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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Tue		Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue
	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	Rapahoe West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Back Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Graveyards Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	9	9	6	8	5	5	6	4	7	5	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	11	13	12	12	19	18	15	8	16	15	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	313	6934	5751	599	2090	1051	671	1352	1728	2427	1165	6958	2792	4476	3950	4209	6228	2355	2038	1403	6044	3393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:37AM 2.03	6:38AM 2.31	2:36PM 2.54	12:09AM 1.76	3:25AM 1.98	3:55PM 1.87			2:29PM 2.26	2:48AM 2.35	11:29AM 1.53	4:19PM 2.64		4:42AM 2.98	5:37PM 2.94	12:10AM 1.87			9:01PM 1.96		12:21PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27PM 0.45				9:45AM 0.45		10:05PM 0.52	8:20AM 0.33		8:40PM 0.50	5:13AM 0.12		10:37PM 0.66	11:06AM 0.94		6:39PM 0.28	7:05AM 0.19	4:23PM 0.63		5:38AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	2	1	-	-	20	-	7	4	-	-
High °C	11	9	16	11	12	8	9	6	9	10	7	10	13	13	12	14	11	12	10	11	14	12
Low °C	10	9	15	9	10	5	7	6	7	8	6	7	13	11	10	13	8	10	10	8	14	7
Chill °C (?)	10	6	15	9	10	5	7	4	9	7	4	9	11	12	11	13	9	12	7	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNE	4.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	13	11	13	12	22	14	18	15	17	16	15	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	0.2 S	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	15	-	8	15	19	12	19	8	20	24	21	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 WSW	-	1.3 S	-	0.4 W	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	6	-	3	12	-	-	-	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	14	4

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Rapahoe West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 E	3.0 W	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 ESE	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	11	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	18	17	18	17
Energy(?)	1339	3906	682	3160	1606	5428	4527	3506	4444	3686	2966	853	1836	1544	1279	1025	824	761	1346	2225	2432	3442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:18PM 2.31		11:27PM 1.82				12:42PM 2.35			9:09PM 1.52	1:47AM 2.97						6:15PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)							8:56AM 0.42				6:51PM 0.32				8:10AM 0.65			3:34PM 0.25		11:04PM 0.39	1:35AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	7	10	17	9	8	10	16	15	15	9	11	10	10	10	9	7	6	5	5	4
Chill °C (?)	10	8	5	9	17	6	5	8	15	14	13	9	11	8	8	8	6	5	3	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 E	3.0 W	2.5 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 ESE	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	11	13	11	-	-	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	17	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.9 N	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.2 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	6	16	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	15	8	-	22	21	21	8	9	18	13	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	13	5	4	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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