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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	7	9	7	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	16	10	17	12	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	18	14	14	16	16	15	14	11
Energy	13672	3041	3267	3201	1046	1021	3058	3855	3460	1007	1209	1153	1176	1456	1692	2508	268	8321	8240	8371	4499	5331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 2.59	7:39PM 1.84			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71		3:34PM 2.17	10:53PM 2.98	10:08AM 3.00		10:34PM 3.84
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21		8:01PM 0.36		4:51PM 0.55			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	2:20PM 0.33		8:23AM 0.01			4:02AM 0.06	5:03PM 0.09		6:37AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	13	11	11	12	8	12	11	10	12	14	13	12	16	14	11	11	11	13	13	15	13
Low °C	11	11	10	10	11	7	12	10	9	11	14	12	12	16	13	10	11	10	11	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	10	13	9	9	12	8	12	10	9	12	14	13	12	16	14	8	11	10	13	12	13	13
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	10	13	12	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	16	9	15	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	16	17	16	-	17	-	8	7	7	18	20	18	18	4	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	16	15	-	11

	Wednesday 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	15	14	13	16	16	16	10	13	17	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16
Energy	13672	3219	3041	3099	3761	3267	3184	3193	3201	1262	1046	1141	3414	1021	1312	3486	3058	1200	3855	3213	3500	3460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:07PM 3.01													8:17AM 1.91					10:52PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	6:16AM 0.14	10:56AM 0.55			6:42PM 0.24		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21						12:18AM 0.53					4:51PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	8	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	13	10	8	9	9	8	7	11	12	10	10	7	11	10	12	11	10	9	9	8
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	10	16	16	16	10	13	13	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	13	-	-	12	16	10	17	17	10	16	20	-	-	-	17	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	5	5	13	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10																	Thursday 11
	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	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	6185	14906	13672	5047	3262	3219	7484	6990	3041	3093	3141	3099	5113	3362	3761	3761	3157	3267	3226	3226	3184	3405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:07PM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)					10:56AM 0.55								6:33PM 0.23							1:55AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	11	14	14	13	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	13	8	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	10	10	10	11	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 S	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	12	-	-	-	10	13	13	13	10	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 S	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

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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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