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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Paparahi Point Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha North Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.7 NE	3.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	11	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	9
Energy(?)	984	1708	1009	494	648	1031	2521	1027	1209	1400	2476	2188	594	1192	1487	1463	1828	1529	882	626	203	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:32PM 2.23	2:41AM 3.24		2:17PM 3.07	3:19AM 2.60		3:55PM 3.12		4:13AM 2.47	3:55PM 2.86		8:21AM 2.16		7:18PM 1.80	6:46AM 1.77	2:23PM 2.02			3:58PM 1.62		4:30AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.70	8:34AM 0.28		9:07PM 0.25	8:30AM 0.74		10:16PM 0.99	10:21AM 0.55		12:40AM 0.40		2:36PM 0.71	1:40AM 0.48	12:58PM 0.69		9:59PM 0.68	9:39AM 0.53		10:52PM 0.82	10:32AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	19	20	16	18	25	20	15	15	14	16	16	14	13	19	18	17	20	21	18	21
Low °C	18	15	17	15	15	17	21	18	14	13	12	12	16	14	12	17	18	17	19	21	16	20
Chill °C (?)	18	14	19	20	16	18	25	20	14	14	12	16	15	12	12	19	18	16	20	21	18	21
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.7 NE	3.0 ENE	0.4 WNW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.1 NW	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	13	11	12	13	12	8	8	13	13	16	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	-	-	1.1 NW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 N	-	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.6 S	-	0.7 N	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	10	13	13	13	13	5	14	-	16	16	15	8	-	14	-	4	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	14	-	-	5	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Fairway Reef Northland	Pataua Northland
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 NNE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	597	3073	2049	2249	1297	1716	1030	1192	1191	1071	1248	1022	780	1221	2201	1026	1662	2621	3052	2126	3037	3050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:26PM 3.21				2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36						12:33PM 1.91	1:31PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55AM 0.74				7:22PM 0.52				8:05AM 0.41	10:12AM 0.32						6:44AM 0.43				6:40PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	13	13	18	14	18	12	11	13	20	20	21	18	12	12	16	17	20	21	24	20
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	13	18	14	18	12	10	13	20	20	21	18	10	12	16	16	20	21	24	20
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 NNE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW	0.5 N	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	15	13	15	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	9	12	13	13	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Monday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Fairway Reef Northland	Pataua Northland
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	14	14	12	14	14
Energy(?)	543	2858	901	1172	868	1643	587	3697	2158	1741	633	1360	980	976	1725	1716	95	162	132	37	198	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 2.21													3:23PM 2.21							10:50PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	-	1	-	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	16	17	17	17	19	13	13	13	22	14	14	15	15	15	23	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	12	14	16	17	16	19	11	13	12	22	12	12	13	13	15	23	20	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	2.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	-	4	5	-	10	12	14	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	14	13	-	15	14	15	12	15	15	13	14	-	8	8	-	12	8	8	11	9	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NNE	1.6 N	0.9 NNE	-	1.9 NW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	4	-	8	3	-	8

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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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