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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Karekare Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 NNW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	14	16	16	16	13	14	12	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	9	12	13	14	14	14	16	14
Energy	528	1025	516	554	608	519	527	208	314	500	704	1655	1026	1068	533	2338	1018	4011	1172	1257	2385	1694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26	12:19AM 3.30	3:38AM 2.47	12:01PM 2.87	12:27AM 2.67		2:27PM 3.16	2:49AM 3.17	4:10AM 2.05			8:31AM 2.28		8:40PM 1.86	11:28AM 1.65		12:31AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				5:15AM 0.07		6:08PM 0.40	10:04AM 0.28		6:11PM 0.11	8:17AM 0.26		8:34PM 0.96	10:36AM 0.23	1:22PM 0.17	9:36PM 1.09		2:47PM 0.82	2:58AM 0.28	5:26AM 0.24	5:45PM 0.27	6:15PM 0.17	6:51AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	10	14	11	15	12	16	16	15	15	14	10	12	13	13	14	11	14	15	13	16
Low °C	11	8	8	12	9	13	12	14	15	12	15	13	9	11	13	11	12	9	11	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	14	10	15	10	16	16	14	14	14	8	10	13	12	13	10	13	14	12	15
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	13	14	12	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	9	13	13	14	14	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	21	22	11	20	20	15	13	11	-	5	12	6	8	-	14	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	13
Energy	611	522	528	933	1025	886	677	516	503	575	554	519	608	614	503	519	649	652	527	270	208	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08				11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26				2:11AM 2.22	3:38AM 2.47			12:01PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		4:24AM 0.04					7:12PM 0.16			5:15AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	8	9	8	8	9	9	12	12	14	9	11	12	14	11	11	12	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	7	9	8	7	7	8	12	12	14	7	10	12	14	9	9	10	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	21	20	22	22	20	11	11	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

	Monday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16
Energy	512	507	611	606	522	522	515	537	528	527	667	933	1009	1065	1025	986	935	886	874	787	677	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:07PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)					4:24AM 0.04															7:12PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SE	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	22	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	6	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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