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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Elliot Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 N	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	12	14	11	13	16	15	12	12	11	14	8	10	16	17	10	12	10	10	12	13
Energy(?)	234	366	784	726	285	126	2262	1258	1058	1125	942	821	181	39	2513	917	1837	1412	190	1075	1270	2850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:06AM 2.18	5:51AM 2.37		3:35AM 2.57	5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83		8:02PM 2.18	6:51AM 1.71		10:23PM 1.60	4:51AM 2.77	6:45PM 2.13		11:45AM 1.56		10:52PM 2.12	9:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			12:08PM 0.50		9:26PM 0.31	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72	2:18AM 0.73		4:06PM 0.46		11:09AM 1.25		10:01PM 0.80	5:27AM 0.55	3:09PM 0.66			4:12PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	15	19	19	18	25	15	15	22	21	20	21	25	19	20	22	12	20	18	15	15	15
Low °C	20	13	15	17	17	20	15	11	20	21	19	21	24	16	18	20	10	19	17	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	14	19	19	18	25	13	13	22	21	20	21	25	18	20	22	9	20	18	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 NE	0.2 S	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	12	14	11	7	4	8	12	12	11	14	8	10	16	17	10	12	10	19	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	15	13	13	16	15	16	16	15	11	11	9	8	10	-	8	11	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	-	-	1.1 S	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	2.3 WNW	-	0.7 ESE	3.0 SW	-	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	-	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	6	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	3	10	-	3	10	-	14

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	1.3 W	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 N	1.9 SW	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	10	14	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	8	15	14	14
Energy(?)	527	231	351	225	229	748	784	907	1326	1416	1832	2387	1083	2304	437	617	92	1722	1164	1413	1992	1667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:10PM 2.08			12:06AM 2.18	2:49AM 2.71	4:29AM 2.04				6:13PM 2.34							1:31PM 2.53					6:05AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 0.36						10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25		8:33AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7
Temp. °C	16	20	14	17	15	13	15	19	16	18	16	15	14	14	19	18	28	15	15	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	20	13	17	14	12	15	19	16	18	15	15	13	12	19	18	28	14	14	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.1 S	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.4 W	0.6 NE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	11	14	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	16	8	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	13	13	-	-	15	20	19	18	18	18	11	13	12	7	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 W	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.5 W	0.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	12	-	-	-	12	8	4	-	-

	Wednesday 07	Thursday 08
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	1.1 W	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	14	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	495	243	281	234	344	608	608	387	387	338	338	735	223	208	335	189	176	426	156	423	784	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:46PM 0.32											10:37AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	18	21	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	18	15	16	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	21	18	21	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	15	14	14	18	15	16	14	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.1 S	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	11	14	13	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.4 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	14	13	7	9	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 W	0.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	11	6	12	10	10	5	5	5	5	10	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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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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