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

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Waipapakauri Beach Northland
Rating	9	9	9	7	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	4	8	9	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.0 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 SW
Period(s)	16	17	16	14	15	11	10	17	12	15	17	17	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	13	12	14
Energy	13599	8667	11354	13804	4763	5887	3421	1046	1230	3420	3593	6423	3030	1393	1189	7371	8025	4862	1502	1251	832	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.43			4:56PM 2.91	1:31AM 1.46			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		12:05AM 1.86	10:02AM 2.12		8:01PM 2.92		1:34PM 2.12	1:56AM 2.01	9:09AM 2.62	3:49PM 1.97	11:05PM 2.34	9:48AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 0.66		10:09PM 1.04	6:16AM 0.14		7:21PM 0.30	7:55AM 0.21		8:01PM 0.36		4:51PM 0.55		3:48AM 0.22	2:00PM 0.48	2:14AM 0.25	6:12AM 0.34		7:47PM 0.13	3:06AM 0.12			3:12AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	1
High °C	13	14	15	12	14	12	12	12	8	13	11	9	9	12	13	13	16	9	16	11	11	15
Low °C	11	10	13	10	14	9	9	11	7	12	11	8	8	11	12	13	13	8	15	11	10	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	10	13	10	10	12	8	13	9	7	7	12	12	12	16	6	16	11	9	14
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.3 W	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	17	16	14	15	11	10	13	12	15	17	17	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	11	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.3 S	-	2.0 WSW	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.8 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 N	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	17	16	-	14	11	-	-	24	-	6	-	13	13	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Tuesday 09							Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SW	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	17	10	16	14	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	15	15	13	13	11	16	16	10	13	17	13
Energy	8511	9001	13599	8451	8667	8478	9240	11354	5087	8174	13804	7484	4763	3841	3668	5887	3184	3047	3421	1296	1046	1618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 2.56		9:09AM 1.51		4:17PM 2.50				3:31AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)								10:09PM 1.04			6:16AM 0.14	10:41AM 0.87			6:42PM 0.24		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	10	14	11	10	14	9	14	10	14	14	10	9	11	9	9	9	11	12	9
Chill °C (?)	7	10	10	7	13	9	8	12	8	13	7	13	13	8	7	8	7	7	6	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SW	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	17	16	16	14	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	15	15	10	10	11	16	16	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 S	-	0.5 S	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	23	16	16	19	-	17	16	-	-	-	-	16	-	13	13	-	-	12	16	10	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	13	11	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 S	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	17	17	17	10	10	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	4358	4227	8511	8588	8591	9001	9268	8664	13599	13286	13017	8451	12426	13204	8667	8279	9044	8478	8478	7835	9240	9240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	4:17PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)				3:46AM 0.79							10:07AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	8	11	10	11	11	12	13	10	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	7	6	6	10	9	10	10	11	12	7	14	13	13	12	11	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 S	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	17	17	16	16	16	11	16	16	16	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	23	22	22	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	16	16	-	-	17	17	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	17	17	17	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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