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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1279	1377	1455	1067	1226	1493	637	1938	345	285	68	1046	1781	873	1106	399	1501	1702	2166	788	680	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:38PM 3.26	10:56AM 2.84		11:27PM 3.16	11:31AM 2.82		3:49AM 2.23	11:43AM 2.31		12:16AM 2.28		1:53PM 3.02	3:52AM 1.82		2:04PM 2.70	1:28AM 2.05		2:11PM 2.55			5:34PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 0.68		4:44AM 0.34	6:13PM 1.01		5:19AM 0.36	5:44PM 0.45	9:42PM 0.67	5:38AM 0.55	6:22PM 0.51		7:39AM 0.55		9:38PM 0.47	7:24AM 0.60		7:23PM 0.75	7:59AM 0.63		11:05PM 0.53	9:00AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	20	16	14	20	16	18	15	14	11	19	9	17	20	20	17	22	18	16	25	23
Low °C	16	14	20	16	14	20	15	18	14	13	8	18	9	16	19	18	16	20	17	14	22	23
Chill °C (?)	16	15	20	16	14	20	15	18	15	14	8	19	6	16	20	20	17	22	18	16	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:06	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	-	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	15	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.1 NW	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	10	7	7	11	-	11	9	9	14	10	9	10	12	13	11	15	14	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	2.2 SW	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	12
Energy(?)	2064	2304	1581	1025	1119	1102	1099	1027	1560	1090	1537	1062	1077	3302	1328	1229	1664	1106	1121	3094	1087	3005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:48PM 3.14								12:14AM 2.65				12:07PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 0.68				4:44AM 0.34				5:08PM 0.42								5:44PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	15	13	13	14	17	10	21	17	18	14	12	8	17	17	20	18	15	9	14	9
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	13	13	14	17	8	21	17	18	14	11	6	17	17	20	18	15	7	14	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	7	-	8	7	7	7	15	10	-	-	7	6	-	5	12	11	-	-	13	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12

	Thursday 20										Friday 21
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1624	1638	1427	1138	1662	1655	1631	1391	2304	1398	2120	1178	1040	3621	1467	1209	1764	1102	1102	514	1348	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:34PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3
High °C	20	20	17	16	17	17	16	18	18	15	16	15	13	12	13	14	17	14	15	11	16	10
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	16	16	17	16	18	18	15	16	14	13	10	13	13	17	14	15	9	16	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.8 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	10	-	8	8	8	-	6	7	10	7	7	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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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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