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

	Wed	Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	17	20	20	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	14	16	14	14	16	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	2056	638	454	2225	1408	1233	3458	3689	1925	1599	4043	3950	2963	4988	1239	2137	2635	4819	1010	1634	1600	1531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:41AM 3.55	9:37AM 1.44	2:17PM 2.76	2:38AM 2.86			11:21PM 1.64	10:45AM 1.74		6:49PM 1.88	7:28AM 1.90		7:56PM 1.90	8:39AM 1.94		8:57PM 1.92	9:41AM 1.96		10:03PM 2.04	10:45AM 2.08		10:59PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 0.15		8:31PM 0.48	8:59AM 0.74	4:30PM 0.28		4:07AM 0.22	4:42PM 0.25	1:12AM 0.41		1:47PM 0.48	2:21AM 0.37		5:14PM 0.36		3:20AM 0.30	1:25PM 0.84		4:26AM 0.20	2:26PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	9	5	8	14	12	15	10	9	14	13	9	8	13	9	10	10	10	10	11	9
Low °C	10	10	7	4	5	13	11	14	10	8	13	12	8	8	12	8	8	10	8	8	10	7
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	3	6	12	10	14	10	6	13	12	7	6	11	7	10	10	7	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	11	12	17	16	11	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	14	16	14	14	16	15	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.3 SW	-	1.6 SW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	8	22	13	11	20	-	19	21	20	-	-	-	20	-	-	10	-	18	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	-	1.1 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	7	4	6	-	7	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	6	-

	Wed	Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	17	16	16	16	16	19	15	17	17	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	3199	868	1687	1408	1193	1053	674	897	750	2225	3982	3639	3549	2793	2619	4020	6934	1972	1982	2999	3022	2543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 1.52	1:47AM 2.97									5:14AM 1.94				5:41PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 0.78				8:10AM 0.65					11:04PM 0.39				11:35AM 0.37	2:06PM 0.36			9:12PM 0.93	12:05AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	10	10	10	8	10	9	7	5	4	5	5	8	10	8	6	13	6	6	12	9
Chill °C (?)	12	8	9	8	7	5	8	7	5	2	1	4	2	6	8	5	4	11	4	4	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	13	13	13	12	9	12	11	17	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	12	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.9 SW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.3 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	22	21	8	14	8	8	13	11	11	11	20	11	8	8	17	9	22	24	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	7	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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