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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	9	6	8	8	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	15	16	14	16	11	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	13	13
Energy	1027	1093	1155	3469	1133	1765	11811	1374	3375	3165	3500	2142	2318	3475	8653	5983	7903	7773	3767	3075	1904	1265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 2.85		12:19PM 2.56	8:47PM 2.71			10:46PM 3.06	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	10:59AM 3.60	4:20PM 2.18		4:41AM 2.03	5:32PM 2.01		8:27AM 1.70		8:49PM 1.84	9:52AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00PM 0.48		6:12AM 0.34			8:07AM 0.01			4:13AM 0.09	4:33PM 0.01		4:51AM 0.33		10:37PM 0.11	10:59AM -0.00		11:54PM 0.12		2:34PM 0.21		3:46AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	5	-	1	1	-	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	12	14	10	10	12	13	12	13	14	8	8	10	11	10	12	12	10	12
Low °C	12	12	13	10	12	13	10	9	10	12	12	12	13	8	7	9	10	9	9	9	8	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	12	10	14	7	8	10	13	11	12	13	5	4	7	8	8	12	12	8	12
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	15	16	14	16	11	13	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	19	12	-	13	13	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.7 N	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.4 SW	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	0.1 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	24	6	16	15	18	-	12	-	-	6	8	-	13	18	-	-	16	-	-	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	4	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	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	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s)	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	16	13	11	14	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	15	14	15
Energy	1027	1109	1093	1079	1213	1155	1220	1164	3469	1180	1133	1435	1720	1765	1401	1113	11811	7804	1374	5989	5382	3375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91	12:19PM 2.56		8:47PM 2.71					11:04AM 2.14				10:46PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)			2:00PM 0.48					3:14AM 0.17	6:12AM 0.34						2:49AM 0.34		8:07AM 0.01			5:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	10	13	12	14	14	13	15	15	10	12	10	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	7	13	10	14	14	12	15	15	7	10	8	12	10	11
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	16	13	11	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	24	24	7	6	6	7	16	18	15	19	18	18	18	16	-	8	12	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13																	Sunday 14
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1105	1049	1027	1090	1112	1109	1109	1107	1093	1082	1093	1079	1052	1164	1213	1178	1172	1155	1184	1247	1220	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:38AM 3.21													9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)								2:00PM 0.48														3:14AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	10	-	-	24	24	-	24	24	24	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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