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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	Sat		Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Clark Island Coromandel	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	9	9	12	9	9	10	12	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	15
Energy(?)	5597	2419	1900	2107	1449	744	614	812	504	713	703	961	1055	2237	1571	878	1108	1097	1083	799	874	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 1.36	7:13PM 2.96	9:32AM 1.77		9:18PM 2.97	9:41AM 2.95		8:03PM 2.28	9:07AM 2.54		9:22PM 2.66	9:40AM 2.44		7:02PM 1.89	10:15AM 2.49	6:06PM 1.27	10:26PM 2.39	4:32AM 1.69	4:29PM 2.27	7:14PM 1.30	7:30AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		1:32AM 0.90		3:43PM 0.65	3:30AM 1.11		3:51PM 1.10	2:19AM 0.37		3:38PM 0.71	3:34AM 0.37		3:54PM 0.40	1:32AM 0.53	4:07AM 0.28			10:43AM 0.40		1:23AM 0.28		1:52PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	8	2	-	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	2
High °C	12	10	17	18	17	23	17	14	23	20	18	19	20	15	21	19	19	21	20	17	20	20
Low °C	12	8	15	17	16	19	17	13	20	18	18	19	19	13	19	19	17	18	19	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	9	8	17	18	16	23	16	13	23	20	18	19	20	14	21	19	19	21	20	17	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	13	12	13	13	12	12	9	9	12	9	9	10	12	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	15	22	22	9	12	9	8	12	14	14	15	-	9	8	7	7	5	18	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	3	3	10	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	10	12	10	10	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1023	3247	7209	3049	2043	1624	1248	1735	2036	1265	1217	1449	1191	558	744	1041	527	1188	1031	1389	1530	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86				8:04PM 2.55			5:14AM 1.87	8:26AM 2.27							4:34AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)					2:45AM 1.16				1:50PM 0.62				2:15AM 0.43				2:36PM 0.51		8:12PM 0.97	10:27PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	16	10	9	10	8	11	18	17	14	15	17	16	14	19	21	22	19	18	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	8	8	10	7	11	18	17	14	15	16	15	14	19	21	22	19	18	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	10	12	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.6 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	-	9	-	20	19	19	15	-	18	-	22	21	5	9	12	8	8	13	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	10	4	10	10	8	8	8

	Saturday 15										Sunday 16
	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 E	2.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1083	3404	5597	5344	1998	1926	1926	2757	2805	1775	1731	2239	2035	553	1722	491	1736	258	256	396	409	409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:30AM 0.50						7:03AM 0.96		9:07AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	12	12	12	12	11	18	15	13	13	15	15	13	14	10	13	8	8	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	9	9	10	10	9	18	14	11	12	15	15	12	14	10	12	7	6	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 NW	2.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.3 E	-	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	15	15	10	-	7	16	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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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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