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

	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Weld Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	9	5	5	5	4	8	5	7	4	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	17	15	15	15	14	16	13	18	17	16	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	13	13	16	15
Energy	3732	3162	1020	1301	1160	3564	1068	1747	12153	8250	3924	5212	3369	2012	7790	3655	6295	1075	5689	4195	4049	3066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85			8:47PM 2.71			1:38AM 2.54	10:08AM 3.62		10:34PM 3.84	4:02AM 1.93	4:59PM 2.04	1:54AM 2.24		5:32PM 2.01		7:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51PM 0.55			2:46PM 0.23		6:12AM 0.34	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	5:18PM 0.28	7:37PM 0.35	3:59AM 0.32	4:33PM 0.01		10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19	5:58AM 0.39		11:35PM 0.14		1:13PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	14	14	15	13	14	10	11	9	15	12	14	7	10	9	13	11	9	8	10
Low °C	10	9	11	14	13	11	13	13	10	11	6	15	12	13	5	8	7	11	9	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	14	14	13	13	14	8	9	8	14	11	13	3	8	7	13	9	7	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	17	15	15	15	14	16	13	13	17	16	14	16	14	14	13	14	12	11	13	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.9 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	17	-	8	6	7	16	17	18	-	8	-	-	7	-	13	13	16	14	-	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	13	13	12	-	13	-	-	4

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	15	16	13	13	14	16	18	14	18
Energy	3732	3281	3133	3162	1021	1132	1020	1329	1301	1079	1238	1160	1254	1461	3564	1183	1068	1420	1016	1747	3429	14820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)					2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23						6:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Temp. °C	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	11	13	13	14	13	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	12	8	8	10	10	10	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	8	13	13	14	12	14	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	15	16	13	13	14	16	13	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	0.1 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.8 NW	-
Period (s)	17	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	6	24	7	7	7	21	16	18	17	19	-	18	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Friday 12											Saturday 13
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	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	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16
Energy	1169	3681	3732	3839	3688	3281	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1021	1021	1217	1132	1105	1049	1020	1090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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)					4:51PM 0.55										2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	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	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	18	17	17	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9	18	9	9	8	8	10
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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