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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 NNW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	14	14	14	7	19	10	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	16	13	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	2507	1005	2009	1959	2241	677	526	987	1786	717	1773	1766	1764	1130	1444	1067	926	1068	1204	915	826	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 3.54	2:00AM 3.37		2:19PM 3.34	2:50AM 3.20		4:46PM 2.92		4:07AM 2.62	4:48PM 2.85	12:49AM 1.78	5:28AM 2.93	6:05PM 2.89		6:58AM 3.03		7:05PM 2.04	9:49AM 1.85		1:37AM 2.00	10:01AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)			7:56PM 0.53	8:18AM 0.71		8:42PM 0.73	9:14AM 0.94		11:01PM 1.12	10:34AM 0.74			11:47AM 1.20		12:23AM 0.74		1:05PM 0.65	1:25AM 0.74		2:00PM 0.66	7:14PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	18	16	15	21	20	14	16	14	16	19	18	19	22	18	20	12	12	16	19	20	17	19
Low °C	17	16	12	20	19	13	14	13	15	18	17	18	20	18	18	10	12	13	15	19	14	19
Chill °C (?)	18	15	13	21	20	14	15	13	16	19	18	19	22	18	20	10	10	15	19	20	17	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SE	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	14	8	14	14	11	11	10	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 W	0.9 S	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	8	13	11	18	16	9	8	7	12	5	21	16	16	16	6	16	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	-	-	2.0 NNW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	9	14	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	7

	Sunday 22							Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WNW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	18	9
Energy(?)	3137	2862	2507	2524	2424	2185	2013	1406	1119	1518	1286	1000	2241	2108	1052	1534	1269	1165	1014	895	696	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 3.51				1:33PM 3.54				3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62	2:19PM 3.34				2:54AM 2.37					4:35PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)			7:31AM 0.51				7:56PM 0.53				8:33AM 0.69				8:53PM 0.37						3:01PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	19	18	18	16	12	10	12	16	17	20	19	14	17	16	17	15	20	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	19	18	18	15	12	9	11	16	17	20	19	14	16	16	17	15	20	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WNW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	-	8	-	-	12	11	12	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2873	3137	3137	2997	2995	2862	2899	1214	1161	1649	1647	98	2465	2359	1986	2293	2236	2143	3809	2077	2768	1880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 3.51												1:33PM 3.54
Low Tide / height (m)							7:31AM 0.51	8:40AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	14	17	11	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	14	15	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	13	16	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.1 N	2.3 SW	0.2 ENE	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	9	15	8	8	9	8	8	10	16	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	0.5 S	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	13	-

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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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