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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Weld Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	11	14	19	13	12	12	12	20	16
Energy(?)	736	1610	1408	1894	1260	1444	1191	1594	1447	924	1125	1301	1072	737	400	525	3638	5072	2093	2539	622	1674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:15AM 2.15		7:14PM 2.33	7:52AM 2.42		7:35PM 2.73	7:56AM 2.30		8:09PM 2.15	9:08AM 3.14		9:20PM 2.38	9:44AM 2.62		12:46AM 2.16	10:42AM 3.25		3:54AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 0.48	11:36PM 0.72	11:39AM 0.70		1:28AM 0.73		2:12PM 0.62	1:55AM 0.86		2:16PM 0.50	2:25AM 0.58		3:28PM 0.39	3:29AM 0.23		4:00PM 0.16		4:30AM 0.15	4:56PM 0.08	9:38PM 0.03	7:32AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	18	22	19	20	19	13	11	21	23	18	21	11	18	19	10	10	13	15	14	19
Low °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	12	9	19	20	17	20	11	16	15	10	8	12	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	22	19	20	19	12	10	21	23	18	21	8	18	19	6	7	13	14	13	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	-	1.0 ESE	0.7 NNE	0.1 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	-	7	19	9	12	12	12	20	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 S	-	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	-	21	19	-	-	16	16	8	7	-	8	8	-	16	-	12	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	0.9 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	4	13	12	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	17	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	2712	2259	1309	1008	1562	1318	1018	1003	1118	1672	1649	1405	1045	1179	1289	1201	1095	1293	1014	1024	1375	1447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:26PM 2.13				6:28AM 2.37				5:45PM 1.98				6:41AM 2.18						10:12PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						12:07AM 0.71				11:39AM 0.70				12:34AM 0.78					1:22PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	18	21	17	17	15	16	18	22	23	21	18	18	19	19	20	12	19	18	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	19	18	21	17	17	15	16	18	22	23	21	18	18	19	19	20	11	19	18	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	16	17	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	11	8	8	8	8	10	-	-	12	-	-	21	-	20	16	-	18	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-

	Wednesday 25																Thursday 26
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	2899	2749	736	650	1164	1483	1454	1604	715	743	1008	965	1151	1613	1358	1595	1547	453	2037	2079	1425	2088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:26PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)				10:16AM 0.62	11:30AM 0.63											10:51PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1
High °C	10	11	18	20	18	18	18	18	19	21	21	21	19	18	19	18	18	13	18	18	13	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	18	20	18	18	18	18	19	21	21	21	19	18	19	18	18	12	18	18	12	9
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	17	11	16	16	16	16	16	11	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	18	8	8	8	8	13	18	11	11	9	9	9	9	7	-	8	8	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	4	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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