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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.8 S	1.2 S	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	15	17	15	15	15	14	13	13	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	10	13	12	16	15	12
Energy	3114	3732	3162	1021	1314	1155	1192	1089	1761	10404	7586	3703	1543	1264	3013	4412	1172	1080	3332	1550	1168	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	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			1:38AM 2.54	11:26AM 3.45			4:02AM 1.93	4:37PM 2.07	6:51PM 1.93	4:41AM 2.03		8:33PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 0.55			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	5:18PM 0.28	7:37PM 0.35	5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	9:59PM 0.09	10:18AM -0.03		1:27AM 0.25	10:59AM -0.00	2:09PM 0.05	2:56AM 0.00	9:18AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	1	-
High °C	12	10	10	13	14	14	13	14	14	11	12	9	10	11	10	7	9	9	11	13	13	7
Low °C	12	10	9	11	14	13	13	13	13	10	12	7	8	10	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	6
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	13	13	14	13	14	14	10	10	8	10	10	7	3	6	8	8	13	12	6
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:32
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	15	15	15	14	13	13	18	16	15	14	13	13	11	13	10	13	14	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE	1.2 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	17	-	8	8	6	18	17	13	-	9	-	-	-	14	13	13	12	-	6	15	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.3 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	3	-	12	-	-	-

	Friday 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Beatons Southland	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	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
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	18	18
Energy	3114	1216	3732	3281	3133	3162	1021	1145	1021	2332	1314	1079	1213	1155	1335	1170	1192	1181	1089	1420	1661	1761
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:17AM 1.91					10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21	10:02AM 2.12				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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	8	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	13	8	8	10	10	10	6	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	17	9	-	-	9	9	8	22	8	24	7	6	7	7	18	18	17	19	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Friday 12																	Saturday 13
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	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
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	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
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy	3352	3199	3114	3490	3817	1216	1169	3681	3732	3839	3688	3281	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1021	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 1.91		10:26AM 2.41												10:52PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)											4:51PM 0.55										2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	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
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	18	17	17	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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