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 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatea Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	3.0 NE	0.9 SW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NE	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2417	2254	481	1279	2067	1455	1727	1226	1493	1047	1900	1529	182	447	726	1738	1401	517	434	1551	1224	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.94	12:48PM 1.98		12:23AM 1.95	9:08AM 1.65		7:49PM 1.40	11:29AM 3.43		11:47PM 3.24			12:38AM 3.09	12:41PM 2.39	6:10PM 1.61	12:42AM 2.12		2:29PM 2.49			3:24PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			6:46AM 0.41	6:14PM 0.54			3:04PM 0.40	2:01AM 0.26	5:23AM 0.63	5:42PM 0.77		7:09AM 1.07	6:33PM 0.82		6:31AM 0.39			8:27AM 0.62		10:16PM 0.50	9:15AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	18	19	16	16	20	13	14	19	19	17	20	12	11	18	13	9	19	20	17	18	23
Low °C	15	17	18	16	15	19	13	14	19	18	16	19	12	9	16	12	7	18	19	17	17	22
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	16	16	20	12	14	19	19	17	20	11	11	18	11	8	19	20	16	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	3.0 NE	0.9 SW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 NNE	1.8 SW	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	12	9	7	12	12	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 N	0.7 E	0.9 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	1.2 NE	0.3 N	1.5 NE	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	-	10	18	7	11	-	-	11	9	14	12	9	9	6	12	16	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	6

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	14	14	11	11	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	15	14	15
Energy(?)	1797	3370	3771	3800	3287	1604	1371	1234	2055	2304	2258	1022	1119	1097	1462	1239	1506	1356	1046	3137	1075	1109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:47PM 1.94			8:27AM 1.62					11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.54								4:34PM 0.68				5:03AM 0.56				6:15PM 0.39				6:33AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	15	13	14	12	17	19	26	19	18	17	13	13	13	18	10	20	17	15	8	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	14	11	17	19	26	19	18	17	13	13	13	18	9	20	17	15	6	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	11	11	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.5 N	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	9	-	9	8	13	13	18	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	6	7	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-

	Wednesday 19										Thursday 20
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	1.8 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 NE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	13	13	10	10	10	8	8	14	14	8	8	12	14	11	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	753	2417	3835	2701	2925	1527	1572	1524	299	299	288	1492	290	327	240	1260	567	2608	1996	373	1523	1502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:47PM 1.56			10:03PM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)					5:40PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	16	15	15	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	11	17	15	14	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	16	10	17	14	12	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 SW	1.1 NE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	13	14	13	13	10	10	9	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	14	11	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 N	-	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	9	15	15	9	11	11	11	9	12	12	12	10	8	8	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

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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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