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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	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	4.5 NNW	2.2 ENE	0.7 SW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	9	12	9	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	13
Energy(?)	1042	327	621	303	1249	5714	782	167	1605	711	1293	1185	1017	1580	1048	1032	1043	1187	1745	1484	946	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						2:29PM 1.66	2:51AM 1.71	4:47AM 1.43	4:14PM 1.67		6:03AM 1.36	6:24PM 1.29		6:28AM 1.34	6:52PM 1.21		11:39AM 3.14		1:00AM 3.08			3:10AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 0.53	9:27AM 0.37	2:36PM 0.51	12:00AM 0.58	9:24AM 0.37		8:30PM 0.30	11:03AM 0.30		11:49PM 0.27	12:20PM 0.28		12:12AM 0.29	12:51PM 0.26		12:57AM 0.29	5:33AM 0.52	6:47PM 1.04		7:09AM 1.07	4:25PM 0.40	8:57PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	13	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	15	-	-	-
High °C	12	22	19	16	23	16	19	14	18	13	22	16	14	21	18	16	17	17	18	18	14	16
Low °C	11	18	17	15	20	15	18	12	18	10	18	15	12	19	17	14	17	17	17	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	9	22	19	16	23	14	18	13	18	13	22	16	14	21	18	16	17	17	18	17	12	16
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	0.7 SW	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	11	7	9	-	9	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 N	-	-	1.0 NNW	0.1 S	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	12	10	7	10	5	-	13	-	-	9	18	8	8	6	7	20	-	-	5	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	2.2 ENE	4.5 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	7	9	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.3 ENE	1.9 SW	1.5 E	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NE	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	10	9	10	10	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1186	1042	1191	656	1036	1184	1247	1010	1019	1511	1534	1236	1149	1073	1072	1186	1527	1758	1382	1020	1447	1276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 2.69			5:14AM 1.87			1:50PM 1.66					4:34AM 1.32				4:35PM 1.28	9:36PM 2.89	10:36PM 3.08			7:42AM 1.59	12:13PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			2:15AM 0.43		8:40AM 0.35				8:59PM 0.31	10:21PM 0.24				10:30AM 0.26						4:47AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-
Temp. °C	13	11	15	14	15	22	21	23	16	14	13	13	21	23	23	22	17	15	15	14	17	15
Chill °C (?)	12	10	15	14	14	22	21	23	16	14	12	12	21	23	23	22	17	14	15	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.9 SW	1.5 E	2.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NE	2.3 W
Period (s)	12	8	12	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 E	0.1 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	18	10	21	16	10	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	5	5	8	13	11	11	10	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16				Monday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.4 SW	1.4 E	3.0 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 WSW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	13	10	8	6	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	7	7	9	12
Energy(?)	1523	267	1864	402	1048	362	362	722	1078	434	427	454	326	320	322	480	279	185	227	219	263	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:32AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)															9:41AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	15	14	12	9	8	15	11	11	12	12	14	16	17	19	17	17	16	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	13	10	14	14	9	7	6	15	8	10	11	11	13	15	16	19	16	17	15	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.3 S	2.4 SW	1.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 WSW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	13	10	7	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	7	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	18	11	22	6	12	9	9	10	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	10	10	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	3.0 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 ENE	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	8	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	5	-	-	-	-	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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