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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	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kingston Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	11	8	13	12	12	10	11	9	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13
Energy(?)	674	258	993	1710	419	818	5044	5321	1230	1978	912	689	861	776	1347	2234	309	1145	603	876	1833	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:03AM 2.21	10:44AM 2.77		11:05PM 2.60	4:17AM 2.13		10:24PM 1.58		1:23PM 3.41	11:57PM 1.25	6:16AM 2.45	6:25PM 1.78	3:52AM 2.07		4:08PM 2.05	2:54AM 2.65		2:14PM 2.91	2:37AM 2.74		2:48PM 3.16	3:03AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		4:30AM 0.05	5:01PM 0.05		10:28AM 0.10	5:58PM 0.32		7:14AM 0.58			12:26PM 0.75		9:43PM 0.13	9:06AM 0.38		8:48PM 0.27	8:05AM 0.62		8:33PM 0.46	8:41AM 0.57		8:59PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	29	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-
High °C	15	25	14	11	12	17	18	21	21	17	18	20	15	14	15	14	20	14	18	21	21	18
Low °C	14	24	14	10	11	17	17	19	21	16	14	18	14	13	15	12	15	13	16	19	20	16
Chill °C (?)	15	25	12	9	11	16	17	21	21	16	18	20	15	13	13	12	20	13	17	21	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	-	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	8	11	11	11	13	12	12	9	11	14	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	9	11	-	-	13	-	18	-	13	10	11	17	7	-	-	12	8	14	6	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	1.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	12	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	9	-	6	11	12	-	-	-	-	12	-

	Sun	Monday 02									Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Kingston Norfolk Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	635	514	571	522	500	247	230	235	317	994	1373	1205	1102	1216	1088	1391	4557	6172	4017	3300	3227	4082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 2.53				11:01AM 3.67				10:38PM 1.23		4:33AM 2.02			2:01PM 2.30			12:02AM 3.16				12:08PM 3.76
Low Tide / height (m)				4:30AM 0.05	9:40AM 0.10			6:12PM 0.53					7:55AM 0.13			6:49PM -0.03				6:01AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	4	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	17	21	21	21	15	18	24	17	16	16	10	10	11	12	13	14	16	15	14	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	21	15	18	24	17	16	16	8	8	10	10	12	13	16	14	12	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	9	10	12	11	11	10	12	13	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	-	1.3 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.2 S	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	8	13	7	6	7	5	10	9	4	10	12	8	-	8	11	8	8	8	14	-	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 N	-	1.8 S	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	9	10	11	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Kingston Norfolk Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	8	12	9	11	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	698	496	496	401	723	244	255	196	196	777	323	59	506	657	305	233	245	460	333	302	462	541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)													7:09AM 0.18									4:59PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	22	22	22	14	15	25	11	11	14	14	16	15	14	14	16	18	19	19	23	24	23
Chill °C (?)	17	22	22	22	13	15	25	11	10	12	14	16	15	12	13	16	18	19	19	23	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	6	6	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.7 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	10	6	9	10	10	12	12	9	9	12	10	9	5	11	5	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.7 NNE	1.0 W	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	5	9	-	3	3	3	4	4	5

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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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