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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	Thu		Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	The Ledge Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SE	1.8 W	3.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	11	12	11
Energy(?)	895	3073	3561	3068	3434	2648	2118	2620	3850	4335	3226	5602	3342	2425	4161	6035	2029	1849	1875	2451	960	2746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 1.67	9:47AM 1.70	5:47PM 1.90		6:18AM 1.91		6:49PM 1.88	7:28AM 1.90		7:56PM 1.90	8:39AM 1.94		6:44PM 2.74	11:04AM 2.40		7:49PM 2.87	9:54AM 1.95		9:33PM 2.80	8:52AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	4:13PM 0.35		3:10AM 0.23		12:05AM 0.41		12:39PM 0.44	1:12AM 0.41		12:50PM 0.60	2:21AM 0.37		4:23PM 0.63	1:01AM 0.62	4:51AM 0.48	3:57PM 0.42	2:04AM 0.50	3:40AM 0.46	4:10PM 0.48			3:02PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	6	8	10	8	13	12	10	14	13	10	10	11	8	7	9	11	11	12	10	8	14
Low °C	8	5	5	9	7	13	11	8	14	13	9	9	10	6	6	9	8	8	11	9	6	13
Chill °C (?)	7	4	6	7	5	12	10	8	13	11	8	8	9	6	6	8	10	11	11	8	7	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 W	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	17	17	16	-	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	22	13	11	19	24	24	21	20	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.8 SW	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	2.5 SE	-	3.5 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	11	-	11

	Thursday 17			Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	5	7	6	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	20	16	17	18	17	18	19	19
Energy(?)	1021	1171	1081	3073	3946	3757	3561	3737	3068	3384	5833	3514	5279	3002	6752	4740	3201	6947	5189	3234	5958	5054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:14AM 1.94				4:52PM 1.82				3:39AM 2.76	7:51AM 2.27			5:58PM 1.78				4:31AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				11:04PM 0.39				11:35AM 0.37					1:40AM 0.59							11:31PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	9	7	5	5	6	5	8	9	8	8	7	7	12	8	9	12	9	7	8	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	7	5	2	3	4	3	6	7	6	5	4	4	10	5	7	10	7	5	6	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	11	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	16	17	18	17	18	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	13	11	11	11	20	19	9	8	24	22	19	20	19	22	18	-	-	19	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.9 W	1.1 W	1.9 W	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	17	6	16	5	20	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 17											Friday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	5	7	6	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	12	14	14	19	19	18	19	17	17	17	12	16	16	12	17	17	18	7	7
Energy(?)	301	1941	1269	895	1787	1724	2095	2229	2396	1409	3074	3073	3522	616	3946	3898	798	4406	4576	1663	820	1154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			2:43PM 0.23									11:04PM 0.39	12:40AM 0.56								8:53AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	10	5	5	10	5	5	7	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	2	2	2	3	8	3	3	7	3	2	5	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	12	17	17	17	12	16	16	12	17	17	18	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	22	20	20	19	19	18	19	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	22	22	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	2.1 SW	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW
Period (s)	4	8	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7

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Cook Islands	French Polynesia	Tonga

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Catlins	Nelson West Coast	South Island New Zealand
Chatham Islands	New South Wales Far South	Southland
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East Cape	Newcastle	Sydney South Coast
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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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