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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast
Rating	3	4	4	2	1	2	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.4 S	2.5 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	-	2.4 NE	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	-	10	8	11	14	12	13	12	10	-	8	14	13	10	14	13	13	9	6
Energy(?)	1121	968	904	0	54	782	3537	4682	2414	1977	1769	660	0	1374	4822	4498	1779	4982	2323	3782	1391	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:40AM 2.84		8:53PM 1.89	5:06AM 1.15	5:55PM 1.43		6:10AM 1.25	6:45PM 1.51	9:15PM 2.65	7:21AM 1.13		9:05PM 3.17	7:43AM 1.34	4:16PM 1.51	6:26PM 1.75	5:04AM 1.47		11:43PM 2.02	11:24AM 2.74		10:38PM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 1.20	11:59AM 1.15	4:03PM 0.64		11:11AM 0.41		12:15AM 0.50	12:12PM 0.36				2:52PM 0.43				12:44AM 0.26	11:15AM 0.43	1:28PM 0.47		5:17AM 0.15	4:34PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	8	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	23	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	17	14	15	17	14	12	9	11	9	15	10	11	12	10	8	12	11	10	10	15	17
Low °C	16	17	12	13	16	14	11	8	10	5	10	8	8	10	10	7	12	11	8	10	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	12	13	16	12	10	7	10	8	15	8	9	10	7	6	12	9	8	8	14	16
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:40	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	0.5 S	2.1 NE	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.5 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	13	9	-	6	-	16	14	12	13	12	10	12	8	14	13	10	14	13	13	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.9 NNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	20	17	-	-	10	-	8	10	-	-	-	14	10	15	8	-	14	12	-	-	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	2.3 SW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	3.0 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	2.4 NE	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.5 N	2.1 W	3.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	3	4	9	8	-	8	11	6	-	-	-	3	6	8	14	13	-	-	4	13	9	6

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Onemana Coromandel	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	6	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.5 WNW	3.0 SW	2.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	2.1 NNW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	16	15	11	9	9	9	6	9	7	13	8	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1703	2432	1101	1793	1096	968	852	1003	724	5296	1847	1244	629	204	82	662	501	417	5579	5015	5605	4325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78							4:51PM 1.36					7:00AM 2.59		1:50PM 1.60	3:51PM 1.69					7:59AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 1.19				9:55AM 0.45					11:49PM 0.19						8:11PM 0.32	10:33PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	12	17	17	18	18	18	12	10	13	13	16	17	14	12	9	6	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	11	16	17	18	18	18	12	8	12	12	16	17	13	11	7	3	6	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.5 N	2.0 NNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	16	15	11	9	9	9	6	9	7	13	8	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.8 S	0.1 NE	1.3 NNW	-	1.2 NW	-
Period (s)	16	20	9	-	18	17	16	10	10	-	8	-	-	7	5	11	13	10	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 SW	2.4 NNW	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	9	9	-	6	4	7	5	-	-	-	6	8

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Onemana Coromandel	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	6	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	0.7 SW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	7	5	6	7	9	11	10	4	9	10	14	14
Energy(?)	1801	2270	1532	2580	1059	1074	1087	1086	1134	2906	43	11	75	102	80	10	125	47	3706	3118	2970	3322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78											5:41AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)					9:51PM 0.63															1:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	12	16	16	16	16	16	13	11	11	11	18	17	16	14	17	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	10	15	15	15	15	15	11	10	11	9	18	17	15	11	16	10	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	0.8 NE	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	8	16	16	7	9	12	10	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	17	20	-	-	20	20	20	20	20	-	7	-	-	11	10	11	14	11	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 W	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	-	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	5	6	-	-	-	6	4	9	10	-	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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