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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	12	13	11	10	8	6	7	13	15	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	11	10
Energy(?)	152	145	709	1560	1383	1597	785	758	325	223	962	447	1993	492	3136	1933	2103	1581	1822	503	1237	509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 2.58	9:03PM 1.85		4:45PM 1.96		6:32AM 1.87	6:52PM 1.86		4:37AM 2.84	5:10PM 2.96		6:04AM 2.40	6:21PM 2.45		6:51AM 2.09	6:53PM 2.03		7:46AM 2.47		8:03PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)			3:19AM 0.11	6:37AM 0.29		12:04AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55		10:03PM 0.77	10:46AM 1.12		11:29PM 1.06	12:12PM 0.79		12:37AM 0.57	12:58PM 0.64		1:12AM 0.67		2:06PM 0.69	2:20AM 0.77	7:50AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	26	2	-	-	1	7	-	3	5	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	17	19	17	16	15	14	16	14	17	10	18	9	11	18	13	12	17	15	12	17
Low °C	19	10	16	18	16	16	15	12	16	13	16	9	18	9	8	18	13	12	17	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	18	10	17	19	16	15	14	11	15	14	17	10	18	6	9	18	12	11	17	15	12	17
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WNW	1.3 E
Period (s)	12	11	13	12	10	11	10	13	6	7	13	15	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	1.5 W	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 WNW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	19	4	15	13	11	16	7	8	12	6	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	13	19	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	2.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	6	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5

	Monday 10					Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	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	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kingston Norfolk Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 SSW	1.7 NW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	14	9	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1266	1069	265	569	833	1007	619	679	1443	3441	2281	2180	1514	1271	1328	1131	1126	1084	585	569	1043	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)								5:23AM 1.97			2:55PM 3.21				3:23AM 2.12					4:12PM 2.66		10:06PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)			3:00PM 0.14			10:56PM 0.24			8:15AM 0.64				9:31PM 0.60				9:18AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	22	14	9	8	8	17	19	18	17	14	13	14	14	16	17	17	15	15	11
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	22	13	7	6	6	16	19	18	16	14	13	14	14	16	17	17	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	9	7	10	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	1.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	10	16	16	15	13	-	-	-	18	18	16	16	16	12	8	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 NE	0.4 NW	-	2.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	6	6	8

	Monday 10																Tuesday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	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	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kingston Norfolk Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	The Box Northland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	14	8	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	6
Energy(?)	1304	1285	152	753	376	152	435	434	1000	910	898	820	321	440	617	617	709	709	513	859	612	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				2:30AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)														8:18PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	21	14	14	13	13	19	19	19	19	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	15	17	9
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	21	12	14	12	12	19	19	19	19	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	17	6
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 NW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	14	8	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 E	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.8 W	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	4	4	10	12	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	2.1 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	5	-	-	6	8	-	6

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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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