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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Tapuaetahi Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	14	8	13	12	16	16	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1313	996	1516	386	2194	1604	1239	805	626	792	666	415	130	384	257	350	1051	1975	5634	1350	1554	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 2.34	5:04AM 1.84	5:27PM 1.85			4:35PM 2.63	2:46AM 2.13	4:51AM 2.80	5:20PM 2.89		7:19AM 2.74		9:11PM 1.70	7:13AM 2.45			8:30AM 2.52		8:20PM 2.54	8:52AM 2.65		8:50PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 0.62		11:47PM 0.61	7:12AM 0.61		8:36PM 0.72	11:04AM 1.14		1:05AM 1.28		1:32PM 1.34	3:24AM 0.56		1:23PM 0.87	11:51PM 0.24		2:15PM 0.82	2:34AM 0.66		3:01PM 0.75	3:02AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	3	-	2	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	23	16	11	19	19	14	20	21	18	22	17	16	22	12	11	16	15	13	19	19	16
Low °C	18	21	15	8	17	17	14	19	20	16	19	16	15	19	12	10	14	15	13	16	19	10
Chill °C (?)	18	23	15	9	19	18	12	20	21	18	22	17	15	22	10	11	15	14	11	19	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.0 ENE	0.2 N	-	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	-	8	13	13	8	12	12	12	10	14	14	13	8	16	16	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.6 N	0.2 N	-	1.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	-	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 N	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	16	18	-	13	16	15	13	14	-	-	16	11	7	-	12	8	8	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	1.1 SW	-	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.3 S	-	1.6 ENE	2.2 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.4 WSW	0.6 NW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	6	7	-	-	3	3	2	-	8	7	-	4	9	-	9	3	4

	Wed	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tapuaetahi 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Maori Bay Auckland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 E	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	13	9	12	9	15	15	13	14	13	12	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1988	3296	3442	3204	1089	1159	1480	1334	1582	1134	1441	1133	2490	1717	1944	606	1138	1239	1191	1131	1033	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 1.84			1:27PM 2.39					5:24AM 2.84				3:02PM 1.16				5:13AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)	7:22PM 0.53	10:51PM 0.53							9:47PM 0.94	11:12PM 1.12				10:22AM 0.71				11:04PM 0.71				11:08AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	12	11	11	20	20	23	19	18	12	11	11	11	20	19	20	14	14	14	14	18	21
Chill °C (?)	19	11	9	10	20	20	23	19	17	10	10	11	9	20	18	20	14	13	13	13	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	9	12	10	15	15	13	14	13	8	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.4 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	10	15	9	12	16	15	16	16	13	16	16	8	15	15	15	6	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	2.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.5 S	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	5	6	6	-	-	12	-	6	-	-	7	7	6	6	-

	Wednesday 10				Thursday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tapuaetahi 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Maori Bay Auckland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 NE	1.6 WSW	2.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	10	13	11	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	9	14	12	12	14	14	12
Energy(?)	2088	2406	2631	3329	1312	1111	1629	758	747	1031	1527	1527	405	705	1233	138	1420	1159	1159	1400	1473	1995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:01AM 3.04	4:29AM 2.96											3:37PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	7:22PM 0.53			10:51PM 0.53											9:25AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	13	13	18	16	16	17	17	13	13	13	10	17	19	23	17	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	13	12	12	18	16	15	16	16	12	12	13	9	17	19	23	17	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:30	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 NE	1.6 WSW	2.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	10	13	11	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	9	14	12	12	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 N	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	6	15	18	17	15	13	13	8	7	7	16	12	15	15	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	-	7	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	12

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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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