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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	5	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 W	0.7 WSW	2.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	7	12	16	9	16	16	14	15	14	14	7
Energy(?)	1500	1140	2161	1629	1586	2152	717	805	678	476	383	93	2017	530	1545	7701	1821	2250	2046	1521	1526	461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:55AM 2.90		5:51PM 2.88		6:12AM 2.29	5:34PM 2.51		6:17AM 2.42	6:35PM 2.48		7:15AM 2.47		8:27PM 2.33	7:47AM 2.15		8:00PM 2.13	8:52AM 2.65		9:59PM 2.44	9:33AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:47PM 0.94	10:05AM 1.06		12:09AM 1.22	12:20PM 0.74		12:00AM 0.72	12:26PM 0.88		12:57AM 0.75		2:27PM 1.32	2:39AM 0.68		2:01PM 0.69	2:21AM 0.53		2:50PM 0.70			3:31PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	2	45	1	26	-	11	1	3	-
High °C	16	16	20	20	18	22	16	17	22	17	17	24	13	12	16	15	17	16	13	13	18	18
Low °C	15	14	17	18	15	19	15	16	19	16	16	23	11	11	15	15	13	13	11	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	20	20	17	22	16	16	22	17	17	24	12	12	16	13	16	16	11	12	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 W	2.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	7	-	8	9	16	16	14	15	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	1.4 SW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 NNW	-	0.7 N	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	13	16	15	13	14	-	-	16	19	8	-	12	12	8	-	7	8	6	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WSW	-	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	-	2.5 W	-	1.8 N	-	1.7 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.6 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	8	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	12	-	8	-	7	3	7	6	4	7

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1174	1386	1561	1064	1280	1317	1341	1580	1635	1319	1279	1121	1107	1089	2152	1536	1052	1165	573	506	625	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:25PM 3.14					5:12AM 2.36				4:35PM 2.63				6:12AM 2.29				5:36PM 2.53				6:00AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:47PM 0.94	11:12PM 1.12				10:22AM 0.71				11:04PM 0.71				11:05AM 0.69				12:54AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	18	12	10	12	18	21	20	18	15	15	11	14	19	22	22	21	18	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	11	9	11	18	21	20	17	14	14	10	13	19	22	22	21	18	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	15	14	13	13	14	8	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	12	16	15	16	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	8	7	14	14	14	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 11										Friday 12
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1011	1132	1174	1478	1471	1922	1635	1097	2466	2694	2923	2873	1196	1349	1548	1533	1543	2010	3580	1112	1835	1643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:25PM 3.14	4:52PM 2.98											3:57AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)										10:05PM 0.62												10:03AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	16	15	15	18	17	15	15	14	14	11	13	17	17	17	16	16	14	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	15	14	13	17	16	13	13	12	12	10	11	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.2 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	14	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	14	13	16	13	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	12	12	12	7	16	16	16	16	-	15	6	-	-	-	16	-	6	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	-	13	14	5	14	14	13	13	6	-	6	6	6	8	13	-	-	7

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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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