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

	Tue	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	9	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	16	14	13	16	10	17	12	15	15	17	17	16	14	13	15	18	16	16	13	13	14	13
Energy	11354	13376	3188	3267	3104	1028	1041	3099	1418	3367	1252	1109	1141	1074	4970	1441	1261	5980	6399	1561	2871	1904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:17PM 1.26	7:39PM 1.84			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		11:48PM 2.12	7:36AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71	9:09AM 2.62	2:29PM 2.18	12:06AM 2.24	11:26AM 3.45		10:34PM 3.84
Low Tide / height (m)	10:09PM 1.04	6:16AM 0.14		1:55AM 0.46	7:55AM 0.21		8:01PM 0.36		1:50PM 0.33			1:43PM 0.19		3:14AM 0.17	5:06PM 0.22		3:06AM 0.12			5:08AM 0.52	4:22PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	10	12	12	8	12	13	9	11	13	13	12	13	15	15	10	11	11	15	15
Low °C	13	11	10	9	9	11	7	12	13	8	10	13	12	12	12	14	14	8	7	10	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	8	10	12	8	12	13	7	11	13	12	12	12	15	14	7	8	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 W	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	16	14	13	16	10	13	12	15	15	17	17	16	14	13	15	13	16	16	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	1.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	17	16	-	-	11	-	-	7	18	12	18	13	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	2.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	13	-	8	7

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s)	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	16	16	16	10	13	17	10	16	12	16	16	15	15
Energy	9772	11354	5087	17404	13376	7484	3188	4395	3526	3267	3184	3193	3104	1295	1028	1035	3702	1041	3021	3665	3099	1232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							12:17PM 1.26														8:17AM 1.91
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						2:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	10	10	11	14	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	11	12	9	13	8	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	14	8	7	8	13	10	11	8	8	8	8	7	11	12	9	12	8	10	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	10	10	16	16	16	10	13	13	10	16	12	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.3 W	0.3 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	16	-	13	13	-	-	12	16	10	17	18	10	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.0 S	4.5 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Mukerau Beach Northland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa
Rating	9	9	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	14	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	13
Energy	12328	9584	9772	9240	12038	11354	10836	10055	5087	5039	10542	17404	16181	14906	13376	13015	13300	7484	7254	6964	3188	3188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:17AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)					10:09PM 1.04								6:16AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	10	9	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	8	8	12	7	7	8	8	8	10	13	13	13	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	21	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	16	16	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-

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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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