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

	Tue		Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	9	9	7	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	17	16	14	13	11	16	17	12	15	15	17	17	16	14	13	14	16	16	16	18	15	14
Energy	8667	11354	13376	3188	5401	1003	1028	1099	3156	1581	3407	1252	1239	1283	1105	1625	4420	6205	3138	4661	2627	2509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:08PM 2.43			12:17PM 1.26	1:31AM 1.46	6:46AM 2.94		2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		11:48PM 2.12	7:36AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		10:37PM 2.11			9:40PM 2.79	10:08AM 3.62
Low Tide / height (m)		10:09PM 1.04	6:16AM 0.14		7:21PM 0.30			8:01PM 0.36		1:50PM 0.33			2:00PM 0.48		3:14AM 0.17	2:34PM 0.07		8:42AM 0.01	4:23PM 0.06		3:59AM 0.32	4:22PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	12	12	12	9	12	8	12	13	10	11	12	13	13	16	11	13	14	14	15	15
Low °C	10	13	11	10	9	7	11	7	12	13	9	11	11	12	12	15	10	11	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	10	10	10	8	12	8	12	13	8	10	12	12	13	16	11	13	14	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	17	16	14	13	11	16	13	12	15	15	17	17	16	14	13	14	16	16	16	18	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	2.2 WNW	0.2 E	-	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	11	-	-	6	6	19	9	12	-	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 S	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	6	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	12	11	16	16	16	13	17	16	16	12	16	16
Energy	8667	10399	9772	11354	9808	17546	13376	7484	3188	4452	6776	5401	3184	3193	1003	1295	1028	3059	3521	1099	3054	3486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:17PM 2.50							12:17PM 1.26						6:46AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)				10:09PM 1.04			6:16AM 0.14	10:41AM 0.87			7:21PM 0.30		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33							2:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	3
Temp. °C	15	11	10	15	14	10	11	14	12	11	12	12	9	9	7	11	12	13	12	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	9	8	14	12	7	8	13	10	10	10	10	7	7	5	11	12	11	10	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	13	13	12	11	16	16	16	13	13	16	16	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.3 W	0.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	-	-	-	12	-	10	17	-	10	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 S	4.5 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	-	-	13	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Mukerau Beach Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	6	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S
Period(s)	14	17	17	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	7748	13204	8667	8279	11345	10399	12328	9584	9772	9240	12038	11354	10836	10055	9808	5041	10542	17546	16181	14906	13376	13015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					4:17PM 2.50												4:17AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)											10:09PM 1.04								6:16AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	15	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	9	13	10	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	14	14	13	10	9	7	8	8	8	14	14	14	12	12	8	12	7	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	14	17	17	17	16	16	21	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	16	-	-	16	16	-	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	7	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	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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