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

	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.9 E	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	8	13	12	12	10	9	20	18
Energy(?)	3175	734	1622	1767	1707	1554	1444	764	1594	1447	837	1060	1296	1038	1092	1816	1071	2515	1781	832	664	1211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 1.83		7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81			6:41AM 2.18		8:34PM 2.41	9:03AM 2.56		8:25PM 2.23	8:55AM 2.47		9:02PM 2.27	9:55AM 3.29		10:22PM 3.02	10:26AM 2.72		1:26AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 0.56		1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63		2:35PM 0.47	12:58AM 0.75		2:12PM 0.62	2:43AM 0.62		3:20PM 0.46	2:37AM 0.39		2:52PM 0.51	3:14AM 0.44		4:00PM 0.16		4:14AM 0.10	4:41PM 0.05	7:15PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	20	18	19	21	22	20	15	12	11	21	22	19	21	16	9	10	11	8	16	14	11
Low °C	10	18	17	17	20	21	19	13	12	8	20	21	17	19	15	8	9	10	6	15	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	20	18	19	21	22	20	15	11	11	21	22	19	21	15	6	8	8	6	15	14	11
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 N	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.9 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	10	13	12	12	10	11	7	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNE	-	0.1 SW	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 N	-	-	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	9	8	7	12	-	21	12	-	-	16	16	8	7	15	-	-	12	12	16	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	17	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1317	1008	1555	1311	1018	1002	1885	1672	1602	1401	1121	1444	1028	1201	1095	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:45AM 1.83				4:26PM 2.13				6:28AM 2.37				5:45PM 1.98				6:41AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71				11:39AM 0.70				12:14AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	12	18	19	21	17	17	15	16	18	22	22	21	19	19	18	19	20	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	10	12	18	19	21	17	17	15	16	18	22	22	21	19	19	18	19	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	17	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	8	8	8	8	-	-	12	12	-	21	-	-	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	16	16	18	12	18	17	17	17	11	18	11	18	17	18	17	18	18	14
Energy(?)	1531	1670	1804	1804	3919	3175	452	589	717	746	767	797	569	657	555	520	488	777	765	896	775	2167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:08AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)						12:36AM 0.56										10:01AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	23	20	23	23	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	23	20	23	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	16	9	12	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	17	11	17	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	-	11	20	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	18	5	18	10	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	0.2 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	8	8	-

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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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