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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	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	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	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Henderson Bay Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 S	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.3 E	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	12	9	18	16	16	15	14	11	9	12	14	10	12	12	10	6	7	12	15
Energy(?)	578	393	635	761	618	992	1069	1005	1148	882	113	656	707	187	130	293	378	133	151	13	942	1517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 2.07			1:14AM 2.26		1:27PM 2.29	11:33PM 3.14	11:58AM 3.36		12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:15PM 3.62	1:39AM 3.33		1:58PM 2.59	2:03AM 2.17		2:43PM 2.43	2:47AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		7:59AM 0.38	6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19			5:45AM 0.02	6:17PM 0.07		6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	7:17AM 0.15		7:36PM 0.55	7:45AM 0.21		8:00PM 0.53	7:44AM 0.31		8:43PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	2
High °C	12	18	19	16	20	20	19	20	22	19	19	18	16	20	17	18	19	18	14	25	16	13
Low °C	11	18	18	14	19	20	16	19	21	17	16	18	13	19	17	17	19	18	12	24	15	11
Chill °C (?)	12	18	19	15	20	20	19	20	22	19	19	18	16	20	17	18	19	18	14	25	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	9	9	11	11	15	14	11	9	9	8	10	12	12	10	6	6	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	-	1.3 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 E	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	21	7	12	20	9	18	16	16	11	15	12	-	12	14	13	7	14	13	10	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	7	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	7	-	6	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	19	7	7	7	12	7	19	12	11	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	554	578	553	568	614	629	635	675	636	761	637	628	594	605	1129	1283	1096	1069	1019	1035	1024	1287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						12:35PM 2.25				10:44PM 3.11				11:11AM 3.33				11:16PM 2.61				11:26AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)				6:30AM 0.23				4:37PM 0.16				4:56AM 0.05				5:14PM 0.38				4:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	11	12	11	12	14	18	19	16	15	14	14	17	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	19	22
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	11	11	13	18	19	15	14	13	13	17	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	9	9	12	11	9	12	12	11	11	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	7	21	21	20	20	19	12	12	12	20	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 02				Saturday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	560	376	405	438	465	578	326	343	343	330	393	387	374	399	637	740	587	580	835	1138	765	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:20AM 2.22										10:10AM 3.71
Low Tide / height (m)										4:05AM 0.14												4:04PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	11	10	10	10	10	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	17	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	23	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	22	22	22	22	21	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	7	7	12	12	22	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	7	7	-	-	7	12	-	7

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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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