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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	8	6	5	4	5	4	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	18	17	17	15	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	11	13	16	14	14
Energy	3162	1020	1289	1158	1193	1078	1747	13468	3674	4503	1754	1264	7352	5274	3712	1213	3059	1211	5236	4193	3091	1957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71			10:48PM 3.04	11:26AM 3.45		1:00AM 2.26	4:02AM 1.93	4:20PM 2.18	6:51PM 1.93	5:11AM 2.48			8:27AM 1.70		9:22PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	4:43PM 0.61		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	6:54PM 0.18	10:18AM -0.03		1:27AM 0.25	11:30AM 0.59	1:15PM -0.04	11:35PM 0.14		2:34PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	19	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	14	14	13	14	14	10	12	12	10	11	9	9	8	10	9	10	7	11	12	10
Low °C	9	11	14	13	13	14	13	10	12	9	8	10	8	8	7	9	9	10	4	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	14	13	14	14	7	11	10	10	11	7	7	5	10	6	8	4	10	11	8
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	19	13	13	11	13	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	6	6	18	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	12	14	15	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	12	-	3	11	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	18	18	18	14	17	16
Energy	3133	3162	1020	1067	1020	1329	1289	1012	1210	1158	1230	1185	1193	1183	1078	1420	1707	1747	1401	3736	13468	3792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91			8:47PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23					3:14AM 0.17							2:49AM 0.34	4:49AM 0.24	8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	12	11	13	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	12	10	12	13	13	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 NW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	9	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	18	8	8	6	24	6	6	7	7	18	18	17	19	18	18	18	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

	Friday 12					Saturday 13
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16
Energy	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1020	1021	1217	1067	1067	1049	1020	1090	1236	1329	1317	1320	1289	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					10:52PM 2.39										8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)									2:26AM 0.78												2:46PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9	18	18	18	8	8	10	8	8	8	7	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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