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

	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sun
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	5	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	18	17	16	15	14	14	10	12	11	7	10	13	12	13	11	12	11	14	12	13	14
Energy(?)	600	1020	960	999	1143	1014	590	589	811	531	277	358	257	193	761	170	1427	1768	1680	1051	824	812
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 3.33		11:33PM 3.14	4:37AM 2.17		12:10AM 3.56	12:30PM 2.80		12:51AM 2.53	12:29PM 2.50		12:48AM 2.23		12:34PM 1.72			2:21PM 2.21	2:47AM 2.06		3:06PM 2.08	3:55AM 2.87	6:51AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 0.08		10:50AM 0.10	6:02PM 0.39		6:15AM 0.00	6:48PM 0.07		6:13AM 0.06			7:45AM 0.21		10:58PM 0.26	8:13AM 0.61		8:43PM 0.61	9:00AM 0.73		9:48PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	6	2	-	2	3	-	22	-
High °C	21	20	18	21	22	19	22	17	15	16	18	15	21	19	16	16	17	13	12	21	15	23
Low °C	20	20	18	20	21	18	20	17	13	14	18	13	20	18	12	16	15	10	11	21	14	21
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	21	22	19	22	16	15	16	18	15	21	19	16	16	16	11	11	21	15	23
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	17	16	15	14	14	10	12	11	12	10	10	12	13	11	16	15	14	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	18	11	11	11	11	4	12	12	-	14	15	13	20	8	13	6	-	-	16	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.2 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 NW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	2	7	6	4	12	11	-	-	6	-

	Sunday 04							Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	19	12	15	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	8
Energy(?)	656	635	597	1016	1102	1297	1126	1098	1019	1014	1305	1041	960	512	1496	1014	1055	1141	1000	731	488	804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								11:16PM 2.61				10:57AM 2.57				11:50PM 2.42				12:12PM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 0.05				5:14PM 0.38				4:38AM -0.02				4:50PM 0.41	8:33PM -0.03			5:59AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	18	20	19	19	18	17	18	20	21	21	22	15	19	18	18	20	22	20	18
Chill °C (?)	12	13	17	18	20	19	19	18	17	18	20	21	21	22	15	19	18	18	20	22	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	15	9	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	18	10	18	18	18	16	16	16	11	11	11	15	-	11	14	14	14	14	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	-	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	12	6	3	4	5	3	-	8

	Sunday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	16	10	10	10	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	14
Energy(?)	716	656	656	941	840	940	501	547	520	888	531	599	466	321	343	715	747	747	839	1093	1308	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:08AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)																4:54PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	11	16	17	16	17	18	19	19	20	19	21	17	20	20	20	19	19	18	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	9	16	17	16	17	18	19	19	20	19	21	16	20	20	20	19	19	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	9	9	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 S	0.6 E	-	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	20	12	12	7	12	12	12	8	8	19	12	12	8	9	-	9	18	18	18	18	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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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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