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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	2	2	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 NNW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	8	11	9	11	14	12	12	12	12	15	7	14	11	10	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	968	132	276	213	99	3782	5110	2184	1670	1449	1708	1356	959	1122	2484	1927	2737	1782	1295	904	1100	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 1.36		5:06AM 1.15		1:34AM 1.81	6:46AM 1.08	6:32PM 1.38		3:04AM 1.44	3:30PM 1.54	7:12PM 1.51	4:06AM 1.34	4:04PM 1.94	11:10PM 2.03	10:51AM 2.73		10:04PM 3.13	10:25AM 3.09		10:24PM 2.83	11:55AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55AM 0.45		11:13PM 0.58	11:11AM 0.41	4:59PM 0.54	7:25PM 0.23	12:17PM 0.43		1:02AM 0.41	9:14AM 0.16		1:37AM 0.13	10:16AM 0.18			4:43AM 0.16	4:00PM 0.20		4:20AM 0.14	4:26PM 0.20		5:50AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	14	17	15	12	10	11	7	12	13	11	14	13	10	14	13	10	13	13	9	11
Low °C	17	16	13	15	8	10	9	10	6	8	11	9	13	12	9	13	12	7	13	11	7	10
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	17	14	9	8	10	4	12	10	8	13	10	9	11	12	10	13	12	8	10
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	10	-	11	9	16	14	12	12	12	12	15	7	14	11	10	13	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	-	0.7 S	0.6 NNE	1.1 NNW	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	17	10	-	6	7	8	10	10	-	-	16	12	15	-	13	13	10	9	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	-	0.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	4	5	8	-	4	11	7	-	-	-	-	4	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 W	1.7 NNE	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	11	7	9	9	14	9	9	10	13	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	936	968	852	1003	2069	538	649	1106	241	42	56	301	513	1670	5597	5093	6076	3220	3279	3055	3384	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:51PM 1.36					5:06AM 1.15		1:50PM 1.60						7:59AM 2.71				8:05PM 2.65	9:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.45					11:49PM 0.19						8:21PM 0.16						2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	11	13	10	9	18	17	17	17	10	5	6	8	10	10	11	11	11	7
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	18	8	12	8	7	18	16	17	16	8	2	3	6	8	8	9	10	9	6
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.3 NNE	0.4 NE	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 WNW	0.2 NNE	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	-	7	8	8	14	9	9	10	6	6	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	-	1.4 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	17	16	10	-	9	-	8	9	6	5	11	7	-	10	-	11	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	3.0 W	1.7 NNE	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 NNE	1.0 W	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	11	7	9	9	4	5	5	7	13	10	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17																	Thursday 18
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 W	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	1.2 NE	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	11	10	8	8	13	10	10	8	10	8	11	11	10	9	10	9	14	11
Energy(?)	946	1043	936	917	2119	111	364	493	852	87	87	50	148	280	3750	4719	1838	1423	1971	1727	2589	3218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															8:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)							10:25AM 0.55							7:06PM 0.24					12:51AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	17	17	17	17	12	16	16	16	18	17	17	23	15	15	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	9	14	15	15	18	17	17	23	13	15	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	9
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	1.2 NE	3.5 NW	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	10	9	9	13	6	6	8	10	8	11	-	10	-	10	15	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.6 S	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	-	10	-	-	16	10	10	11	10	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	3.0 W	1.5 N	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ENE	1.7 N	1.7 N	0.2 SSW	2.5 NW	0.8 NW	-	4.5 WNW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	2.1 NW	3.0 W	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	11	5	8	8	4	7	7	5	7	4	-	11	7	9	7	9	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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