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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Papatea Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 NE	1.2 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	2.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	9	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	12	11
Energy(?)	389	537	2282	501	1274	1377	1335	911	1062	1348	1047	1944	1509	173	2807	2615	1280	1530	581	1217	360	1937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 3.10		12:37AM 1.98	7:38AM 1.67	5:51PM 1.34	12:23AM 1.95			12:58AM 1.95	9:47AM 1.67		9:52PM 1.56	12:03PM 3.40		12:23AM 3.19			1:17AM 3.00		5:24PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15PM 0.77					7:22AM 0.44	6:13PM 1.01			3:45PM 0.40	3:56AM 0.30	5:58AM 0.70	6:18PM 0.85		7:47AM 1.10		7:13PM 0.91	7:14AM 0.55		1:15AM 0.49	7:59AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	21	16	18	19	16	15	10	17	15	15	18	18	19	13	10	10	12	9	22	20	16	18
Low °C	20	16	16	18	16	14	10	17	14	15	17	17	19	12	8	10	11	8	20	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	21	16	18	19	16	15	8	17	14	15	18	18	19	12	8	8	10	7	22	20	16	18
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 NE	1.2 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.5 N	-	1.0 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	10	13	8	-	10	7	7	6	-	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	13	15	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	4	4	6	4

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	3.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1286	1445	1613	1798	1471	3370	3723	1357	3258	1619	1479	1308	2201	2297	2399	1026	1230	1097	1099	1273	1436	1090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)								11:12PM 3.12			8:27AM 1.62					11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)						5:40PM 0.54								4:34PM 0.68				5:03AM 0.56				5:08PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	7	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	18	21	15	13	15	14	16	18	22	19	18	17	13	14	14	17	11	11	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	18	21	15	12	15	14	16	18	22	19	18	17	13	14	14	17	9	9	17
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	3.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.5 N	-	1.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	14	-	12	-	9	-	9	8	13	13	13	8	7	7	8	-	7	7	15	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 NNE	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Wednesday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.3 W	3.0 NE	1.6 ENE	2.3 N	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	2.5 NE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9
Energy(?)	1563	1153	408	1170	491	1213	1111	835	1179	985	1109	1109	375	322	322	541	217	386	216	2342	1646	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)															3:59PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	5	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	10	19	20	14	12	16	15	18	18	18	21	21	20	16	18	17	18	13	12	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	8	18	20	14	11	16	15	18	18	18	21	21	20	16	18	17	18	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.3 W	0.2 NNE	1.6 ENE	2.3 N	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	0.2 N	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	8	14	9	10	11	10	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	11	-	9	10	10	10	10	-	14	14	14	14	14	10	11	11	11	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 NE	1.1 NNE	-	0.4 N	-	-	2.5 NE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	5	-	3	-	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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