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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Porridge Southland
Rating	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	16	10	17	12	15	17	16	15	16	14	15	15	18	16	17	14	16	14	13	12
Energy	13672	3041	3267	3163	1046	1021	3058	4298	3852	1030	1239	1118	1469	5102	1576	1147	3348	5313	4432	3237	3113	3311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 2.59	7:39PM 1.84			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	8:15AM 2.57		8:47PM 2.71	9:09AM 2.62		11:30PM 2.17	10:02AM 2.64		10:44PM 3.53
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21		8:01PM 0.36		4:51PM 0.55			2:00PM 0.48			5:06PM 0.22		3:06AM 0.12	4:38PM 0.27		3:59AM 0.05	4:33PM 0.01		7:28AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	10	12	12	8	12	11	10	11	13	13	14	13	15	16	12	10	15	13	13	10
Low °C	11	11	10	11	11	7	12	11	9	11	12	12	13	11	14	14	11	8	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	13	8	10	12	8	12	9	8	10	13	13	14	12	14	16	11	8	15	12	12	8
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:30
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	10	13	12	15	17	16	15	16	14	15	15	13	13	17	14	16	14	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 W	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	16	17	16	-	17	-	8	-	7	21	11	18	16	-	-	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	2.0 W	-	1.6 SW	-	3.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	-	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	8	-	9	-	13	12

	Wednesday 10							Thursday 11								Friday 12
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	4.5 S	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	16	14	15	15	13	13	16	16	16	10	13	17	10	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	16
Energy	5087	10220	13672	5476	3041	5649	3705	3267	3184	3193	3163	1362	1046	1053	3715	1021	1312	3665	3058	1232	4298	3339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:17AM 3.02																	8:17AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			6:16AM 0.14	10:00AM 0.44			6:42PM 0.24		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21						12:18AM 0.53					4:51PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	11	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	9	11	8	11	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	11	8	13	13	10	8	8	8	8	9	11	12	9	9	8	11	10	12	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 S	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 S	2.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	14	15	15	12	10	16	16	16	10	13	13	10	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	-	-	0.2 S	1.9 SE	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	12	10	13	-	-	12	16	11	17	18	10	16	20	-	-	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	10836	10055	5087	5038	5262	10220	6185	14906	13672	5423	5948	5476	7254	6990	3041	3093	3139	5649	4684	3498	3705	3705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					4:28AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:49PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	9	9	10	13	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	12	7	7	8	11	9	8	8	9	13	13	12	12	13	9	10	10	10	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 S	-	-	1.9 SE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	12	-	-	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	4.5 S	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	13	13	13	13	13

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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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