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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	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fairway Reef Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NW	3.0 ENE	2.5 NE	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1203	604	2428	1287	2285	787	3006	4919	2456	1900	1990	442	364	873	1135	470	1434	1420	2176	5856	2114	1454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 1.36		2:16PM 1.50	9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	12:36PM 1.99		9:53PM 1.84			10:34PM 1.88	10:55AM 1.88		7:49PM 1.42	9:49AM 3.28		10:03PM 3.22	12:04PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.12	7:57AM 0.70		3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		6:17AM 0.38	6:56PM 0.32		7:17AM 0.34	4:26PM 0.60		4:45AM 0.58	1:50PM 0.48	2:03AM 0.26		3:59PM 0.69		5:58AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	15	52	23	40	-
High °C	23	13	11	17	13	18	18	12	11	16	15	12	21	19	14	22	16	20	20	19	19	27
Low °C	21	13	9	14	10	18	18	12	10	15	14	11	18	17	14	20	16	19	19	19	18	23
Chill °C (?)	23	13	11	16	10	18	17	9	9	16	14	10	21	18	13	22	15	20	20	18	19	27
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 N	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NW	3.0 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	7	13	16	14	14	9	14	8	13	12	13	10	10	12	9	9	11	9	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 E	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	1.4 N	0.4 N	1.6 E	-	0.5 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	8	16	10	7	14	8	-	-	15	18	8	6	8	10	8	7	14	10	-	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	1.9 N	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	4.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	3	6	-	-	13	-	-	-	4	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Thursday 13					Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 E	1.5 SW	4.0 W	1.2 SW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	8	8	16	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	614	2129	1743	790	1217	2428	2020	1998	1951	1345	1488	9988	1087	4661	3434	3138	1074	1206	3331	3193	2684	3600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:41AM 1.82	12:48PM 1.51							8:44AM 1.81	10:58AM 1.99											7:13PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)					7:42PM 0.19		2:25AM 0.44								2:29AM 0.67			11:12AM 0.56	1:01PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	23	21	22	16	11	9	9	15	18	19	10	8	8	8	8	18	19	16	16	15	9
Chill °C (?)	11	23	21	22	16	11	7	6	13	18	19	9	5	6	6	6	18	19	16	16	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.9 NE	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	4.0 W	1.2 ENE	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	9	8	8	16	14	14	13	10	10	13	10	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	1.0 W	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 ESE	0.2 N	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	7	8	11	8	16	-	-	-	14	10	10	13	11	11	11	8	9	-	-	19	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	-	3.5 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13																	Friday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	9	8	8	12	12	12	13	14	13	8	13	8	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	538	1119	1203	781	666	566	575	585	604	339	634	1217	631	956	782	575	2814	2814	726	854	793	2604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:41AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)							1:52PM 0.56			4:13PM 0.42							10:05PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	19	21	22	23	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	11	12	12	12	19	19	15	15	15	11
Chill °C (?)	11	18	21	22	23	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	10	10	11	18	18	14	14	14	10
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.2 NNE	1.2 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	13	8	8	11	8	18	18	18	11	11	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	4	11	11	8	13	8	8	8	8	14	13	-	13	11	11	11	10	10	7	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	7	7	-	-	-	5	5	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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