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	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Beatons Southland	Three Points East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	9	7	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 W	5.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 W
Period(s)	16	17	16	16	15	16	10	12	15	15	15	18	17	16	14	12	13	14	17	16	20	12
Energy	13333	8667	11354	6762	4553	3267	3342	1115	3284	3156	1418	3965	1209	1239	1129	4367	1077	11011	6823	1488	2718	3597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.43		3:31AM 2.06	4:56PM 2.91	7:39PM 1.84		1:07PM 1.63	9:57PM 2.31	8:17AM 1.91		11:48PM 2.12	7:36AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	10:55AM 2.18		11:12PM 2.18	11:04AM 2.14	3:52PM 2.15	9:44PM 3.79
Low Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 0.66		10:09PM 1.04	10:00AM 0.44		1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21				1:50PM 0.33			2:00PM 0.48		4:38AM 0.10	3:40PM 0.15		4:49AM 0.24			6:27AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	14	14	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	11	12	12	13	13	10	13	15	14	10
Low °C	12	10	14	13	14	9	9	9	11	12	12	9	10	11	12	12	12	8	11	12	14	6
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	7	10	12	12	12	13	9	12	15	14	7
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:30
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 W	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	15	16	10	12	15	15	15	18	17	16	14	16	13	15	17	16	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 NW	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	-	10	13	-	6	16	17	18	9	5	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	14	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Three Points East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	15	15	13	12	16	15	16	10	13	12	14	16	15
Energy	13333	8419	8667	8475	8043	11354	5087	17142	6762	7458	4553	4362	6986	3267	3144	3193	3342	1295	1115	1141	3702	3284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:17PM 2.50															1:07PM 1.63			9:57PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		10:07AM 0.66				10:09PM 1.04				10:41AM 0.87			7:21PM 0.30		1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33	7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	12	14	14	11	10	14	9	9	13	14	14	11	12	10	9	10	9	11	11	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	9	8	12	8	6	12	13	13	10	10	9	7	8	6	11	11	10	11	9
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	14	16	15	15	10	12	16	15	16	10	13	12	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	16	14	-	17	11	-	-	-	-	16	-	13	-	-	-	12	16	10	10	17	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 S	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09																	Wednesday 10
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	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	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	16
Energy	9268	8664	13333	13286	8230	8419	8419	13204	8667	8279	8180	8475	8134	13228	8043	8027	11633	11354	10836	7253	5087	8860
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	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:08PM 2.43											3:31AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)					10:07AM 0.66												10:09PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	15	10	10	14	14	14	12	9	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	8	13	8	9	12	12	13	10	8	13
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	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	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SW
Period (s)	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	16	-	-	-	17	17	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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