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 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	14	9	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	13
Energy(?)	1276	2093	2238	1681	1057	1357	538	715	646	1927	1889	1649	1390	659	858	1117	606	987	1433	1387	1606	2466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:00AM 3.37			3:05AM 3.10		3:16PM 3.12	3:56AM 3.02		4:33PM 2.94		5:15AM 2.15	5:45PM 1.98		6:38AM 2.07		8:41PM 2.87	10:30AM 1.96		11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08		12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28AM 0.88	4:43PM 0.13	8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91		9:38PM 0.96	10:21AM 1.13		10:51PM 1.14	11:39AM 0.70		11:16PM 0.50	12:54PM 0.80		2:59AM 1.10	4:23AM 0.51	4:53PM 0.26		5:19AM 0.38	4:24PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	19	18	19	14	17	20	19	19	22	21	20	15	15	14	15	19	17	20	11	9
Low °C	12	19	18	16	18	13	16	18	19	17	20	20	19	13	15	13	11	19	17	19	10	7
Chill °C (?)	13	20	19	18	19	13	17	20	19	19	22	21	20	14	13	14	14	19	17	20	8	6
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 E	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	14	9	17	16	16	15	14	14	9	9	12	13	13	14	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	12	18	18	9	11	7	12	-	12	12	13	16	7	16	8	12	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.0 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	11	-

	Sun	Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	13	16	16	15	16	14
Energy(?)	2013	1406	4368	1472	1286	2329	2238	2108	1734	1645	1357	1255	1044	895	824	503	1778	2986	3326	3156	1041	2259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							2:19PM 3.34				2:54AM 2.37				2:56PM 2.13	4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.53				8:33AM 0.69				8:42PM 0.73				8:24AM 0.42					12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	11	13	13	16	20	20	19	17	17	16	17	17	19	20	17	12	11	10	10	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	11	12	12	16	20	20	19	16	16	16	17	17	19	20	17	12	10	9	10	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	13	16	16	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	19	16	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22				Monday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 W	1.1 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	2090	1567	266	1909	1276	1739	1715	1715	1583	1575	1815	1468	1575	1597	1619	772	861	744	731	653	571	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:00AM 3.37														3:42PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 0.53												7:32AM 0.29				11:01AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	15	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	15	17	19	20	22	16	21
Chill °C (?)	17	13	14	12	12	17	17	18	18	18	16	18	18	19	19	15	17	19	20	22	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	8	13	13	8	-	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	14	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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