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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Back Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Weld Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	7	7	5	5	9	6	7	9	7	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.5 SW	6.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.5 W	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	13	11	13	12	12	19	18	20	17	15	21	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	778	1595	9209	5751	599	2056	1164	956	1338	1938	1233	1471	3291	573	1037	485	8200	7295	6472	6869	3152	6382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:09AM 1.76	12:37PM 1.54	2:30PM 2.24	2:40AM 2.88	5:09AM 1.91	2:29PM 2.26	2:48AM 2.35	3:30AM 2.68			4:45AM 2.65	5:37PM 2.94		11:37AM 1.82		1:02AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 0.21	9:21PM 0.34	8:56AM 0.42	5:50PM 0.46		6:36AM 0.46		8:33PM 0.50	11:29AM 0.37		8:40PM 0.50	10:00AM 0.48	5:43PM 0.15	10:37PM 0.66	11:12AM 0.54		11:38PM 1.06	5:12AM 0.21	5:51PM 0.26	6:53PM 0.22	5:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	4	13	-	-	-
High °C	9	18	12	16	11	12	8	9	6	10	14	14	13	12	10	12	9	10	8	11	14	13
Low °C	7	18	12	15	10	10	6	8	6	7	13	13	13	11	9	9	7	7	5	9	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	18	9	15	9	10	4	5	4	10	13	13	11	10	8	10	5	7	6	9	12	11
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	4.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.5 W	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	3.5 W	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	13	11	-	13	11	13	12	12	14	18	12	11	20	14	7	15	15	14	-	14	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.2 S	-	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	15	-	8	22	19	12	20	17	19	17	15	18	20	18	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	6.0 W	-	1.1 S	-	0.7 W	2.5 SW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SSE	-	4.5 W	-	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.1 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	6	-	4	8	-	-	9	-	15	8	5	-	14	-	14	14	7	15

	Tuesday 15						Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.0 E	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.5 ESE	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 ESE	2.5 SW	1.7 ESE	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	9	12	18
Energy(?)	862	941	1339	3906	1643	1549	1606	6066	9178	2805	4444	3686	3096	583	1836	1408	1193	2436	933	1075	754	2262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							11:27PM 1.82				12:42PM 2.35			9:09PM 1.52	1:47AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	6:39AM 0.56				5:03PM 0.40				7:26AM 0.29	9:42AM 0.22			7:33PM 0.37				8:10AM 0.65		1:45PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	10	11	18	18	17	12	12	7	16	15	10	9	11	10	9	15	9	7	8	5
Chill °C (?)	11	8	10	10	18	18	17	9	9	5	16	14	10	9	10	8	7	14	6	4	5	2
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.0 E	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 W	-	0.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.5 ESE	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	12	-	8	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	8	12	12	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 N	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	11	6	11	11	11	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	-	22	21	22	9	9	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	0.6 W	2.5 SW	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	9	-	5

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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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