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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.3 NNW	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	0.8 E	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	9	11	12	10	9	11	12	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	468	856	992	3822	1722	589	296	1390	641	1012	1002	1307	1346	1565	1676	1572	1015	1046	896	778	1214	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 3.11	9:41AM 3.22		11:36PM 2.14	11:28AM 3.43		7:39PM 2.24	8:17AM 2.36	6:56PM 1.72	7:50PM 1.67	8:03AM 2.01		8:33PM 1.94	9:08AM 2.06		8:34PM 1.57	10:36AM 1.86		7:24PM 1.78		5:11PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		3:26AM 0.06		5:22PM 0.22		5:16AM 0.55	1:09PM 0.27	2:02AM 0.40			2:06AM -0.04		2:32PM 0.01	2:46AM 0.43		3:08PM -0.02	2:46AM -0.00		4:35PM 0.05	1:45AM 0.14	10:06AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	18	16	14	24	23	15	21	16	17	22	21	17	16	15	15	20	16	18	17	18
Low °C	16	11	15	16	11	20	19	11	19	15	16	21	20	15	15	15	11	15	16	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	8	18	14	13	24	23	14	21	16	17	22	21	16	16	15	14	20	16	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	8:20	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	2.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	0.8 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.5 N	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	-	9	9	12	10	9	11	7	10	11	13	13	15	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 N	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	20	8	9	8	11	9	12	14	14	15	-	-	15	13	15	14	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	4.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	5	11	-	3	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 S	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SW	2.2 W	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	354	630	1054	1492	1038	634	2233	984	1029	1194	9939	3037	3521	1344	1108	1167	576	1438	1070	1390	1202	4969
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 3.11	10:42PM 2.09						4:55PM 1.71				6:10AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)						4:23AM 0.58		12:38PM 0.59				11:52PM 0.21				12:12PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	17	15	13	12	9	15	18	18	14	14	13	14	12	17	23	27	18	16	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	17	14	12	11	7	15	18	18	14	13	12	13	11	17	23	27	18	16	12	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.2 SW	2.2 W	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	7	7	15	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	9	17	15	15	16	9	10	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	16	16	9	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	2.5 S	3.0 WSW	-	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	2.0 SW	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	8	9	-	-	9	9	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	8	11	-	11

	Wednesday 03										Thursday 04
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.5 NNW	1.4 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 W	2.5 SSE	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 S	0.9 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 W	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	7	15	8	13
Energy(?)	421	349	337	585	637	142	521	665	626	905	120	61	94	119	125	2153	740	127	376	69	289	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																4:55AM 1.57		6:01AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				4:30PM 0.29						10:01PM 0.62	11:15PM 0.06									8:36AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	18	18	16	16	15	11	19	18	11	15	14	15	14	14	11	10	13	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	18	18	15	15	14	7	18	17	7	15	12	13	12	12	8	7	10	10	11	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 E	1.3 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	7	7	16	16	8	12	9	9	9	7	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	7	7	8	7	7	-	15	15	-	9	9	9	6	6	9	16	9	9	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.5 SSE	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.5 S	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	9	5	8	7	-	-	4

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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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