	6806	3739	3389	825	5193	5193	5193	5193	4447	4177	4462	4455	1622	3767	1791	4612	4586	4563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:33AM 2.40										2:38PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.20															12:08PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	20	18	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	20	18	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.2 N	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	10	13	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	8	8	12	9	12	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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