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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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Henderson Bay Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Takou Bay Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 SW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.2 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 E	2.5 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	12	10	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	10	8	13	9	11	10
Energy(?)	1031	856	918	721	1645	1085	449	776	401	1502	1516	1477	1163	390	1500	760	1320	1069	1678	567	737	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 2.83		3:09AM 2.22	4:35AM 2.53		1:29AM 3.27		1:38PM 2.98	3:35AM 3.10		2:11PM 2.27	3:11AM 2.78		4:52PM 2.98		5:24AM 2.84	4:48PM 2.73	7:18PM 1.80	9:19AM 2.13		8:19PM 1.75	10:12AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		6:14PM 0.07	8:52PM -0.02	10:50AM 0.42	6:47PM 0.44	7:22PM 0.52	7:39AM 0.56		9:20PM 0.84	9:25AM 0.41		9:04PM 0.70	9:24AM 0.90		11:12PM 1.12	11:34AM 1.24		1:40AM 0.48		3:33PM 0.76	2:37AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	20	16	19	20	21	19	21	21	18	23	13	17	24	14	16	18	15	13	15
Low °C	19	20	14	19	15	18	15	19	17	19	19	17	21	12	17	22	14	14	17	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	20	16	19	20	21	19	21	21	18	23	12	16	24	13	14	17	13	12	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	4:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 SW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.2 NE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 E	2.5 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 NE	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	11	12	10	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	10	8	13	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 E	1.3 NNE	1.5 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 S	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	15	14	12	-	-	-	13	13	12	11	10	-	16	7	16	13	14	10	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	9	9	5	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1298	1427	1191	1087	1273	569	597	543	2012	1669	615	1257	1013	1254	1147	1052	1264	922	776	1221	1976	1192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:54AM 3.05	2:29PM 2.28			12:37AM 3.40									2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)								6:34AM 0.08	7:55AM 0.74				7:22PM 0.52				8:05AM 0.41	10:12AM 0.32				12:15AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	20	21	22	20	18	18	17	16	13	13	20	19	18	12	11	11	20	20	21	19	15	13
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	20	18	18	17	16	13	13	20	19	18	12	10	10	20	20	21	19	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.5 N	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	12	14	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 07																Monday 08
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	960	1872	1031	1013	1441	985	970	1021	1132	1016	1471	852	664	1003	1019	1027	957	2725	1812	1700	2005	1430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:37AM 2.57	12:12PM 3.67															3:09AM 2.22	4:35AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)											5:54PM 0.35	6:24PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-
High °C	17	19	19	20	21	20	20	21	18	17	20	19	19	17	17	17	19	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	20	21	20	20	21	17	16	20	19	19	16	16	16	19	9	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	-	8	8	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	-	-	15	13	13	16	16	16	15	13	14	16	16	15	15	-	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	-	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	12	13	13	13	13

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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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