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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Maori Bay Auckland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatea Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Langs beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	1573	481	2553	1377	1455	1839	1046	1493	545	1918	1414	230	2376	832	1118	767	564	513	1610	1417	1607	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.98	12:04PM 1.96		8:28PM 1.56	7:34AM 1.46		11:12PM 3.27	11:29AM 3.43		2:30AM 1.94	12:18PM 3.29		12:23AM 2.59	12:20PM 2.27		1:02AM 2.51		3:55PM 1.76	3:07AM 2.83		3:15PM 2.42	3:44AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 0.54	6:14PM 0.54	2:42AM 0.27		1:47PM 0.31		5:23AM 0.63	5:44PM 0.45	8:18PM 0.37	6:13AM 0.68	6:33PM 0.82		6:15AM 0.60	6:38PM 0.70	7:02PM 0.58	8:22AM 0.62		8:52PM 1.15	9:15AM 1.17		9:36PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	19	19	19	15	20	15	15	19	16	18	19	13	11	18	18	10	18	20	17	20	16	16
Low °C	18	18	18	14	19	14	14	19	15	18	19	11	8	16	17	8	18	19	17	18	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	15	20	14	14	19	15	18	19	12	8	18	18	8	18	20	17	20	14	15
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	-	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 NNE	1.8 SW	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	-	15	14	12	12	8	12	11	13	12	11	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	10	18	7	11	-	11	11	9	9	12	-	9	8	12	15	14	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	2.3 SW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	13	4	4	-	12	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	11	10	10	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3771	3800	3287	1604	1326	1160	2064	2304	1611	3676	1119	1097	1099	1512	1560	1090	1336	3962	1075	1108	1348	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.94												10:36AM 2.33								12:32PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)								4:34PM 0.68				5:03AM 0.56				5:08PM 0.42				6:33AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	16	25	27	19	18	15	14	13	14	17	20	20	18	14	8	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	16	25	27	19	18	15	13	13	14	17	20	20	18	14	6	13	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	10	10	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	9	8	13	18	18	8	7	8	-	7	7	7	10	10	-	6	-	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20
	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	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	8	8	13	11	11	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4065	3782	4001	1762	1543	1573	295	251	192	2433	483	537	358	444	440	823	2234	536	1301	1281	1597	1457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																10:21AM 2.82	11:22AM 2.67	12:43PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)						12:35AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	18	18	18	17	17	16	11	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	19	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	18	18	18	17	17	15	10	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	19	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	9	12	8	8	8	13	8	8	13	11	11	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 N	1.3 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	14	-	-	11	12	12	-	11	11	10	10	10	17	8	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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