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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	7	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 SSW	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	9	11	8	11	11	17	16	16	12	11	13	15	8	13	13	13	14	16	15
Energy(?)	2461	763	6108	3771	2734	2081	1099	823	3246	1404	1211	193	335	525	905	655	936	6096	1156	2070	2895	1776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:08AM 3.27		10:55PM 2.84	11:13AM 3.04		7:02PM 1.37	11:05AM 3.67			6:55AM 1.54		7:14PM 1.42	7:40AM 1.52		8:03PM 1.45	8:29AM 1.51	6:22PM 1.85		6:59AM 1.73	4:21PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	4:35PM 0.76	12:30AM 0.62	4:01AM 0.67	4:24PM 0.43		5:02AM 0.31	5:54PM 0.76	1:14AM 0.24	4:58AM 0.38	5:18PM 0.36	12:39AM 0.65		1:32PM 0.18	1:26AM 0.15		1:59PM 0.17	2:17AM 0.14			1:21AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	20	15	14	15	15	12	13	16	13	21	21	17	20	17	11	13	21	17	21	19
Low °C	16	12	18	15	13	15	14	12	12	16	12	18	19	16	19	17	10	11	20	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	17	14	20	12	12	14	14	10	13	16	13	21	21	17	20	16	8	12	21	17	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	1.3 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.7 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 SW	0.8 W	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	13	11	11	8	11	11	17	16	9	7	11	13	15	15	13	16	8	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 S	-	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	1.8 ESE	0.3 SE	1.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	-	14	10	12	11	10	10	16	12	8	11	8	10	11	11	13	8	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	0.3 S	3.0 SW	4.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.5 NW	1.5 SW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	3.5 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	13	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	7	8	4	13	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.3 E	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SE	2.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 ESE	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	10	10	18
Energy(?)	1603	1265	1334	1857	1224	1074	593	1101	2182	2002	4306	3109	3063	2063	2081	1809	1684	1221	1466	1104	1316	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:04PM 1.87	9:52PM 3.03											5:24AM 1.50				5:42PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)						4:24AM 0.48		12:12PM 0.36		4:06PM 0.66		10:55PM 0.69				11:41AM 0.25				10:14PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	21	15	15	15	15	16	14	21	20	19	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	21	15	15	15	14	16	13	21	20	19	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	15	10	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.3 E	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 ESE	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	8	11	10	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.3 SSE	0.2 S	1.2 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	1.5 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	2.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 S	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	9	21	21	12	12	21	20	10	10	10	11	10	8	12	9	11	21	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	-

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	6.5 S	6.5 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	14	14	13	13	12	10	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	1580	917	1350	2415	1814	2016	917	5719	3456	3349	10604	10039	6576	4956	4949	5152	5106	5240	218	391	426	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:37PM 3.13							4:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			3:44PM 0.83																		9:01AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	18	17	20	20	16	15	18	18	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	16	20	20	16	14	18	18	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	9	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.8 E	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.5 E	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	6.5 S	6.5 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	9	4	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	4	4	7	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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