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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Te Araroa East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NNW	4.0 S	4.5 S	1.6 SE	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	10	9	8	12	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	13	11	12	12	13	11	11	13
Energy(?)	978	5128	9012	489	227	1766	1426	928	749	1197	1346	1482	2308	1673	968	501	1557	920	1328	750	1459	1120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:37AM 3.33	6:40PM 2.19		5:32AM 1.59	6:53PM 1.65		7:15AM 1.71		7:39PM 1.61	7:39AM 1.72		8:36PM 1.85	9:18AM 1.79	6:26PM 1.85				3:35AM 3.10	9:17AM 1.79	4:20PM 2.03		4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			1:07AM 0.44	11:57AM 0.05		1:09AM -0.02		1:45PM 0.05	1:54AM -0.04		1:34PM -0.00	2:44AM 0.12			12:45AM 0.07	10:06AM 0.32	1:04PM 0.22	9:20PM 0.84			10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	15	23	23	13	12	17	17	21	21	17	13	14	19	20	20	14	16	21	18	20
Low °C	18	17	14	19	19	12	12	16	16	21	20	17	13	14	17	14	19	13	15	21	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	13	23	23	10	12	17	17	21	21	16	12	14	19	20	20	14	16	21	18	20
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NNW	0.8 NNE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	2.2 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	10	9	9	12	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	13	11	12	12	13	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 N	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	19	9	9	5	9	9	14	14	15	-	15	15	12	10	13	-	9	8	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	-	1.0 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	12	12	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	5	9	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	10	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	600	966	1011	6754	13096	4384	3623	3132	1694	1045	595	1019	1105	1595	3260	4475	3857	919	1118	1292	1293	1295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 1.42				6:31AM 1.70				6:37PM 1.85						12:20PM 3.47				12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38PM 0.59				12:12AM 0.01				12:05PM 0.02										6:59PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	15	19	19	15	14	12	14	13	15	23	25	19	16	14	11	9	14	16	12	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	13	13	11	13	13	15	23	25	19	16	12	9	7	12	16	10	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	9	10	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 W	0.5 E	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	15	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	13	16	9	9	12	-	14	9	9	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	12	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	8	11	11	12	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04																Friday 05
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	5	9	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	6.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	5.0 S	4.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	0.9 E	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	8	8	7	7	7	9	11	7	7
Energy(?)	638	992	978	4371	2933	3760	9457	4614	6307	4038	2414	6617	6055	40	40	334	266	401	180	265	278	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52AM 0.07	11:47AM 0.13									8:55PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	18	15	16	16	15	18	15	16	15	16	16	13	12	12	11	14	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	16	18	12	14	14	12	17	12	14	14	14	15	13	11	11	10	13	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	2.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 E	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	13	9	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	7	7	8	20	20	-	19	9	-	10	-	19	8	8	13	13	20	7	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	2.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	6.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	5.0 S	4.5 S	-	-	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	-	-	7	5	7	3	-	-	-

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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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