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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 S
Period(s)	10	17	12	15	14	18	15	16	14	13	17	18	16	12	16	16	15	14	10	9	11	13
Energy	3265	1028	1129	3286	1259	1364	1010	1001	1134	1168	1136	1562	1160	200	8559	6265	3231	3468	2386	1084	1151	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:13AM 1.67	8:17AM 1.91		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		8:35PM 2.48	8:56AM 2.42		11:30PM 2.17	10:19AM 3.17		10:31PM 2.83		12:21PM 3.43	12:41AM 3.49	6:12AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 0.36		2:00PM 0.80	2:17AM 0.31		2:00PM 0.48		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15	2:49AM 0.34				4:13AM 0.09	4:45PM 0.04		6:37AM 0.21		6:29PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	11	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	15	15	17	10	13	12	14	11	11	6	9
Low °C	11	12	7	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	9	11	11	13	10	8	5	7
Chill °C (?)	9	12	8	11	12	11	12	12	14	12	12	15	15	17	8	12	12	13	10	10	3	8
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	0.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	13	12	15	14	18	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	15	14	21	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 NW	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	17	16	-	20	9	8	9	6	18	17	18	16	13	8	-	6	-	11	21	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	10	13	17	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	18	16	14	15	16	16	16	14	14
Energy	3265	1262	1028	1141	3768	1129	1312	3665	3286	1216	1259	1078	3133	1364	1053	1067	1010	1109	1001	1079	1180	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									8:17AM 1.91								8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55AM 0.21						12:18AM 0.53				2:00PM 0.80				2:26AM 0.78				2:00PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	11	13	8	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	10	11	8	10	9	11	11	12	12	8	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	16	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	18	16	14	15	16	16	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	1.2 W	-	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	17	17	10	16	20	-	-	-	20	10	-	9	9	18	8	-	9	24	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11																	Friday 12
	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	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	The Box Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	10	10	14	14	13	14	12	17	12	14	14	11	17	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	16
Energy	3664	3529	3265	1023	1008	1262	1091	1190	1028	1101	1155	1141	1150	3045	3768	3112	1123	1129	1024	1023	1312	3054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:07PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	8	12	11	12	8	8	7	7	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	14	14	11	17	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	18	18	10	18	10	17	10	17	17	18	18	10	13	16	16	16	16	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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