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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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	2	1	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 S	1.1 S	1.6 W	2.5 NE	3.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	3.5 NNE	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	14	12	12	14	14	13	8	11	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	9	14	13
Energy(?)	66	84	78	3731	5508	2253	1643	1556	865	1075	753	3954	1207	4007	2945	1691	1712	711	2173	3705	3102	2457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:06AM 1.15	5:44PM 1.37	7:29PM 2.83	6:10AM 1.25	2:41PM 1.57		3:04AM 1.44			10:54AM 1.96		9:34PM 3.13	9:52AM 3.06		9:58PM 3.06	10:25AM 3.58		11:39PM 3.20	6:43AM 1.50		7:03PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:13PM 0.58	11:11AM 0.41		1:51AM 0.66	12:12PM 0.36		9:00PM 0.17	9:14AM 0.16	2:52PM 0.43	9:35PM 0.24	4:45AM 0.37	4:22PM 0.24		3:47AM 0.17	4:00PM 0.20		4:19AM 0.45	5:33PM 0.70			5:11PM 0.48	1:20AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	13	23	1
High °C	10	17	14	12	9	11	8	13	11	10	13	12	10	13	13	11	11	12	11	9	8	14
Low °C	8	16	8	10	8	10	5	7	9	9	11	11	7	13	11	9	9	11	9	8	7	11
Chill °C (?)	8	17	13	9	7	10	5	12	9	7	12	11	10	13	12	10	11	10	11	7	5	12
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 W	0.3 S	3.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	16	14	12	12	14	10	13	15	11	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 N	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	1.8 WNW	1.9 N	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	0.7 N	1.8 NW	-	1.7 NNE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	6	8	10	8	-	13	14	17	10	12	10	10	10	9	-	8	8	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	3.5 W	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	3.5 NNE	2.5 W	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	3	11	7	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	8	9

	Wed		Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	8PM	11PM	1AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	9	9	14	9	9	14	8	9	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	13
Energy(?)	724	602	537	1154	239	44	75	181	212	1075	5304	5015	6255	5524	3380	3118	3148	1248	1052	1300	1029	1389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					5:06AM 1.15		1:50PM 1.60		7:29PM 2.83				7:59AM 2.71				8:17PM 3.44	9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49	8:43AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)			11:49PM 0.19												2:04PM 0.47							9:28AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	10	13	18	17	16	15	10	5	6	7	9	8	11	12	11	7	6	2	7	12
Chill °C (?)	19	19	8	13	18	17	16	14	8	2	3	6	7	5	10	11	10	5	4	-2	5	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NE	1.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NNW	0.7 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	14	8	8	14	9	9	14	8	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NW	0.2 NNE	1.3 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	5	6	5	6	11	6	10	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SW	2.4 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	1.0 NW
Period (s)	4	4	9	9	4	4	5	4	-	9	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	5

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18
	6PM	7PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.5 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.6 NNE	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 W	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	10	7	14	10	10	10	-	7	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	5	11	10
Energy(?)	902	764	1081	228	610	56	56	56	0	497	3577	3724	4311	5114	4275	3628	3414	3014	2996	194	2599	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								1:21AM 1.46						7:07AM 2.54						1:56PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	12	14	19	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	11	12	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	9	12	19	15	15	14	12	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 NE	-	1.2 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	1.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	4.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.6 S	3.0 W	0.7 S
Period (s)	15	15	9	-	14	7	6	6	-	6	18	13	-	11	11	-	-	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 NE	-	0.2 W	-	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.4 NNW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	-	19	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	13	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	1.5 NNW	0.4 ENE	2.2 N	2.0 N	0.3 NW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NNE	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 W	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 NW	-	2.0 NW
Period (s)	-	4	10	7	4	7	7	2	8	7	10	11	11	-	-	11	11	12	12	5	-	6

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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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