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

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	8	5	5	3	5	9	9	8	6	5	8	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 N	1.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	10	8	10	9	18	18	17	15	15	19	14	16	15	14	18	16	16	17	16	14	16
Energy	1009	789	512	340	560	7559	3378	3303	688	3619	11064	8384	7103	5297	3015	7448	4374	3270	3717	2702	3377	4396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 2.17			1:32AM 2.07		4:02PM 1.69		3:49AM 2.30			11:17AM 1.31		12:32AM 1.56	3:31AM 2.06		10:14PM 1.72	9:29AM 2.30		6:03PM 2.30	6:17AM 3.18		9:29PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 1.13	1:05PM 0.44	8:02PM 0.61	8:30AM 0.69		9:36PM 1.16	10:10AM 0.60	4:48PM 0.48	10:58PM 0.57	5:09AM 0.27	12:23PM 0.48	6:13PM 0.38	10:00AM 0.44	4:06PM 0.35		3:25AM 0.65	5:00PM 0.29	12:14AM 0.49		3:16PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	3	-	4	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	12	12	12	10	12	13	15	11	12	14	11	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Low °C	15	12	10	12	11	9	11	12	12	7	8	11	8	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	12	11	10	12	12	15	8	10	13	8	15	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 S	1.4 SW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	10	7	10	9	18	18	17	15	15	19	15	16	15	14	18	16	16	17	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 N	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	10	10	9	9	14	11	20	12	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 N	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	14	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	14	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	5	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.3 N	2.5 N	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 N	2.3 W	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	20	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16
Energy	846	1009	1468	780	789	1659	512	604	1365	340	1184	1157	560	3253	7559	8782	3367	3378	3225	3091	3303	5164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 2.17									1:37AM 3.12					4:02PM 1.69				3:47AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:53PM 0.63				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	1:05PM 0.44	4:09PM 0.41	7:27PM 0.99				8:30AM 0.69	9:51AM 0.62				9:36PM 1.16				10:07AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	17	16	12	12	11	12	14	15	12	15	8	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	12	12	9	11	13	14	12	14	5	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.8 N	2.2 N	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NNE	2.3 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	10	10	7	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	9	17	8	14	12	9	12	10	10	20	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 N	2.5 N	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 N	-	-	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	10	8	8	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Forestry Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ohope Beach Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bland Bay Northland
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	5	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.1 N	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 N	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 N	1.6 WNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 N	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 NNW
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Energy	882	507	846	819	819	1009	750	754	1468	754	1600	780	1097	789	789	673	1890	1659	1564	1149	512	812
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											4:55AM 0.51				8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	4	1	3	2	-	2	2	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	14	13	12	17	12	12	16	12	14	12	15	12	12	13	10	11	11	11	12	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	13	12	16	12	12	16	12	14	12	15	12	12	13	8	9	9	8	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	0.2 E	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 N	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.2 N	1.6 WNW	2.3 N	1.6 WNW	1.6 NNE	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	-	1.3 NNW	0.2 E	1.3 NNW	0.1 E	1.3 NNW	0.2 E	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	14	9	12	12	10	-	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	17	17	17	15	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 N	-	-	-	2.3 N	-	-	2.5 N	-	2.5 NNW	-	2.3 N	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	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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